{"product_id":"the-white-octopus-hotel-alexandra-bell-9781804947654","title":"The White Octopus Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author of The Winter Garden, Alexandra Bell, comes this new brilliant whimsical fantasy novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJourney to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps in this spellbinding historical romance blending mystery, art, romance and time travel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time.' Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of Swordcatcher\n\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel.' Kelly Link, bestselling author of The Book of Love\n\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful and bittersweet time travel fantasy' Publishers' Weekly\n\u003cbr\u003e_________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Have you travelled a long way?' she asked carefully.\n\u003cbr\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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe White Octopus Hotel, 1935\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecades 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_________________________________READERS LOVE THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL\n\u003cbr\u003e'Five gloriously mind-bending, time-traveling stars from me!'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gorgeous GORGEOUS book. I'm in love'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An exciting, touching, and hopeful magical love story'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Alexandra Bell owns a slice of my heart.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Bell","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67658317234419,"sku":"9781804947654","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781804947654.jpg?v=1791313523","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-white-octopus-hotel-alexandra-bell-9781804947654","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}