Diamonds by K.A. Linde
Blurb:
Bryna feels his eyes on her.
Hot, seductive, enticing.
He’s at least ten years older than her seventeen years, and he knows exactly what he’s doing to her with that look.
Walking away would be the smart thing to do…
But she can’t. Not that first night when he takes her home and claims her body. Not when he shows up in her life again with expensive gifts to win her trust. Not even when she’s falling for him, and everything else is falling apart…
Find out how Bryna goes from golden girl to gold digger in this tantalizingly scandalous first book in the USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s All That Glitters series.
Review:
Diamonds definitely takes a dip into the early synapses of K.A. Linde's controversial mind. Though I respect the diversity of her writing over the years, I feel that this book unquestionably brings us back to her roots. This series will once again polarize her fans and readers to epic extremes. Love. Hate. Frustration. Anger. She characteristically makes it difficult to like any one character too much, especially the heroine. The ambivalent emotions her readers will feel for any one person is what makes this book interesting; it's what makes her writing interesting. She's not afraid to alienate the reader. That is what pushes them to want more. They want to connect. They want to "like" a character so much that they become trapped in a world that frustrates the hell out of them, but a world they can't bring themselves to leave. It is also why K.A. Linde is one of the very few authors I will tolerate a love triangle from. The ambivalence leaves it possible for me to change my mind, instead of just stearing me towards the direction that I'm "suppose" to go.
Diamonds is fast paced entertainment. It's not an epic romance, or tear jerker. And it won't leave you connecting with any deep seated emotions. It's angsty. It's frustrating. It's hot, and I had fun reading it. I wasn't so much in love with this book as much as I'm in love with where it's going. You can't really call it a prequel because it's not pre-anyting, but it's definitely the beginning. Instead of just telling us what made Bryna the person she will become, with Diamonds, we get to live it. I can't wait to meet the character that this book created.
So, to the fans of K.A. Linde who have missed toeing the line between love and hate...
Welcome Home.
READ ON!
★★★ 3.5 stars ★★★
Excerpt:
“No,” she
finally said. “I don’t think you should.”
“Good.”
His hand slid
around her waist where his long fingers splayed across her lower back. Her
heart thrummed to a beat from his touch. She was warm everywhere at once. If he
kept this fire simmering in her core, she knew there would be no going back.
She held on
to her confidence and met his dark gaze. The gaze of the devil incarnate
tempting her to sin, offering her the apple from the Garden of Eden. Perhaps he
was a snake. But if sin tasted this good, then she understood why Eve had
thirsted for knowledge.
“Dance?” he
suggested.
His hand slid
into hers and drew her out to the dance floor. They were soon consumed by
people and lost in the crowd. He pressed her back into his chest. Their hips
swayed to the beat. His fingers dug into the material of her tight dress, and
she groaned at the feel of him. He knew exactly what he was doing.
The heat
between them escalated. He pulled her hands over her head and around his neck.
He pressed his pelvis into her ass as she ground herself against him. His mouth
touched the sensitive skin on her neck, and she shivered all over. He traveled
up to her ear, and then grasped her chin, forcing her to give him better
access. His lips settled along her jaw and then her cheek. Her eyes fluttered
closed in the dark room. Her skin vibrated under his touch as she anticipated
what was to come. She swallowed, barely breathing, as she felt the gentlest of
brushes. A taste. A test.
Then, he was
kissing her. The world went dark. The kiss was hot and insistent and as greedy
as the music moving through the bodies around them.
His tongue
brushed against her lips, and she opened her mouth to let him in. Their tongues
met, and she was lost. She voraciously pulled his mouth down onto hers, never
wanting to break away.
As the kiss
intensified, he turned her around and drew her into his arms. Her body was on
fire. Her face was flushed. Her hands clutched the collar of his shirt. She
could do this all night.
She broke
away, breathless. Her pupils blasted out, and her chest heaved.
Their game
was coming to an end. She had forfeited the prize in the heat of the moment on
the crowded dance floor.
“Leave with
me,” he breathed into her ear.
“How do I
know I can trust you?”
He lightly
nipped her ear, and she shivered.
“You don’t.”
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About the author:
USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde has written the
Avoiding series and the Record series as well as the new adult novels Following
Me and Take Me for Granted. She grew up as a military brat traveling the United
States and Australia. While studying political science and philosophy at the
University of Georgia, she founded the Georgia Dance Team, which she still
coaches. Post-graduation, she served as the campus campaign director for the
2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
An avid traveler, reader, and bargain hunter, K.A. lives in Athens, Georgia,
with her fiancé and two puppies, Riker and Lucy.
Connect with K.A. Linde:
@AuthorKALinde
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Gold (All That Glitters, #2)
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The prey becomes the predator.
Love. That cursed four-letter word no longer belongs in Bryna’s vocabulary. The only four-letter word she knows now is gold.
…and fuck.
She’s well acquainted with that one. And that’s exactly what she plans to do. She’s no longer the golden girl, and when she meets a businessman who promises everything she could ever want from the arrangement, she intends to get her money’s worth.
Follow the conclusion to Bryna’s gold digging story in this scandalizing, duplicitous second book to the USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s All That Glitters series.
Love. That cursed four-letter word no longer belongs in Bryna’s vocabulary. The only four-letter word she knows now is gold.
…and fuck.
She’s well acquainted with that one. And that’s exactly what she plans to do. She’s no longer the golden girl, and when she meets a businessman who promises everything she could ever want from the arrangement, she intends to get her money’s worth.
Follow the conclusion to Bryna’s gold digging story in this scandalizing, duplicitous second book to the USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s All That Glitters series.
Platinum (All That Glitters,
#3)
Release TBD. The third stand alone book in the All That Glitters series. Follows Trihn Hamilton, one of Bryna's best friends, in their junior year of college as she navigates her parent's expectations and the heady lifestyle she and her friends have created in fabulous Las Vegas.
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Silver (All That Glitters, #4)
Release TBD. The fourth stand alone book in the All That Glitters series. Follows Stacia Daniels, the second of Bryna's best friends, in their senior year of college as she struggles with the consequences of her jersey chasing desires in fabulous Las Vegas.
Goodreads
Release TBD. The third stand alone book in the All That Glitters series. Follows Trihn Hamilton, one of Bryna's best friends, in their junior year of college as she navigates her parent's expectations and the heady lifestyle she and her friends have created in fabulous Las Vegas.
Goodreads
Silver (All That Glitters, #4)
Release TBD. The fourth stand alone book in the All That Glitters series. Follows Stacia Daniels, the second of Bryna's best friends, in their senior year of college as she struggles with the consequences of her jersey chasing desires in fabulous Las Vegas.
Goodreads
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