Title: Stolen Love
A Diamond Magnate Novel
Series: Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy #3
Author: Charmaine Pauls
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: June 22, 2021
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Once upon a time, a thief stole me in the middle of the night. He took what he wanted, gave me an illusion, and ripped it all away to claim his ultimate trophy. My heart may be physically weak, but fighting to live made me stronger. I won’t perish as easily as that. I’m turning the tables on him. After all, I learned from the best. I’m robbing him of what he stole from me.
*Stolen Love concludes the trilogy.
Other books in the Diamond Magnate collection:
Beauty in the Broken (Standalone)
Diamonds are Forever trilogy
Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)
Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)
Diamonds are Forever (Book 3)
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EXCERPT
I suck in a breath. His back sports a new tattoo. An orange tree runs from his flank up to his shoulder. The roots branch out over his lower back and side. It’s so well drawn it looks as if the network of roots are grafted with his skin. A branch with orange blossoms runs up to his shoulder. The petals curl over the arch, only the tips of a flower visible on the curve as he faces me again.
Why did he get it? The answer is obvious. The truth stares me in the face. He never said it, but he declared it in permanent ink on his skin next to the values that govern his behavior, his life.
“It’s not some kind of gravestone,” he says in a quiet voice.
My gaze slips to the pendant on the leather string that hangs in the center of his breastbone. “What’s not a gravestone?” I ask, pretending not to know what he’s talking about. It’s too deep, too personal. We don’t share that kind of intimacy any longer.
“The tattoo. It doesn’t symbolize grief.”
I can’t help from asking, “What does it symbolize?”
“Love.” His gaze intensifies. “The kind that gets under your skin.”
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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.
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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Oh boy!! Charmaine puts the readers in a barrel and throws them over the waterfall, I can guarantee you'll barely survive this non stop, action packed, Rollercoaster ride with your heart & soul intact.
This book just hit the ground running. Starting at the exact place book 2 Stolen Life left us submerged in the water, at the bottom of the tumbling Zambezi river, right at the edge of Victoria Falls!!.
I mean, let me take a breather Charmaine!! but nooo, the story gallops full steam towards me like a herd of angry hippos, both feral and lethal. It just tramples all the sentiments and love that had built up in the first two books. All i see is smashed hearts, crushed lives and shattered trust.
"Love makes you blind, but so does vengeance."
I was stumped as to what will Charmaine do to bring this story around?
How will Ian Holt recover from such a huge personal loss?
How will Cassandra Joubert ever live to see another day?
All these questions swirled in the aftermath of violently passionate tale of drowned love in this scintillating and riveting series.
"Time does what time does. It fades memories. When she wakes up one morning and has difficulty recalling my face, this knowledge will see her through. When she wonders if I still love her, she’ll only have to remember I’ve always been a man of my word."
You will be on tenterhooks with every page turned and every chapter finished. The end cannot come fast enough as Charmaine serves and twists and u-turns and rides this juggernaut on the dead end street. She's masterfully plotted this intriguing, illusive story. Like a hardened carbon turned diamond, Hart brothers have been through all kinds of unimaginable hardships to emerge as brilliant masters of their respective domains.
"Blood is thicker than water"
...and this is proven time and time again throughout this series.
Fabulous job done Charmaine, don't rest too much, we need to hear Leon's story(Trilogy) next!!
This family of Hot Sexy brothers just keep on giving🥰
5 stars for Goddess NyamiNyami
This book just hit the ground running. Starting at the exact place book 2 Stolen Life left us submerged in the water, at the bottom of the tumbling Zambezi river, right at the edge of Victoria Falls!!.
I mean, let me take a breather Charmaine!! but nooo, the story gallops full steam towards me like a herd of angry hippos, both feral and lethal. It just tramples all the sentiments and love that had built up in the first two books. All i see is smashed hearts, crushed lives and shattered trust.
"Love makes you blind, but so does vengeance."
I was stumped as to what will Charmaine do to bring this story around?
How will Ian Holt recover from such a huge personal loss?
How will Cassandra Joubert ever live to see another day?
All these questions swirled in the aftermath of violently passionate tale of drowned love in this scintillating and riveting series.
"Time does what time does. It fades memories. When she wakes up one morning and has difficulty recalling my face, this knowledge will see her through. When she wonders if I still love her, she’ll only have to remember I’ve always been a man of my word."
You will be on tenterhooks with every page turned and every chapter finished. The end cannot come fast enough as Charmaine serves and twists and u-turns and rides this juggernaut on the dead end street. She's masterfully plotted this intriguing, illusive story. Like a hardened carbon turned diamond, Hart brothers have been through all kinds of unimaginable hardships to emerge as brilliant masters of their respective domains.
"Blood is thicker than water"
...and this is proven time and time again throughout this series.
Fabulous job done Charmaine, don't rest too much, we need to hear Leon's story(Trilogy) next!!
This family of Hot Sexy brothers just keep on giving🥰
5 stars for Goddess NyamiNyami
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