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Elly & Kent : The Complete Story
A newer edition with all books is added here.
Kent and Elly's story is now combined into one large novel. Grow with them through high school to their thirties.
INCLUDED:
Book 1 - Ellyphant - High School
The year is 1999 and Elly Palmer and Kent Lytle are embarking on their senior year of high school. Their lives change forever when a stranger comes into town riding in her candy apple red Audi Cabriolet.
Jen Derby wants one thing: Kent. And no one is going to stand in her way, not even his best friend "Elly-phant." When winning Kent's complete attention isn't as easy as she thought it would be, Jen fights back with a vengeance.
The poison-laced smiles Jen threw her way made one thing clear to Elly: Jen isn't the one for Kent. How long would it be before Kent saw Jen for who she really was? And when he did would he turn his attentions in Elly's hopeful direction?
Book 2 - Unrequited - College Years
Follow Kent and Elly as they discover who they are and what they want from life. Go along with Elly as she sheds her fat-girl image and embraces her new slimmer self confidence. Will she finally be able to tell Kent how she feels? If she does will Kent accept it and dump his long time girlfriend Jen?
Book 3 - Epiphany - 30 is Fast Approaching...
And Kent has discovered that the life he thought he wanted was all wrong for him. With divorce on his doorstep, Kent tells Elly how he feels. Will she accept that it's true or just chalk it up to being a rebound?
Fall in love with Kent and Elly through almost 600 printed pages.
Want to read a sample before you buy? Click "Look Inside" to have a peek.
Kent and Elly's story is now combined into one large novel. Grow with them through high school to their thirties.
INCLUDED:
Book 1 - Ellyphant - High School
The year is 1999 and Elly Palmer and Kent Lytle are embarking on their senior year of high school. Their lives change forever when a stranger comes into town riding in her candy apple red Audi Cabriolet.
Jen Derby wants one thing: Kent. And no one is going to stand in her way, not even his best friend "Elly-phant." When winning Kent's complete attention isn't as easy as she thought it would be, Jen fights back with a vengeance.
The poison-laced smiles Jen threw her way made one thing clear to Elly: Jen isn't the one for Kent. How long would it be before Kent saw Jen for who she really was? And when he did would he turn his attentions in Elly's hopeful direction?
Book 2 - Unrequited - College Years
Follow Kent and Elly as they discover who they are and what they want from life. Go along with Elly as she sheds her fat-girl image and embraces her new slimmer self confidence. Will she finally be able to tell Kent how she feels? If she does will Kent accept it and dump his long time girlfriend Jen?
Book 3 - Epiphany - 30 is Fast Approaching...
And Kent has discovered that the life he thought he wanted was all wrong for him. With divorce on his doorstep, Kent tells Elly how he feels. Will she accept that it's true or just chalk it up to being a rebound?
Fall in love with Kent and Elly through almost 600 printed pages.
Want to read a sample before you buy? Click "Look Inside" to have a peek.
- GenresNew Adult
790 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 25, 2015
11 people are currently reading
319 people want to read
About the author
Marie Cole
58 books51 followersMarie Cole is an Amazon bestselling author in the US, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the UK. She resides in Georgia with her veteran husband, two beautiful daughters, and her two lazy cats.
When she isn’t writing, or doing all of the other things that go along with being an indie-writer, she is playing with her daughters, being a perfect (ha) housewife, or catching up on her favorite TV shows (of which she is extremely behind).
If you’d like to email her she loves receiving email and you can do so at MarieColeBooks@gmail.com.
When she isn’t writing, or doing all of the other things that go along with being an indie-writer, she is playing with her daughters, being a perfect (ha) housewife, or catching up on her favorite TV shows (of which she is extremely behind).
If you’d like to email her she loves receiving email and you can do so at MarieColeBooks@gmail.com.
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March 3, 2017
I read these book seaparatly at first and then found them as one book so I will leave my review here.
Elly and Kent .... what horrible people these two are. First as individuals and then as a couple. Kent at first was just young and dumb being 18 or 19. But to know that his BFF was in love with him and make her go on your dates with you was just wrong on so many levels. But then we have the h who was just tstl herself. Seriously the man you want continuously picks the other woman over you, YOU WALK AWAY. Not sit there for 10 years wishing and waiting. Yes she dated others but come on that was very unbelievable to me. Then the two kept shagging and snogging behind Kent's fiancee's back. Personally Jen had every reason to be jealous of their friendship. She may have been a horrible person but seriously I would bet money she was that way because there must of been some part of her that knew her boyfriend/ fiancee/ husband was not giving 100% to her. And for the marriage to last 10 years?? what happened to the baby she was supposedly pregnant with? In the book it does not say if she miscarried or she lied about being pregnant to keep her man, but it does mention unsuccessful tries later on.
This book just was not my cup of tea, between the cheating and the tstl h waiting around for this noncommittal H I was ready to DNF this book. But I preserved and was rewarded with more stupidity.
To me a romance is a book about the H and the h. These books / book was first about their Fake friendship (heroine's words from the book) and than later their cheating. About the H and his girlfriend/ fiancee/ wife and the h with various boyfriends ( who by the way ALL cheated on her) WHERE WAS THE ROMANCE you ask?? maybe it was at the bottom of the copious amount of bottles of alcohol that both the H and h drank through the book, maybe it was in the cars and bathrooms that the H and h snuck off to to snog and shag. Who knows cause I should did not read about it. All I read was about a H was was to selfish and cowardly to stick up for himself and a h who had no spine. But supposedly he has loved her since the beginning. so dum dum H only took 10 plus years to figure this out. Good grief
Neither characters are main characters to me and they were just as equally horrible people to their mates.
Elly and Kent .... what horrible people these two are. First as individuals and then as a couple. Kent at first was just young and dumb being 18 or 19. But to know that his BFF was in love with him and make her go on your dates with you was just wrong on so many levels. But then we have the h who was just tstl herself. Seriously the man you want continuously picks the other woman over you, YOU WALK AWAY. Not sit there for 10 years wishing and waiting. Yes she dated others but come on that was very unbelievable to me. Then the two kept shagging and snogging behind Kent's fiancee's back. Personally Jen had every reason to be jealous of their friendship. She may have been a horrible person but seriously I would bet money she was that way because there must of been some part of her that knew her boyfriend/ fiancee/ husband was not giving 100% to her. And for the marriage to last 10 years?? what happened to the baby she was supposedly pregnant with? In the book it does not say if she miscarried or she lied about being pregnant to keep her man, but it does mention unsuccessful tries later on.
This book just was not my cup of tea, between the cheating and the tstl h waiting around for this noncommittal H I was ready to DNF this book. But I preserved and was rewarded with more stupidity.
To me a romance is a book about the H and the h. These books / book was first about their Fake friendship (heroine's words from the book) and than later their cheating. About the H and his girlfriend/ fiancee/ wife and the h with various boyfriends ( who by the way ALL cheated on her) WHERE WAS THE ROMANCE you ask?? maybe it was at the bottom of the copious amount of bottles of alcohol that both the H and h drank through the book, maybe it was in the cars and bathrooms that the H and h snuck off to to snog and shag. Who knows cause I should did not read about it. All I read was about a H was was to selfish and cowardly to stick up for himself and a h who had no spine. But supposedly he has loved her since the beginning. so dum dum H only took 10 plus years to figure this out. Good grief
Neither characters are main characters to me and they were just as equally horrible people to their mates.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 7, 2015
I enjoyed having the complete story to read. It's a story about two teens who love each-other far more than just being best friends but are afraid the other doesn't want them that way, so they say NOTHING... I laughed, cried & plain just wanted to smack Kent upside the head and tell him to tell Elly how he felt (but that's how most young people are & she wouldn't fess up to her true feelings either) in addition they want to be seen with the pretty eye-candy no matter how miserable they TRUELY are :-( I am glad in the end they were able to hold on to their friendship & each-other.
October 11, 2015
I read these separately as ebooks but I'm just going to review it on here as one story. I really didn't know if I wanted to love or hate this couple. I was frustrated the whole time. I thought Kent was sweet most of the time but he did make huge mistakes that pissed me off. And Elly annoyed me most of the time. I don't think I actually liked the ending of this story. At first I felt bad for Elly but she just started doing things that made her look bad. I was invested enough to read all three parts but this series just made me frustrated and annoyed and emotional.
February 9, 2016
Book 1 was good. Book 2 was a bit slack Book 3 was very, very poor. Shame I would have preferred just more of book 1. Not the best of writing, idea wore out too quick, characters were interesting in book 1 then a little boring from book 2 :(
April 28, 2016
Great read
From the very beginning of this I was hooked. I made it thru all 3 books in no time. It was relatable, funny, sexy, and emotionally good.
From the very beginning of this I was hooked. I made it thru all 3 books in no time. It was relatable, funny, sexy, and emotionally good.
June 29, 2017
Is a great book to read
April 5, 2017
Let's talk about it. I devoured this series. I could not bear to do anything else until I finished it. As a HEA book, we know it's going to get there eventually but this journey was quite the rollercoaster in the dark. I would definitely recommend it if you enjoying books that allow you to *squee* with both happiness and anger (Maddox series)
Spoiler:
(I had to subtract one star because I really wanted Elly to have had at least one serious relationship over the span between books 2-3)
Spoiler:
(I had to subtract one star because I really wanted Elly to have had at least one serious relationship over the span between books 2-3)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 11, 2017
This story is a rollercoaster love story. I find their friendship is amazing but their love is toxic, and poorly timed. Thankfully it does get better, and finally, finally they are together as they should have from the get go.
Sometimes the things you don't say change your whole course. If they had just admitted their love they'd have had many more years together.
If you don't mind soap opera romance then you'll enjoy this. Otherwise it might make you mad like me.
The author wrote it well, as I found angry, sadness and laughter brought out by these characters and circumstances.
Sometimes the things you don't say change your whole course. If they had just admitted their love they'd have had many more years together.
If you don't mind soap opera romance then you'll enjoy this. Otherwise it might make you mad like me.
The author wrote it well, as I found angry, sadness and laughter brought out by these characters and circumstances.
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