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

the room to Liam.

“You are Liam Donovan,” Adam said.

“I am.”

“Kora told me about you in April.”

“In April?”

“She wrote, ‘The man at the wedding asked me to dance and I said no. He sat down and listened to the second slow song and did not ask my name.’ I told her she should write about it. She did not. She has been busy with my book.”

Then Adam told Liam continue reading …