A melancholic yet hopeful love story across time that follows a woman haunted by a past tragedy, a musician traumatized by his time in the WWI trenches, and the magical hotel that brings them together.
Eve Shaw is haunted-not just by adorable rabbits and purple balloons that only she can see, but by grief and guilt over a devastating mistake she would do anything to undo.
The White Octopus Hotel, a once-resplendent Belle Epoch building high in the Swiss Alps, is rumored to contain a numinous magic. A phone that lets you speak to the dead. A clock whose hands point not to hours and minutes but to Champagne, Truth, and Revelations. A music box that plays the most beautiful music in the world.
But most critical to Eve is the rumored writing tablet that allows you to send a message to your past self-Eve's chance to undo the mistake that destroyed her life. . . if she can navigate a hotel that was abruptly abandoned in 1935 and has been a moldering ruin ever since.
Yet as she steps through the crumbling doors, Eve knows she has been to the White Octopus before. Once inside, Eve finds herself in 1935, a few days before the infamous Last Party, and inexplicably drawn to the handsome young music composer named Max Everly.
And, as it happens, Eve has opened a door to more than just the past. For within the White Octopus, rules are bent, people are transformed, and enchanting journeys await. Love and healing are Eve's for the taking-if she can forgive herself enough to seize hold.
