The Blue Room Beneath the Hotel
When Lena returns to Blackwater Hotel to help prepare its grand reopening, she expects dust, delays, and polite family pressure. Instead, she finds a sealed blue room in the basement, a missing guest ledger, and Theo Mercer waiting below with a truth tied directly to her engagement.
The Locked Conservatory at Hollowmere Hall
When Iris returns to Hollowmere Hall to help finalize her sister’s engagement celebration, she expects flowers, strained smiles, and old family tension. Instead, she finds a locked conservatory, a hidden register, and Rowan Ashcroft waiting among the winter roses with a truth no one in the house wants opened.
