Beautifully READ: Can't Go Without By Angelisa Stone

Title: Can't Go Without

Author: Angelisa Stone

Rating: ★★★★★

“What’s the one thing you can’t go without?”

Tristan O'Donnell has money, women, and all the luxuries that cold hard cash can buy. Tristan's been sucking sunshine right from the monogrammed silver spoon his life was served up on since the day he was born. And quite frankly, he wouldn't want it any other way. He's his mother's pride and joy, his father's right-hand-man, and the envy of every guy around. All Tristan has to do is flash his million dollar smile, give his trademark wink, and he gets what he wants, when he wants, anytime he wants.

Leah Franchetti grinds her fingers to the bone; sculpting, painting, recreating treasures from trash—the very sentiment that defines her life. Her inventive, vindictive, lucrative, and seemingly unforgivable plan allowed her to shortcut her way into the life she always imagined, owning an art gallery, surrounding herself in the comfort of her passion and dreams.

When circumstances force Leah and Tristan to come face-to-face with the past and with Leah’s devious manipulation, truths come flooding forth, destroying those in the present and possibly jeopardizing both of their highly anticipated futures.

Can Tristan overcome Leah’s slander and deception—despite how dangerously close he comes to losing the one thing he can’t go without—money? Will Leah be forced to come clean, knowing she’ll have to live her life with the one thing she can’t go without—her dignity?

My Thoughts:

Tristan is the rich kid that treats everyone like they owe him something..yep he's an Asus and he knows it but he has his reasons.

Leah is a no holds bar, not bitting her tongue for anyone, strong willed woman. Unlike most women her age she has a plan for staring up her own business in which she plans on doing all on her own. That is until one night with Tristan changes everything.

When I found out Angelisa Stone was writing Tristian and Leahs story I was both excited and piqued! Angelisa is a phenomenal writer but Tristian was such an jerk in Can't Go Home and I knew that by her writing their story, I would fall head over feet in love with him. (I have a serious unhealthy addiction to bad boys!)... and true to form I slipped, tripped and busted my lip hard in love with Tristan O'Donnell!

If you read and loved Can't go home.. which I don't see how one couldn't... this is a must read. If for what ever reason you haven't read the first book in this series send me a message and I find a way to get you a copy!!

Donnas Thoughts:

“ Fine…they would tolerate it minimally if you came to their rehearsal and rehearsal dinner tonight…and…and…to their wedding tomorrow.”

Tolerate it minimally; yup I think that is how we all feel about Tristan O’Donnell. He’s a jerk. A vain, womanizing man-whore, why would anyone want to be around him? Why indeed, well that’s just Tristan on the surface, deep down he’s just a wounded little boy trying to appease his father.

Leah is finally seeing her dream come true. Her art gallery is taking off and she’s content in a relationship, but the guilt of what she did to Tristan weighs on her, keeping her from truly enjoying her success. Somehow she has to right her wrong then maybe she can be happy. But seeing Tristan again does things to her, things she doesn’t want to think about.

“Button up, I can’t look at that shit, . . . Crap! I wanted it to be flabby . . . and hairy . . . and gross, maybe even a little moldy. Mold would’ve done the trick.”

This book is incredible! Angalisa Stone is a phenomenal story teller and I loved this book and I love her. As we know from Can’t Go Home Tristan O’Donnell is an a$$hole and not much has changed in this book, well not at first. This book starts out two years after the first one ended. Then it flashes back three years and we learn A LOT about the incident and the reasons surrounding that incident. We learn a lot about both Tristan and Leah’s past and I have to tell you, it’s heavy. Tristan defiantly has his reasons. Then the story comes back to the present. I love how the story was laid out, I also love that once again it is written from both points of view. I think it’s important to see what is going on with both characters. I give this book 5 stars and 4 hands down the pants. I can’t wait to see what Angalisa has in store for us next.

“. . . feeling like I’m going to kill Jose and his Piper-poking-pecker.”

Who is Angelisa Stone?

Angelisa Stone is a typical Midwestern wife and mom, frazzled by parenting and housework, and overwhelmed with sports schedules, doctor appointments, and three-dimensional creative projects due “tomorrow morning.” Stone dreams of white sandy beaches, clear-blue waters, and Midori coladas in hand, but realizes that her loving husband and four not-so-perfect children are her real dreams-come-true. Writing and reading are her passions, and she hopes (and prays with her fingers tightly crossed) that readers will find enjoyment and escape through her words and characters. Stone's first novel, Can't Go Home, is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble now.

Email Angelisa for fun chatter and banter, giggles and chuckles: angelisaauthor@gmail.com