THE EMPTY CHAIR AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVE HER FIANCÉ HAD LEFT HER—BUT WHEN A QUIET STRANGER SAT BESIDE HER, KORA NEVER IMAGINED HE OWNED THE HOTEL, OR THAT HIS FAMILY WAS ALREADY PLANNING THE MARRIAGE THAT COULD DESTROY THEM BOTH

door.

Henry stood at the mezzanine entrance in a dark suit, because Liam had overruled him on wearing his uniform.

Liam stood at the back by the window.

Not wearing his father’s pocket watch.

Not yet.

That watch had finally been moved from the drawer to a velvet pouch, with an agreement that one quiet Saturday in November, it would move again—to a small continue reading …