Can't Live Without

✍ Scribed by Phillips, Joanne

• Book ID: 108115512
• Publisher: Mirrorball Books
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

How does it feel to lose everything you own?

Stella Hill is proud of the home she's created for herself and her daughter. She's worked hard to buy the very best of everything ... But when she wakes one morning to find her kitchen on fire, Stella knows her life will never be the same again.

At least she has Paul to lean on: Paul Smart, owner of Smart Homes, confirmed bachelor and unknowing recipient of a schoolgirl crush Stella never quite got over ... When the charismatic John Dean turns up after sixteen years, Stella is determined not to fall for him again. Because now her heart belongs elsewhere. Or does it?

With a boss she's half in love with, a teenage daughter about to go seriously off the rails, a spendaholic mother, and a house to rebuild, Stella's problems are only just beginning.

Can Stella put her life - and her home - back together again? And will she ever realise just what it is she really can't live without?

What other people say about Can't Live Without:

"Joanne has an incredibly wonderful easy to read writing style. I absolutely did not want the book to end. I'm sure that Joanne Phillips will be giving some of the big names in the chick lit world a run for their money and I would love to read more of her work." Kim the Bookworm

"I love that Phillips creates in Stella, a character in her late 30s with many flaws, but ultimately the heart of an angel, someone all readers will rally around ... CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT is all about finding out what really matters in life." Cindy Roesel, Chick Lit Central

"Joanne has a real flare for producing a story that is laugh-out-loud funny at all the right moments, and adds just the right amount of snark when it's needed. I also loved the characters, as she made them very believable, complete with flaws just like the rest of us." Miranda Stork, author of With You in Spirit

Laugh-out-loud funny, warm and compelling, this is for readers who love their chick lit with a bit of an edge. Ideal for fans of Fiona Gibson and Carole Matthews.

Review

"Joanne has an incredibly wonderful easy to read writing style. I absolutely did not want the book to end. I'm sure that Joanne Phillips will be giving some of the big names in the chick lit world a run for their money and I would love to read more of her work." Kim the Bookworm

"I love that Phillips creates in Stella, a character in her late 30s with many flaws, but ultimately the heart of an angel, someone all readers will rally around ... CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT is all about finding out what really matters in life." Cindy Roesel, Chick Lit Central

"Joanne has a real flare for producing a story that is laugh-out-loud funny at all the right moments, and adds just the right amount of snark when it's needed. I also loved the characters, as she made them very believable, complete with flaws just like the rest of us." Miranda Stork, author of With You in Spirit

From the Author

Can't Live Without is my first novel, and as such it's very close to my heart. The story was inspired by hearing fire engines in the distance one day while out walking, and suddenly I began to imagine what it would be like to arrive home and find your house on fire! How would it feel to lose all your worldly possessions? What on earth would you do? Stella Hill sprang into my mind fully-formed and full of determination and began to tell her story. The story revolves around the list Stella makes of all the things she thinks she can't live without - but then she starts to find her priorities are a bit skewed! This book is set in sunny Milton Keynes, where I lived for 20 happy years. Milton Keynes is much misunderstood by non-residents so it was my intention to show the city as the vibrant, beautiful place it really is.