The White Octopus Hotel

By: Alexandra Bell

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Synopsis: 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. &“Well, yes,&” he said slowly. &“Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.&” London, 2015. When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her.His name is Max Everly—curiously, the same name as Eve&’s favorite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior. And she has the sudden feeling that she&’s held his hand before . . . but where, and when? The White Octopus Hotel, 1935. In this belle époque building high in the snowy mountains, Eve and a young Max wander the winding halls, lost 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 moment, love and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door.