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Rough Diamonds
By Ashe Barker
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- Ashe Barker Books, 2018
- Released 1 March 2018
- Contemporary erotic romance, romantic
suspense
- Novella
- Approximately 37,000 words
- HEA ending
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Blurb
What if someone
handed you over a million dollars in uncut diamonds, and a note? For services rendered…
A random act of
kindness years earlier gives rise to an astonishing chain of events. Johan
Klaas holds the key to the mystery and he will help her – for a price. Can she
trust him? Should she? And what has Christa ever done to deserve such a reward?
Swept from her modest
flower shop in England, caught up in the opulent global diamond trade in
Antwerp and introduced by her millionaire lover to a sensual world of pain and
pleasure, Christa is determined to solve the riddle.
Author Synopsis
Christa
Barnes is baffled when the man of her dreams – or should that be her wildest
fantasies? – turns up at her sleepy little flower shop and insists she has
something he would like to purchase. But Johan Klaas is an international
diamond dealer and he is not remotely interested in acquiring a bunch of
geraniums, preferring instead to discuss gemstones.
Christa’s
next unexpected caller is a motorcycle courier clad in black leather and
bearing a package for her. She opens it, expecting the latest seed catalogue,
and finds instead a fortune in uncut diamonds and a note.
For Services Rendered. See what you
can make of these.
Johan Klaas
works at the heart of the global diamond trade based in Antwerp, and he agrees
to use his contacts and knowledge to help trace the origins of these particular
stones. For a price.
As the
relationship between Christa and Johan deepens, so does her understanding of
the way in which a natural, artless act of kindness years before can start an
amazing chain of events.
This book was previously
released with a different cover. The story includes sexual scenes and BDSM, and
is intended for audiences of 18 and over.
Author
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1. Who
or what was the inspiration for Christa? Is she anything like you?
Well I’ve never entertained a desire
to sell flowers, but the mystery at the heart of Rough Diamonds is based on my experience working in the care system
in the UK some thirty years ago so I suppose Christa does draw on something of
me.
2. So,
tell us a bit more about Johan. He’s stern and sexy, and obviously successful
in his career, but what else is there to know?
Well, I think you just about covered
the basics there. Johan is driven and successful, but he is also honest in his
dealings with a strong sense of duty, and of justice. He wants Christa from the
beginning, but he’s willing to work for it and takes nothing for granted. He’s
kind to her, and generous, and he shares her sense of adventure and curiosity
about the origins of her surprise windfall.
3. How many books have you written? Are they all erotic fiction?
I think I have about sixty titles out
now, and yes, they are all erotic stories. Some are more BDSM themed and some
are spanking/domestic discipline. At first, I wrote just contemporary stories,
then I started adding a few historicals and more recently I started writing
sci-fi too.
4. What advice would you have for writers who decide to try their
hand at erotica?
I’d tell them to have a go, but to
have a decent thesaurus to hand. And an internet connection. Youtube and Google
are the erotica writer’s friend, and Wikipedia of course, the fount of all
wisdom and knowledge.
5.
About Ashe Barker
USA Today
Bestselling author Ashe Barker writes erotic romance and spanking romance in a
variety of genres including contemporary, BDSM, paranormal, historical. ménage,
gay romance and time travel. She is a #1 Amazon Bestseller and all her stories
feature hot alpha males and sassy submissives, often with a lot to learn. Kink
abounds, and there’s enough dirty talk to satisfy the most demanding smut
lover. However dark and dirty the setting, love always emerges triumphant, and
her stories never fail to deliver a satisfying happy ever after.
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EXCERPT
Johan's
accommodation was on the ground floor, a suite with its own patio and small
garden. Christa couldn't resist stepping outside to view the stars in the clear
October sky. It was a cool night, just hinting at frost to come. She shivered,
only to have Johan follow her into the small courtyard and slip his jacket
around her shoulders. It smelled of him – spicy, sexy, very male. She thanked
him, then tilted her chin up to study the vast array of stars which peppered
the cloudless, inky skies.
Johan
placed his hands on her shoulders, turned her in his arms. She dragged her gaze
away from the jewels above her to regard the emeralds in his eyes. He was truly
mesmerising, she thought, this unusual Belgian. She had never previously
considered a man to be beautiful, but that was the only proper description for
Johan Klaas. He was perfect. And, for tonight, he was hers.
He
lowered his face to hers, brushed his mouth across her forehead, her eyes, her
jawline before settling his lips over hers. Christa sighed as she parted her
lips, tasting the slightest hint of coffee on his tongue as he deepened the
kiss. She reached for him, digging her fingertips into the cotton of his shirt
as the jacket slipped away from her shoulders.
Johan
broke the kiss, but only in order to slide his arm under her and lift her from
her feet. He whirled, with Christa still cradled in his arms, then stepped back
through the patio doors into the warmth of the room. He laid her on the vast,
king-size bed and stretched out beside her.
"I
am glad you are here. I hoped that you would stay."
"You
knew I would."
He
shook his head. "I did not, but I thought you might, if I fed you well and
offered you a tempting business deal."
"You
must think me very shallow. And mercenary."
"I
have already told you what my opinion of you is, Christa. Must I repeat
it?"
"I
see no reason why not."
"Very
well. You are a lovely woman, sexy, sensuous, and I want nothing more right now
than to inspect that rather spectacular outfit spread across the foot of this
bed, preferably with you inside it.”
Christa
propped herself up on one elbow and reached for the peach lace. “May I use your
bathroom?”
“But
of course.”
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