If Only, Kate Eberlen
If Only, Kate Eberlen
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If Only
A Novel

Author: Kate Eberlen

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Unabridged: 13 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2020


Synopsis

Kate Eberlen, the bestselling author of Miss You, returns with a serendipitous and modern romance. For fans of David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes, If Only is the story of two people who fall in love and the secrets that tear them apart. How can you know someone until you learn to talk about the past?

Letty and Alf are the only English speakers in an Italian class in Rome, where they discover that the language that really connects them is dance. Alf is nineteen, a former ballroom champion who seems reassuringly confident and at ease with himself. Letty, twenty-two, is unusually reserved and studious, having been forced to give up her childhood dream of becoming a ballet dancer. They come from different worlds, but when they waltz around the Piazza Navona together, a passionate relationship begins.

Can their decision to live in the moment in the Eternal City keep their histories from encroaching? Why is Alf living in a shared apartment, estranged from his family? And what has wrenched Letty away from the apparent security of her Oxford University degree? They each find themselves haunted by the fear that the secrets not yet shared will tear them apart.

If Only is a novel about identity, secrets, passion and dance—and the indefinable collision of physical, emotional and intellectual excitement that we call falling in love.

About Kate Eberlen

KATE EBERLEN grew up in a small town close to London and spent her childhood reading books and longing to escape to the big city. She studied classics at Oxford University before pursuing a variety of jobs in publishing, the arts and teaching. Eberlen loves Italy and dance, two passions that are reflected in If Only. She lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tripfiction on May 04, 2020

Romance novel, part set in ROME 3.5* This is the story of the burgeoning romance between Alf and Letty, who happen upon each other in an Italian class in Rome. It turns out that both have a dancing background which they discover when they naturally fall into rhythmic steps on the Piazza Navona. How ro......more

Goodreads review by Gedankenlabor on May 01, 2020

>>In einer fremden Stadt ist der Tanz die Sprache ihrer Liebe<< „Only You – Alles beginnt in Rom“ von Kate Eberlen ist der neue Roman der Autorin und ich habe mich so wahnsinnig auf diese Liebesgeschichte gefreut! Doch wie das leider oftmals ist mit den Erwartungen, hat mich Only You leider etwas ent......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa (bookfairy95) on April 28, 2020

Obwohl ich ein paar Startschwierigkeiten hatte, gefiel mir das Buch wirklich gut! Ich habe in letzter Zeit viel Romance gelesen, meistens leichte Lektüre bei der man nicht viel nachdenken muss. Das ist hier anders. Erst fand ich das etwas negativ, aber dann ist mir klar geworden, dass diese Geschich......more

Goodreads review by KOMET on September 28, 2020

"ONLY YOU" has all the hallmarks of what a fine novel should be. It's engaging, compelling, well-written, and has characters who become instantly real and relatable. Normally, I'm not a fan of contemporary or near contemporary (i.e. spanning from 2010 to 2018) novels. But after having read Kate Eber......more