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

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She fell asleep against her mother and did not dream.

The next morning, Kora had to go back to the Donovan Lancing because Tessa had left their grandmother’s earring in the family suite bathroom. Tessa and Daniel had already flown to Maine by eight, and someone had to retrieve it before housekeeping turned the room.

At ten on a Sunday morning in continue reading …