She built the coat. Her best friend built the story. Now that story is being used to erase her.
For fifteen years, Nori Vale has been the quiet hands behind Meridian House, the coastal outerwear brand celebrated for turning storm-proof utility into luxury. Her best friend and co-founder, Celeste Ardin, became its brilliant public face. Nori told herself that was partnership: one woman in the light, one at the worktable.
Then Celeste announces a glittering acquisition—and blames Nori for a fabric failure that injured a client and threatens every worker in their Port Selene factory.
Locked out of her studio, stripped of her designs, and warned into silence, Nori is left with the things no one thought to steal: her notebooks, her memory for construction, and the loyalty of people who know what her hands can do. A trail of altered samples, missing invoices, and temporary red stitches points to a betrayal deeper than a stolen coat.
But reclaiming her work means challenging the woman who knows every seam in her history—and risking the livelihoods of everyone caught between them.
The Line of Her Hand is an atmospheric novel of corporate betrayal, complicated female friendship, invisible labor, and the courage to claim credit for what you created.
When someone else owns the story of your work, how far will you go to take it back?
Genre: Literary Fiction
For fifteen years, Nori Vale has been the quiet hands behind Meridian House, the coastal outerwear brand celebrated for turning storm-proof utility into luxury. Her best friend and co-founder, Celeste Ardin, became its brilliant public face. Nori told herself that was partnership: one woman in the light, one at the worktable.
Then Celeste announces a glittering acquisition—and blames Nori for a fabric failure that injured a client and threatens every worker in their Port Selene factory.
Locked out of her studio, stripped of her designs, and warned into silence, Nori is left with the things no one thought to steal: her notebooks, her memory for construction, and the loyalty of people who know what her hands can do. A trail of altered samples, missing invoices, and temporary red stitches points to a betrayal deeper than a stolen coat.
But reclaiming her work means challenging the woman who knows every seam in her history—and risking the livelihoods of everyone caught between them.
The Line of Her Hand is an atmospheric novel of corporate betrayal, complicated female friendship, invisible labor, and the courage to claim credit for what you created.
When someone else owns the story of your work, how far will you go to take it back?
Genre: Literary Fiction
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