{"product_id":"the-white-octopus-hotel-by-alexandra-bell-9781804947654","title":"The White Octopus Hotel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Winter Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cem\u003e'A captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time.'\u003c\/em\u003e Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSwordcatcher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel.'\u003c\/em\u003e Kelly Link, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Beautiful and bittersweet time travel fantasy'\u003c\/em\u003e Publishers' Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Have you travelled a long way?' she asked carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\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. 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe White Octopus Hotel, 1935\u003c\/strong\u003e\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 époque 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003cem\u003eThe White Octopus Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Five gloriously mind-bending, time-traveling stars from me!'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gorgeous GORGEOUS book. I'm in love'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An exciting, touching, and hopeful magical love story'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Alexandra Bell owns a slice of my heart.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976839676140,"sku":"9781804947654","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804947654-the-white-octopus-hotel.jpg?v=1784701010","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-white-octopus-hotel-by-alexandra-bell-9781804947654","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}