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

A strategic marriage.

A match the board believed would help secure a credit line needed the next year.

Her name was Vivian Hail.

He had known her since he was twelve.

She was not cruel.

She did not particularly want the arrangement either.

Her family wanted it more than she did.

“You do not love her,” Kora said.

“I do not.”

“You never have.”

“I have not.”

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