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

around Newbury with local literary translator.

The photo was not of Liam and Kora.

It was stock footage of the hotel awning.

But the words were enough.

Liam Donovan.

President, Donovan Hospitality Group.

President.

Not property manager.

Group.

Not one building.

A fleet.

A family.

A world.

Kora read the piece twice.

Then she walked four blocks to Newbury Street, continue reading …