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“Froe one, The Journey Ho the book to end The depth of feeling and e and touching, leaving me with the indescribable words at how brilliant this read was forand filled with unexpected detours, but fate rights the path, bringing us…home”

- Kristin Mayer, author of Ripple Effect and The Trust Series

“Kelly Elliott knocks it out of the park again! Cale and Maddie’s story was an angst-filled roller coaster I loved froe”

- Kahlen Ayy and The After Dark Series

“The Journey Ho tale of how love can shatter into a ain into the ”

- Becca Manuel, Becca the Bibliophile

“Kelly Elliott takes us places she’s never gone before The Journey Home will take you on a roller coaster of eh lies, heartache, and deceit You will love and hate their journey Love is not always easy, but when it is true you always find your way home”

- Karen Bell

“This a I’ve read before by Kelly! She has spun together a web of love, loss, lies, suspense, drainning The Journey Hoh the eyes of Maddie and Cale Kelly shows us hoith fate being on your side, hos are possible”

- Lisa Waugh

“OMG, this book was ah I loved the Wanted series, this has been my all-time favorite book! It’s so real to life, it’s relatable and the story lines makes you not want to put the book down”

- Jessica Bayron

“Kelly has done it again The Journey Home is a sexy story about two people that have an indescribable instant connection that they have to learn to adjust to in their everyday lives Dra of love and loss are only a few eh Maddie and Cale 10 golden stars for The Journey Home”

- Christina Stevenson

THE MOMENT HER green eyes looked into mine, I kneas in trouble Then she smiled at me and I kneas screwed for sure

“Cale, dude, we just graduated froe I didn’t have this damn party for you to pussy-ass around Find soet laid by the first willing girl Not stare for two hours at soue

I looked at hed “Is that so? Then why are you still standing here?”

Jack shrugged “I just haven’t found the one yet That’s all”

I rolledoutside for some fresh air”

Jack was about to say so out of her shirt As she walked by, she licked her lips and winked at Jack

“And there she is,” Jack said

He slapped my back and smiled as he turned and followed the blonde I shook my head and walked around to the back deck that led down to the beach I wasn’t surprised that Jack was hooking up with sorade and, even back then, his blue eyes and blond hair seeht stands, but I at least wanted to find so

I stepped off the back deck and reen eyes out of e and looked out at the black ocean I wonder if she goes to the University Who did she come here with?

I shook hed “Snap the hell out of it Blackwood”

“Do youto yourself?”

I s ht to keep

“Only when I’ht,” I said

The girl laughed and it pulsed throughI’d ever experienced I sed hard and tried to come back to my senses

She walked up to me and tilted her head as she bit down on he

r lower lip “Or when your best friend just ditched you to hook up with someone?”

“The blonde?”

She nodded “Monica has been after your buddy all night”

“Have weher up and down I’d definitely reirl if I’d seen her before She was beautiful Her brown hair fell just below her shoulders She had a perfect body with breasts that were begging to be held in ure I’d never cared for stick figures or girls anted to be rail thin

She laughed and began walking along the beach “No, but I’ve been adled her eyebrows “At least for the last two hours”

I suess that makes two of us then”

“To think I didn’t even want to coed along”

I glanced at her as she looked away and bit her lower lip I had the feeling she didn’t put herself out there like this very often

“Do I get your name, at least?”

She stopped and looked at o by Maddie Yours?”

“Cale”

She reached out her hand and I took it in mine In that moment, I felt it With the way she sucked in a breath, I knew she’d felt it too

“Maddie, ?”

She smiled slowly Noas my turn to suck in a breath

“Depends on what you’re gonna ask uess”

I lifted ht, What is it about this girl?

“Would you think it was too forward of me to kiss you? I mean, we literally just met, but you take my breath away”

Her lips parted slightly Theit up in such a way that I could see her eyes searching my face

“Do you often find yourself on alone a beach, propositioning a stranger for a kiss?” She asked with a smirk

I shook my head “This would be a first for me”

She looked down the beach and giggled “Me too”

She looked back at hed and shook her head, looking away “This is crazy insane I can’t even believe I followed you out here”