Title: Diamonds in the Dust:
A Diamond Magnate Novel
Series: Diamonds are Forever Trilogy #1
Author: Charmaine Pauls
Genre: Dark Romance
Cover Design: Simply Defined Art
Release Date: May 19, 2020
Blurb
Men like us, we see things.
We do things, things that make us
unfeeling.
unfeeling.
That’s the price of power and money, of living la
belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a
pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement—fragile yet
resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth. She was supposed to be just
another job, a nameless person I was to pluck from her life and hand to my
brother, nothing but a pawn in the gamble of our diamond business.
belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a
pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement—fragile yet
resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth. She was supposed to be just
another job, a nameless person I was to pluck from her life and hand to my
brother, nothing but a pawn in the gamble of our diamond business.
There’s a psychological label for men like us.
We lack empathy and guilt.
We do things to have what we want, things
that make flowers wilt.
that make flowers wilt.
(Diamonds in the Dust is Book 1 of the Diamonds
are Forever Trilogy. Book 2, Diamonds in the Rough, will be
released in July 2020, and Book 3, Diamonds are Forever, in
September 2020.)
are Forever Trilogy. Book 2, Diamonds in the Rough, will be
released in July 2020, and Book 3, Diamonds are Forever, in
September 2020.)
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Author Bio
Charmaine Pauls was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained
a degree in Communication at the University of Potchestroom, and followed a
diverse career path in journalism, public relations, advertising,
communications, photography, graphic design, and brand marketing. Her writing
has always been an integral part of her professions.
a degree in Communication at the University of Potchestroom, and followed a
diverse career path in journalism, public relations, advertising,
communications, photography, graphic design, and brand marketing. Her writing
has always been an integral part of her professions.
After relocating to Chile with her French husband, she fulfilled her passion to
write creatively full-time. Charmaine has published over twenty novels since 2011, as
well as several short stories and articles. Two of her shorts have been
selected by the International Literary Society for an anthology from across the
African continent.
When she is not writing, she likes to travel, read, and rescue cats. Charmaine
currently lives in France with her husband and children. Their household is a
linguistic mélange of Afrikaans, English, French and Spanish.
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