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

suit, gray hair like a winter beach, gloves in one hand, and a face that had survived more than it wanted to discuss.

“I came to deliver an opinion,” Cordelia said.

She would not sit.

She would not take tea.

She said Liam was ignoring his board for Kora. She said the company needed the Hail credit line by November. She said Liam had a responsibility and continue reading …