Gabriella Treitz is the adopted daughter of the richest spice merchant in all of Stolle—and, as a bonus, an uncredentialed magic restorer. After overhearing at a Mustafaan restaurant that her fiancé plans to marry her only because of the size of her dowry—and that he intends to have fun in a brothel after the wedding—she goes to that brothel to cause a scandal. But unexpectedly, she ends up marrying a mysterious man instead. And on top of that, a teacher of mental magic appears on the horizon; the cook of her new husband accuses him of murder; the former fiancé blackmails her with information about a pregnancy; and the beloved stepfather turns out to be a political criminal.