Diamonds Down Under

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"I won't make promises I can't keep."

Ever since their one night together, making love again to Rachel Kincaid was all Matt Hammond thought about. That and destroying the Blackstone diamond empire and avenging his family. Poised for a take-over, Matt cursed fate for bringing Rachel back now--as nanny to his motherless son. Nights with her in his house tortured him, like the Blackstones did. Matt was possessed by revenge and obsessed by a woman. The billionaire always got what he wanted, but now did he want sweet revenge...or sweet Rachel's love?

Jealousy and a Jellewed Proposition by Yvonne Lindsay, Desire, #1873, June 2008 (series: book 6- Diamonds Down Under)

When Matt Hammond's wife, Marise, took a trip to Australia, Matt hired Rachel Kincaid as his son's, Blake, nanny. But Marise was killed in a plane crash 5 months ago, and Rachel has been Blake's nanny that whole time. Rachel has other commitment and had told Matt this would be temporary and she thought it was time to move on. With Matt travelling so much, working so hard trying to destroy Blackstone's, running his business and Rachel being a constant in Blake's life, he has started to call her mommy. Matt can't have Rachel leaving now. He needs her. But he needs to get past his guilt about sleeping with her the night of her high school graduation. To Rachel it was an incredible night, one she wouldn't mind repeating. But Matt has been distancing himself from her ever since. Could Rachel hold the key to Matt's goal?

"For years, model Briana Davenport fought temptation-in the form of a six-foot, blue-eyed seducer. Jarrod Hammond was her employer's sworn enemy and, as such, off-limits to her...and her bed.

Then her father needed a cool million to bail himself out of trouble, and Briana had no choice but to turn to the Australian businessman. But after one mind-blowing night as his millionaire mistress, how could Briana ever walk away?"

What would it take for Danielle Hammond to design a necklace for one of the world's highest-priced diamonds? Gem broker Quinn Everard wasn't above using blackmail to get Dani to take the job.

Boardrooms and a Billionaire Heir by Paula Roe, Desire, #1867, May 2008 (multi-author mini-series: book 5- Diamonds Down Under)

"I'm a man you sleep with, not fall in love with."
What is corporate raider Jake Vance doing at Blackstone's? With recent media leaks the shares have been plummeting. Is Blackstone's ripe for a take over? Does Jake plan to take over the company to tear it apart as he has done in the past? This is what his assigned assistant, Holly McLeod, is being blackmailed to uncover. But she finds out a huge shocker. But can she reveal the truth when he proposes to her, even if it is just business to him?

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"I'm a man you sleep with, not fall in love with."

Jake Vance was danger in a designer suit, a charming corporate raider. When he set his sights on Blackstone's, Australia's richest diamond dealers, Holly McLeod's primary assignment was as his assistant; her secondary was as a spy. To her amazement, she learned her dangerously sexy boss was the long-lost Blackstone heir. And then Jake did the unthinkable: To save his new company, he proposed marriage...an intimate one...to her!

     I got this book for a couple, or more, reasons. 
   First is that the second book in the series is by Trish Wylie who's become a favourite and auto-buy author.  The first book ~ Vows &  a Vengeful Groom ~ was easily available, so point one. 
   The second reason is that it fits nicely into this month's New-to-Me Challenge as Bronwyn Jameson is definitely NTM. 
The third reason is kind of tied to the fourth reason; the common point being Theme.  All six of the authors writing the series are from Australia or New Zealand and fourthly is that this is a reunion story... I LOVE reunion stories!  So the reasons all came together and allowed me to broaden my horizons once again.  Gotta love it when that happens. 

RATING:
Excellence: Very Good to Excellent ~ 3.5 stars
Steaminess: Sensual