{"id":9477,"date":"2020-04-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T22:49:47","slug":"cover-reveal-diamonds-in-the-dust-by-charmaine-pauls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/17\/cover-reveal-diamonds-in-the-dust-by-charmaine-pauls\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Reveal: Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls\" class=\"wp-image-9475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?w=1706&amp;ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Ebook-Cover-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>click to purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title: Diamonds in the Dust (Diamonds are Forever Trilogy #1)<br>Author: Charmaine Pauls<br>Genre: Dark Romance<br>Release Date:<\/strong> <strong>19 May 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men like us, we\u00a0see\u00a0things. <br>We\u00a0<em>do<\/em>\u00a0things, things that make us unfeeling.<br> \u00a0<br>That\u2019s the price of power and money, of living\u00a0la belle vie\u00a0and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement\u2014fragile 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.<br> \u00a0<br>There\u2019s a psychological label for men like us.<br>We lack empathy and guilt.<br>We do\u00a0things\u00a0to have what we want, things that make flowers wilt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<strong>Diamonds in the Dust<\/strong>\u00a0is Book 1 of the\u00a0<strong>Diamonds are Forever Trilogy<\/strong>. Book 2,\u00a0<strong>Diamonds in the Rough<\/strong>, will be released in July 2020, and Book 3,\u00a0<strong>Diamonds are Forever<\/strong>, in September 2020.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diamonds in the Dust by Charmaine Pauls\" class=\"wp-image-9476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diamonds-in-the-Dust-Teaser-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>steal and share this<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Charmaine Pauls:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charmaine Pauls was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained a degree in Communication at the University of Potchestroom, and followed a diverse career path in journalism, public relations, advertising, communications, photography, graphic design, and brand marketing. Her writing has always been an integral part of her professions.\u00a0 After relocating to Chile with her French husband, she fulfilled her passion to write creatively full- time. Charmaine has published over twenty novels since 2011, as well as several short stories and articles. Two of her shorts have been selected by the International Literary Society for an anthology from across the African continent. When she is not writing, she likes to travel, read, and rescue cats. Charmaine currently lives in France with her husband and children. Their household is a linguistic m\u00e9lange of Afrikaans, English, French and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Charmaine Pauls: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/charmainepauls.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Instagram (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charmainepaulsbooks\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ForbiddenArts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharmainePauls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Twitter (opens in a new tab)\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/charmaine-pauls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BookBub (opens in a new tab)\">BookBub<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RIFsOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Amazon (opens in a new tab)\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; 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We\u00a0do\u00a0things, things that make us unfeeling. \u00a0That\u2019s the price of power and money, of living\u00a0la belle vie\u00a0and running the French mafia. 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