Tempt Me with Diamonds (The London Jewels Trilogy #1)
by Jane Feather
Blurb:
Three friends who met at an elite English boarding school take on
the town—and the ton—one by one, in this sparkling new series about love, loss,
and lustrous gemstones, from New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather...
A FINE ROMANCE…
Diana Sommerville
seems to have it all—beauty, brains, and vast wealth, thanks to her family's
ownership of a diamond mine abroad. But when her beloved brother dies in battle
and leaves a lion's share of his estate to his best friend, Diana finds herself
in a situation that seems scripted for the stage: Sharing her family home with
the man she used to love—and now loathes. Worse, her unfaithful former fiancé
has already moved in.
OR AN EXCELLENT
FAKE?
Rupert Lacey
didn't expect Diana to take the news without a fight. Still, he didn't expect
her to bring the battle directly to their newly shared doorstep—complete with a
full set of trunks, and a full set of orders to the staff. Yet there she is,
bold, regal...magnificent as ever. Now they would face a formidable challenge:
to ignore each other—and the unanswered questions that stood between them. The
only sure thing is their still blazing desire. But with a woman like Diana, it
will take nothing less than a momentous misunderstanding, a missing prized
mare, and a shocking revelation to restore a love that hasn't lost its shine.
Themes: Historical
Rating: 3.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
An all new series begins with a new twist on
the words Independent Women, but I am
looking forward to seeing how Jane Feather takes these characters into the
world of men and gives them a chance to spread their wings. The series kicks off with a story of former
lover coming back together after the tragic loss of someone they both loved,
someone that leaves them in a bit of an untenable situation. Ms. Feather has always has an interesting way
of putting her characters into binds and them finding creative ways of getting
them out of them, but I wasn’t too sure if this one was going to work out to
everyone’s satisfaction to be honest, thankfully I was proved wrong. Diana Somerville has returned to her home in England
after living for years in Africa, prompted by the deaths of her father and
brother to return, and is dismayed to find her former fiancé has been given
half of everything she thought she owned outright. Her brother has left everything he owned to
the man that broke her heart and now she has to not only deal with him on
business decisions but live with him as well.
Rupert Lacey has never stopped loving Diana, despite her breaking his
heart with her lack of faith in him, and when he is forced to live with her he
knows that the challenge she poses is one is can’t resist. Diana is determined to win the war against
Rupert, but soon she remembers how much her body and heart crave the man and
her resistance is just not strong enough.
Leaving London seems the only option, until he follows right behind her,
forcing her to own up to her desires and feelings. But when they are faced with the first challenge
of their newly rekindled relationship it becomes obvious that Diana will truly
never give her heart and trust to him, leaving Rupert withdrawing. Diana must now chase after the man to prove
that she loves him enough for the both of them, or their love will truly be
gone forever, and she just can’t accept that truth. Diana was one of those
woman that I don’t really like too much, raised in a bubble and living a life
of luxury without every really understanding the world around her. She didn’t really appreciate the love of the
man when she had him, allowing fear and stupidity to lose her the best thing in
her life, and then when she has a second chance at it, she does the same stupid
thing again. In the end she finally
wizens up thankfully, but though I like some of her decisions and she was certainly
a strong-willed enough woman for her time, overall I would have been slapping
some sense into her had I been one of her close friends. Personally I thought
that Rupert was too good of a man for Diana, his love remaining true despite
her childishly throwing away their love.
He was smart, dedicated, brave, sweet and sexy all while being a true
gentleman and trying to protect himself from the rumors and trauma of their broken
engagement. HE worked so hard to prove
to the woman that he loved her and show her that they could have a happy life
together while all she did was plot to tear him down and try to bring him to
his knees. I am happy that in the end he
got what he wanted, which oddly was Diana, but I would have liked to see him
with a stronger female lead to be honest, a woman truly of his stature and greatness. I am hoping that the other two ladies that
will be getting stories in this series are better characters and look forward
to reading their stories soon, but overall I have to say that Diana’s
childishness made this one a bit of a drag for me.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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