Beneath the Crest: Echoes
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Terminé ven., oct. 3, 202550m
This is the second book in the Crestmoor series. To fully understand Elara and Rowan's story, please read Book One - "Beneath the Crest" - first.
A love like theirs doesn't vanish. It echoes.
Elara Vale left Crestmoor with her heart still burning for the boy who never quite let her in-and never fully let her go. But the walls of Crestmoor don't forget, and neither does Rowan Blackwell.
Now, a new semester begins.
New secrets.
New faces.
And a love that refuses to stay buried.
But some scars run deeper than silence.
And some truths were never meant to be uncovered.
When Elara returns to Crestmoor, nothing feels the same.
Not the air.
Not the halls.
Not the boy watching her like she still belongs to him.
Because love doesn't die at the end of a chapter.
It echoes.
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