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

on the final note.

Kora had been six.

They had not heard it in eight years.

Not since the funeral.

Not since the Saturday in April when their father became someone they talked about in past tense.

Kora had not been able to listen to the piece after that, and Tessa had stopped asking.

But now Tessa stood at the edge of the dance floor with Daniel, her new continue reading …