Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps,where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them behind its doors. “Have you travelled a long way?” she asked carefully.. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. “Wellyes” he said slowly. “Yesyou could say that. But it was worth the wait.” London2015. When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her officethe warmth of his palm sends a spark through her. His name is Max Everly—curiouslythe same name as Eve’s favorite composerborn one hundred sixteen years prior. And she has the sudden feeling that she’s held his hand before . . . but whereand when? The White Octopus Hotel1935. In this belle époque building high in the snowy mountainsEve and a young Max wander the winding hallslost in time. Each of them has been through the trenches—Eve through a family accident and Max on the battlefields of the Great War—but for an impossible momentlove and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door.



