{"product_id":"9781804947654","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 25\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJourney to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps in this spellbinding historical romance blending mystery, art, romance and time travel._________________________________'A captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time.' Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of Swordcatcher'An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel.' Kelly Link, bestselling author of The Book of Love'Beautiful and bittersweet time travel fantasy' Publishers' Weekly_________________________________BEHIND EVERY DOOR, A SECOND CHANCE`Have you travelled a long way?' she asked carefully.   A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. `Well, yes,\" he said slowly. `Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.'London, 2015When reclusive art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her London office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her.   His name is Max Everly - curiously, the same name as Eve's favourite composer, born one hundred sixteen years prior. And she can't shake the feeling that she's held his hand before . . . but where, and when?The White Octopus Hotel, 1935Decades earlier, high in the snowy Swiss Alps, Eve and a young Max Everly wander the winding halls of the grand belle epoque White Octopus Hotel, lost in time.   Each of them has been through the trenches - Eve in 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.   _________________________________READERS LOVE THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL'Five gloriously mind-bending, time-traveling stars from me!''Gorgeous GORGEOUS book. I'm in love''I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.''An exciting, touching, and hopeful magical love story''Alexandra Bell owns a slice of my heart.' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369219273077,"sku":"9781804947654","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804947654.jpg?v=1774538823","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781804947654","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}