K.J. Hyun Night

Maya Hart's life is defined by precision and structure. A rising star architect in Seattle, she has built her career to escape the chaos of her childhood. But when a rival architect steals her career-defining sustainable housing project, and she simultaneously discovers her fiancé's infidelity, Maya's carefully constructed world collapses. Retreating to clear out her late grandmother Elara's dusty antique shop, she discovers that it is no ordinary store - it is the Soul Repair Shop, a metaphysical sanctuary where broken souls are mended.
Guided by Balthazar, a centuries-old talking cat, Maya learns that her grandmother was a legendary soul repairer, and that Maya has inherited both the shop and the extraordinary ability to see and mend the metaphysical threads that bind people's souls. Despite her initial skepticism, Maya performs her first repair on a fading banshee who lost her voice to grief. Soon, she is thrust into a dangerous new world when she encounters Daniel, a terrifying, soulless assassin created by a corrupt faction.
Instead of destroying him, Maya chooses to repair him, teaching him empathy and slowly giving him a soul. Her actions draw the ire of the powerful Weavers' Council, the governing body of the metaphysical world. Maya must defend her unorthodox methods and her newfound family against the Council's judgment, ultimately accepting her destiny as the new keeper of the Soul Repair Shop - and discovering a mysterious silver thread that hints at a deeper, hidden legacy left by her grandmother.