Of course, summer holidays have to end and this is heart-breaking for both Otto and Eleni. Despite differences in their language and families, the two cannot help but spend increasing time with each other, leading to a blossoming relationship. Meeting Otto, Eleni is instantly drawn to this German young man. Spending each summer with her grandfather, it is the summer of 1936 that changes her life forever. This is personified by Eleni’s behaviour, despite her rather strained relationship with her father. The second World War is on the horizon, but life remains innocent and free. Heading to Crete in the summer of 1936, this book starts off quite uncomplicated. If I could have given it more than 5 stars, I most certainly would have done! I could not read the book fast enough, so absorbed I was in Eleni and Otto’s story. This was a beautiful love story that quickly captured my heart and I could not put the book down. It’s the best book I’ve read this year’ Kathleen McGurl, The Forgotten Secret A beautiful, poignant love story with a clever twist, all set against the backdrop of war-torn Crete. But will it destroy them, or prove strong enough to overcome the ravages of war?Īn epic tale of secrets, love, loyalty, family and how far you’d go to keep those you love safe, The Echoes of Love is an exquisite and deeply moving love letter to Crete – one that will move every reader to tears. They are enemies, and their love is not only treacherous, but also dangerous. But this time Eleni has returned to fight for her home, and Otto to occupy it. When, in 1941, the island falls to a Nazi invasion, Eleni and Otto meet there once more. And so begins a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered one that is finite, but not the end. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to so many that have gone before.īut someone else is visiting the island that year too: a young German man called Otto. Under the Cretan sun, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love…Įleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. This is a wonderful and resonant historical novel, focussing on family, loyalty and love without borders’ Katherine Webb, The Legacy ‘Ashcroft has done it again with another deeply moving, beautifully romantic and vividly rendered story. It’s a genuine masterpiece, a book to lose yourself in’ Gill Paul, The Secret Wife ‘An unforgettable story of great love torn apart by war, of heroism and betrayal, passion and pure evil, all set against an idyllic Greek island backdrop. Jenny Ashcroft is a superb writer’ Iona Grey, Letters to the Lost ‘With the historical authenticity of Sebastian Faulks, the perfectly observed family relationships of Santa Montefiore, and the gut-wrenching twist of Jojo Moyes, The Echoes of Love is epic, enthralling and deeply emotional.
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