{"product_id":"the-white-octopus-hotel-9798217091799","title":"The White Octopus Hotel","description":"\u003cb\u003eJourney to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them behind its doors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Have you travelled a long way?\" she asked carefully..\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. \"Well, yes,\" he said slowly. \"Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e London, 2015.\u003c\/b\u003e When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis name is Max Everly--curiously, the same name as Eve's favorite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior. And she has the sudden feeling that she's held his hand before . . . but where, and when? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e The White Octopus Hotel, 1935.\u003c\/b\u003e In this belle époque building high in the snowy mountains, Eve and a young Max wander the winding halls, lost in time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of them has been through the trenches--Eve through a family accident and Max on the battlefields of the Great War--but for an impossible moment, love and healing are just a room away . . . if only they have the courage to step through the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217091799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2025 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Bell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634919604405,"sku":"9798217091799","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1a9b259c-f4c1-4791-80e0-95fafa6390d2.jpg?v=1756789513","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-white-octopus-hotel-9798217091799","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}