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

could be the entire meaning of a line.

His palm rested flat on the doorframe beside him, the same way it had rested on the back of the chair.

“I look after it,” he said.

Something clicked softly inside her.

A piece of a puzzle she did not yet know she was building.

The hallway stayed quiet. A cart squeaked somewhere around the corner. The housekeeper came continue reading …