Clara doesn't trust the guest in suite 815. Her sister is too busy believing his lies.
It's the holiday season of 1927 at The Hotel Hamilton, Vancouver's grandest new address, and Louisa is dazzled — a theatrical debut, a director's promise of Hollywood, everything she's ever wanted within reach. Clara has her own reasons to worry. She's newly promoted to the eighth floor, where she's learning that not every guest's attention is a gift.
By the time Louisa sees the truth, it may already be too late for the hotel's newest maid. The sisters who couldn't agree on the guest from suite 815 now have to agree on what to do about him.
This isn't a story that rushes to its reckoning — it's one that lets the danger build in quiet moments, until the sisters have no choice but to face it together.
This book is for you if:
You love sisters who don't always agree but never stop protecting each other. You want a slow-burn reckoning with a man who assumes no one will believe anyone but him. You're drawn to quiet 1920s glamour with real stakes hiding just beneath the surface. Cocktails Before Midnight is Book 3 in the Hotel Hamilton Series, continuing Clara and Louisa's story from Meet Me at the Clock. If you love women's historical fiction with sisters who don't always see eye to eye but show up for each other when it counts, and quiet reckonings with powerful men, this one's for you.
