Book
Title: Can't Go Without (Oasis Waterfall, #2)
Author:
Angelisa Stone
Genre: Contemporary
New Adult Romance
Release
Date: March 1, 2014
Hosted
by: Book Enthusiast Promotions
Synopsis
“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?
Excerpt
Rushing out of Chet O’Donnell’s office,
angrily and haughtily, I face-plant straight into a strong, hard chest, covered
in a wool, cable-knit sweater, smelling of expensive cologne. People always say that the sense of smell is
the most powerful sense, triggering memories and feelings clearer than any of
the other four senses combined. Just one
smell, one inhalation of that warm, sexy designer cologne and my insides burn,
ignite with intense desire and longing.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. No. No. No.
“I’m…I’m…I’m…” I stammer, backing up,
dropping my head, and looking straight at the ground in humiliation.
“I’m…I gotta go,” I mumble, sidestepping
out of his way, and heading straight for the elevator. I push the button repeatedly, knowing damn
well my actions won’t speed up the elevator’s arrival.
Tristan runs to catch me, just as I eye
the stairwell and bolt for the door.
“Leah! Wait!” he yells; the “wait” is muffled by the sound of the door
slamming behind me. I run down only one
flight of steps and escape onto the twentieth floor, knowing that Tristan
O’Donnell would chase me the entire way down the stairs—if seeing and talking
to me were his goals. Tristan O’Donnell
always gets what he wants. Always.
Hoping that Tristan doesn’t check the
video monitors, I walk down the hallway to the other set of stairs and down to
the first floor, exiting O’Donnell Industries.
Once I hit the street, the winter sun reflecting off the snow burns my
eyes. I squint at the pain of the
brightness, knowing the sting of my tears has nothing to do with the shining,
searing light.
Meet the Author
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.” Angelisa 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.
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