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+'use client'
+import { useEmDashContent } from '@/hooks/useEmDashContent'
+import Image from 'next/image'
+import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardContent } from '@/components/ui/Card'
+
+export default function GuestStoriesSection() {
+  const { items, loading } = useEmDashContent('posts')
+
+  if (loading) return <div className="flex justify-center py-24"><div className="w-8 h-8 rounded-full border-2 border-current border-t-transparent animate-spin" /></div>
+  if (items.length === 0) return null
+
+  return (
+    <section id="guest-stories" data-vula-section="gueststories" data-vula-cms="posts" className="py-24 bg-[#17120f]">
+      <div className="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-4">
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-4 mb-12">
+          <span className="block w-14 h-px bg-[#d4af37]/50" />
+          <span className="text-[#d4af37] tracking-[0.2em] text-xs font-sans uppercase">Guest Stories</span>
+          <span className="block w-14 h-px bg-[#d4af37]/50" />
+        </div>
+        <h2 className="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-light text-[#eeeae7] text-center mb-16" style={{ fontFamily: 'Cormorant Garamond, serif' }}>
+          <span className="italic text-[#d4af37]">Voices</span> of Our Guests
+        </h2>
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-8">
+          {items.slice(0, 6).map((item) => {
+            const d = item.data as { title?: string; excerpt?: string; author?: string; category?: string; image?: string }
+            return (
+              <Card key={item.id} className="bg-[#1c1612] border border-[#403630]/50 rounded-lg p-0">
+                <div className="relative h-44 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg">
+                  {d.image ? (
+                    <Image
+                      src={d.image}
+                      alt={d.title ?? 'Guest story'}
+                      fill
+                      sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 33vw"
+                      className="object-cover"
+                    />
+                  ) : (
+                    <div className="h-full w-full bg-[#2a1f1a]" />
+                  )}
+                </div>
+                <CardHeader>
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-2">
+                    {d.category && <span className="text-[#6b8e23] text-xs tracking-widest uppercase font-sans">{d.category}</span>}
+                  </div>
+                  <CardTitle className="text-[#eeeae7] text-lg font-sans tracking-wide leading-snug">{d.title}</CardTitle>
+                </CardHeader>
+                <CardContent>
+                  <p className="text-[#c0b8ae] text-sm leading-relaxed line-clamp-4">{d.excerpt}</p>
+                  {d.author && (
+                    <p className="text-[#d4af37] text-xs mt-4 font-sans uppercase tracking-wider">— {d.author}</p>
+                  )}
+                </CardContent>
+              </Card>
+            )
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}