Paperback 322 pages
Published July 24th 2018 by Monkeypaw Press
Genres: Fiction,Historical Fiction
ISBN13
9780998135588
Edition Language
English
Book Summary
The splendors of India, a priceless diamond… From the wild Cornish coast to the tumultuous frontier of British India, feisty Raven Barrancourt must sail halfway round the world to seek a fortune that will save her beloved ancestral home. But what she finds in India is worth more than silver, gold, or any fabled jewel... Sea captain Charles St. Germain doesn’t need the distraction of a black-haired beauty on the voyage to India, where a dangerous mission awaits him. Mutiny, espionage, and the search for a coveted diamond threaten his duties, but far more dangerous is his growing passion for a woman he knows he can’t have. As book one of the “Forbidden Gems Trilogy,” “Diamond Dark” brings the sweeping romance of India to tempestuous life.
My Review
Diamond Dark is the first book in the The Forbidden Gems Trilogy Book.
Ellen Tanner Marsh is a new to me author but I am certainly glad to have discovered her books.
After a horse riding accident claims the life of her father, Raven Barrancourt is forced to grow up quickly.
With her mother dying in childbirth years before and being raised by servants Raven grows up the wildchild answering to no one but herself.
Finding out her father owes quite a lot of debt at the time of his death and that it threatens
her livelihood and her childhood home and that she may soon be homeless she is knocked
down a peg or two. I mean who wouldn't be presented with these circumstances?
With her beauty she has plenty of suitors and an especially wealthy one promises to help her with her
circumstances if she'd only marry him. Having no intention of being shackled to this slimy toad she asks for 9 months time to get the money together her
father owes and if she can't she'll marry him.
I was really engrossed with the tale of Raven and her Captain Charles.
With an enchanting sometimes dangerous plot I had to keep reading late into the night.
The historical descriptions of the exotic location kept the pages flying past and my enjoyment high.
Passion,fast paced and oh my a huge diamond. What is to become of it? This book ends in a cliff-hanger so I am looking forward to the next swoon worthy book.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book from Monkeypaw Press.
Thank you. All opinions expressed are my own.