{"product_id":"the-white-octopus-hotel-alexandra-bell-pre-order-for-publication-25th-june-2026","title":"The White Octopus Hotel, Alexandra Bell - Pre-order for publication 25th June 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBEHIND 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Yes, you could say that. But it was worth the wait.’ London, 2015 When 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd she can’t shake the feeling that she’s held his hand before . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut where, and when? The White Octopus Hotel, 1935 Decades 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 . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. if only they have the courage to step through the door.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57192886468985,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/0124\/1465\/files\/9781804947654.jpg?v=1777645776","url":"https:\/\/arcadebookshop.com\/products\/the-white-octopus-hotel-alexandra-bell-pre-order-for-publication-25th-june-2026","provider":"Arcade Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}