'Diamonds Down Under is a six-book series set in Australia and New Zealand against the billion-dollar backdrop of the glamorous, but ruthless, gem trade. The series focuses on a family split asunder thirty years ago over ownership of a fabulous diamond known as the Heart of the Outback. The old feud is re-ignited when a new generation is forced to deal with secrets and scandals - and deception and desire - in the aftermath of a tragic plane crash.'
Source: Diamonds Down Under website http://www.diamonds-downunder.com/ (Sighted: 25/08/2009)
'Ric Perrini, chairman of Blackstone Diamonds and Sydney's sexiest bachelor, still had one elusive prize to catchKimberley Blackstone. Luring her back to her estranged father's company - back to her birthright - would be Ric's toughest job ever. Luring her back into his arms, his most pleasurable. Ric had laid claim to part of Kim before - this time he'd accept nothing but her total surrender.' (Publication Summary)
Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2008'"I'm having your baby."
'They were words she would never speak to her lover, Ryan Blackstone, Australia's richest gem dealer. For Jessica Cotter was his secret mistress, with him only for torrid sessions behind the drawn drapes of his bachelor bedroom. She had no future with the man whose mantra was No kids, No carats.
'Though she knew the rules, Jess had broken them. Now she had no choice but to walk away from Ryan...unless the man with a heart as hard as diamonds could learn to love her back...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2008'Australian supermodel, Briana Davenport, isn't for sale... until millionaire lawyer, Jarrod Hammond, offers her a million dollars to warm his bed. Yet getting involved with her dead sister's brother-in-law might prevent Briana's beloved father from going to jail, but can it stop her heart from being caught? And will Briana's connection to a missing necklace prevent Jarrod from seeing the "real" diamond in his arms?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
New York (City) : Silhouette , 2008'What would it take for Danielle Hammond to design a necklace for one of the world's highest-priced diamonds? Gem broker Quinn Everard wasn't above using blackmail to get Danielle to take the job. She was the only designer worthy of the piece and the only woman he wanted as his new mistress. Insisting she complete her work at his secluded Australian home, the millionaire soon had Danielle under his seductive influence. But he had to watch out or the smart, sexy woman could uncover every one of his well-kept secrets.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2008'"I'm a man you sleep with, not fall in love with." Jake Vance was danger in a designer suit, a charming corporate raider. When he set his sights on Blackstone's, Australia's richest diamond dealers, Holly McLeod's primary assignment was as his assistant; her secondary was as a spy. To her amazement, she learned her dangerously sexy boss was the long-lost Blackstone heir. And then Jake did the unthinkable: To save his new company, he proposed marriage ... an intimate one ... to her.'
Source: Author website http://www.paularoe.com/ (Sighted: 25/08/2009)
Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2008'Ever since their one night together, making love again to Rachel Kincaid was all Matt Hammond thought about. That and destroying the Blackstone diamond empire and avenging his family. Poised for a take-over, Matt cursed fate for bringing Rachel back now --- as nanny to his motherless son.
'Nights with her in his house tortured him, like the Blackstones did. Matt was possessed by revenge and obsessed by a woman. The billionaire always got what he wanted, but now did he want sweet revenge ... or sweet Rachel's love?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2008