Leyla is the smartest woman in the city, trading secrets for favors to protect her family. She enters a battle of wits with a charming but upright architect.
In 1720 Istanbul,18-year-old Leyla realized that information was worth more than gold, so she turned her father’s failing coffee shop into the city’s intelligence hub. She sat behind a screen, listening to whispers, until a handsome Royal Architect walked in and realized she knew exactly where the Sultan’s missing cat was hiding.