Beauty in the Broken

A Diamond Magnate Novel

By: Charmaine Pauls

Narrated by: Adara Stevens, Lee Turner Smith

A dark, forced marriage romance

Six years ago, Harold Dalton framed me for theft and sent me to jail to steal my diamond discovery. He gave his daughter to Jack Clarke in exchange for the excavation rights. Today, I’m walking free, and I’m coming for him with a vengeance. Six years of cruelty make beasts out of men. I’m going to take back what he stole from me, and more. I’m not interested in his properties or shares. I don’t want his small change. I want his biggest asset. Beautiful, mentally unstable, Angelina Dalton-Clarke.

Worth billions, she’s the wealthiest widow in the country, and also the craziest. Her self-harming tendencies had Jack declare her incompetent before he put a gun to his head and blew out his brains. Lina isn’t allowed to touch a cent of her riches. Her father manages her finances. He has all the signing power. As her husband, that chore will fall to me. But if she thinks I only want her for her money, she’s sadly mistaken.

(This is a standalone audiobook in the Diamond Magnate Collection. If you have triggers, this one is not for you.)

Other audiobooks in the Diamond Magnate Collection

• Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1, Diamonds are Forever Trilogy)
• Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2, Diamonds are Forever Trilogy)
• Diamonds are Forever (Book 3, Diamonds are Forever Trilogy)

©2019 Charmaine Pauls (P)2020 Charmaine Pauls

Sigh

Love Charmaine’s writing. This story was raw and emotional. The plot was good. Definitely lots of triggers. I found myself hating Damien.
The negatives, the internal monologue, just went on and on… this (audio) book should have been at least (2 hours) a 100 pages shorter.
The female narrator, halfway through, I just couldn’t stomach her voice! The lag and over dramatic pauses! I swear she made it even longer than it should have been! I was grinding my teeth trying to endure her voice!
As a South African, I can tell you, they got the Durban accent so wrong 😝

Story went on and on

I like the plot of the story but this audio was 14 hours long and it could have been told in half that time! The story was there but unnecessary parts that didn’t add to the climax or help the story progress just made things drag out!

okay

Plot was good but the decisions that the characters made was super frustrating. I wouldn't listen to it more than once.

Charmaine Pauls does it again!

Heartbreaking, exhilarating, hopeful… Lina is a complex heroine I fell in live with. She is written smart and strong, healing from injustices done to her. She is the heart and soul of this wonderful story.

Couldn’t stop listening amazing

Beautiful writing. Loved the book !
I loved how the author didn’t keep repeating herself like so many do

Reader The female voice and the male voice

was not impressed with the female and male readers made the story drag on