Diamonds in the Dust — Charmaine Pauls

She's a pretty wildflower destined for my brother's vase. I'll make her mine, even if how I do it will make flowers wilt.A DARK FRENCH MAFIA ROMANCEMen like us, we see things.We do things, things that make us unfeeling.That's the price of power and money, of living la belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement - fragile yet resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth. She was supposed to be just another job, a nameless person I was to pluck from her life and hand to my brother, nothing but a pawn in the gamble of our diamond business.There's a psychological label for men like us.We lack empathy and guilt.We do things to have what we want, things that make flowers wilt.Note: Diamonds in the Dust is Book 1 of the Diamonds are Forever trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. Zoe and Maxime's story continues in Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2) and concludes in Diamonds are Forever (Book 3). This dark mafia romance trilogy is part of the Diamond Magnate collection. You don't have to read the other books to follow this story.The Diamond Magnate collection in order:Standalone Novels(Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance)Beauty in DeceptionBeauty in the BrokenDiamonds are Forever Trilogy(Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance)Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3)Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy(Dark Heist Romance)Stolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3)Beauty in Imperfection Duology(Dark Arranged Marriage Romance)Imperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)