Jewels of Desire

Duo #1

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Pub Date 23 Jul 2015 | Archive Date 15 Aug 2015

Description

Diamond Duplicity:

Passion hotter than stolen diamonds

Lucy Matthews can’t believe her crazy luck. While she’s on a date with Mr. Wrong, her evening tilts from merely unfortunate to downright surreal when his attempt to sneak them into a club lands them in the middle of a diamond heist.

When gorgeous Max Callaghan discovers a hot and disheveled Lucy clutching his bag of diamonds at the crime scene, he brands her with a fiery kiss. His gang wants her dead, so Max rescues her by claiming her as his girlfriend. Lucy soon realizes with sudden, pulse-pounding clarity that she needs Max for another reason entirely, but their passionate ruse might not survive the intense pressure of a high-stakes mob war.

Ruby Ransom:

Romancing the ruby…

Red Callaghan climbs into bed after a wild night of clubbing… and wakes up with a gun to her head. Fortunately, she knows more about weapons than her would-be kidnapper, and she manages to disarm him then turn the tables by seducing him.

When shy chemist Will gets roped into settling his father’s gambling debt, he thinks the ruby he’s tasked to steal is a precious stone. He soon finds out it’s actually the daughter of a rival crime lord.

After striking a compromise, Red and Will collide in one explosive sexual encounter after another while executing their plan to teach both sides a lesson.

Diamond Duplicity:

Passion hotter than stolen diamonds

Lucy Matthews can’t believe her crazy luck. While she’s on a date with Mr. Wrong, her evening tilts from merely unfortunate to downright...


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Featured Reviews

A very sexy new series, complete with extreme heights, highs, and precious gems of differing types. The first story, Diamond Duplicity introduces us to Max and Lucy. Lucy finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and thrust into circumstances she couldn't have imagined. Max "saves" her and then takes her with him. They feel an instant attraction, the only thing that could ruin it would be if one of the didn't survive the night.

Book 2, Ruby Ransom, a bumbling chemist trying to pay off a family debt shows up to steal a ruby, not knowing that it wasn't a ruby he was supposed to steal, but Ruby he was to kidnap. Plenty of sexiness follows complete with gun play, a fire, and dizzying heights.

The two authors make a great writing pair and create a fun romp, but please be warned that this is not for under 18.

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I did not honestly think I was going to like these 2 books, and I was right, I didn't like them... I LOVED them. They were quick reads but very detailed and I especially loved Ruby (Red) and WIll, they were my favorite out of the 2 with his bumbling antics, and her take charge attitude... definitely will be going on my read it again list!

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A hot set of stories.

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This is a duo novel featuring two erotic novellas featuring the Callaghan family and their involvement in a diamond heist. Book one is titled Diamond Duplicity and book two is titled Ruby Ransom. I reviewed the novel in two parts, as I think each novella can be read as a standalone.

Diamond Duplicity 2 stars Let me just put it out there right now that this is not at all what I expected it to be. I expected smut, hello the name is Jewels of Desire, but I did not expect a novella of pure smut. I felt a better summary would have been, "Lucy's date is fun, but not treating her like the princess she is. Enter hot man who she thinks is a cop, but really isn't. When she find out he's not a cop, but really involved in a diamond heist, she still has no problem letting him touch her and bang her in front of all his friends multiple times in one night."

What? I was totally cool with having smut mixed in with a diamond heist, in fact I loved all the minor characters and the plot. The commentary was hilarious and there really could be a full length novel in there, somewhere. It just could have been done differently or you know, branded differently so I knew what I was getting into. Instead, mid-read, I made some terrible noise and screamed, "what am I reading?!" I wanted more from this for sure and I feel a bit duped that it wasn't clear this was a novella. Now if Erica Lucke Dean decides to make this a full length novel, absolutely keep the smutty scenes, just give me some context. I've never met a girl who witnesses something illegal and then is 100% cool with sex in a car, hotel, club, outside, elevator, etc. The writing itself is done very well and I didn't find any errors. I'll let you know how I fare with book two.

Ruby Ransom 3.5 Stars This novella was much better than the first Jewels of Desire, Diamond Duplicity. There is a real plot here and the two main characters actually seem to be people, rather than just sex addicts. In this case, the summary provided on Goodreads and on NetGalley was perfect.
ure, it's a smut novella, but in this case the summary was very clear about what you're getting into with this book. On top of that, the characters are actually really awesome. Ruby Callaghan is beautiful, strong-willed, and tired of this diamond heist game her family is involved in. Will is apparently a ridiculously good looking chemist, really good at sex, and watching out for his mom. This book was not just sex, thank goodness. There's a real story here and the characters fit their roles perfectly, even the sex scenes make sense for who the characters are. I didn't feel like I was reading about a virginal girl on a chance meeting, no these are two adults who were thrust into a not so great situation and took advantage of their time together having fun and formulating a master plan to put a stop to the ridiculous heist they've been roped into. Their personalities fit the actions they take in the book and they come out on top.

If erotic novellas are your cup of tea, this is a fairly good one. I think Erica Lucke Dean writes very well and if instalove is not for you skip the first Jewels of Desire, as this book could easily be read as a standalone.

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This is 2 fast paced novellas about Max and Lucy and Ruby (Red) and Will.

The first story is ab about Max and Lucy. Lucy on a date gets caught up in a totally different world when she and her date stumble upon what looks like a jewel robbery. Lucy and her horrible date get kidnapped but the sparks fly between her and Max and thing leads to another and while people are shooting at them itbecomes a wayto see how many times they can have sex in one night. Of course things are not what they seem and after 12 hours the end up falling in love.

Red and Will, Red is Max's cousin who's father is wealthy. His enemy hires Will to kidnap her and the events start from there. Again same themes fast paced a lot of sex and people chasing them.

For a fun quick read including suspended belief this is a great set.

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Diamond Duplicity

This was a fun and sexy short story. Lucy meets Max while being in the wrong place at the wrong time. To protect her Max claims that she is his girlfriend. Lucy is suddenly thrown into what is a jewel heist. There was a lot packed into the story. I wouldn't mind seeing this as a full length novel, including some info on Max's family and what exactly they are into.

Ruby Ransom

This story picks up the night after the first book with Red (Ruby). She wakes up to someone in her room looking to steal a ruby. Only he doesn't realize she is Ruby. This story, like the first, was fast paced. It really could have been a full length novel. Loved Will. He was nerdy but also had a bit of a hidden alpha side to him.

Looking forward to the next in the series.

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