Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover that behind its many doors, they may just find 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