{"product_id":"the-secrets-of-jin-shei","title":"Preloved: The Secrets of Jin-shei","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnter an ancient world of courtly elegance and intrigue, where sages are also sorcerers, and the daughter of a lowly seamstress can become a companion to an empress. In this magical land there is a secret language -- a language that women have passed down from mother to daughter for countless generations -- a language that signals a bond like no other . . . the bond of jin-shei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a mythical Chinese kingdom, The Secrets of Jin-shei is a timeless story of what sustains friendship -- and what tears it apart. Accepting all the joys and responsibilities of jin-shei, eight girls pledge lifelong loyalty to each other: the poet, Tai, whose promise to a dying girl changes the history of an empire; the warrior, Xaforn, an orphan who will protect her chosen family no matter what the cost; Khailin, the scholar, whose thirst for knowledge leads her into a world of dark secrets and alchemy; sage Nhia, the only person with the power to save Khailin; Tammary, the gypsy girl, whose secret lineage could ruin a royal house; Qiaan, daughter of a captain in the Imperial Guard, with family secrets of her own; the healer, Yuet, confidante to the empress; and the empress herself, Liudan, whose search for family and ultimate quest for immortality holds the power to destroy them all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The CuriosiTea Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43439925755967,"sku":"P9780060563417","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/0619\/3727\/files\/563F24CA-E800-48FC-AA8B-DE7AE8CDE8E1.jpg?v=1781979371","url":"https:\/\/curiositeabookshop.com\/products\/the-secrets-of-jin-shei","provider":"The CuriosiTea Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}