- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Harlequin, Mills & Boon (3 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0263869342
- ISBN-13: 978-0263869347
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Now I like DP (love Cowboy and the lady, Lawless, Desperado and the Hart/Treymaine brothers books to name a few).
However, this book was disappointing not 'cause there was anything particulary wrong with it but why can't DP go back to some of her more sassy heroines (other than charactor name!). All the female charactors of her recent books are either complete wimps or worse abused in early years in some way. Though everyone will always have something to overcome in life fictional or real why oh why have the publishers not asked DP to 'change the record' cause this is getting old.
Which is a shame because I was looking forward to John geting his own story along with many other secondary charactors from previous books but if DP can't change or this is what the publishers want I'll be saving my money in future.
However, this book was disappointing not 'cause there was anything particulary wrong with it but why can't DP go back to some of her more sassy heroines (other than charactor name!). All the female charactors of her recent books are either complete wimps or worse abused in early years in some way. Though everyone will always have something to overcome in life fictional or real why oh why have the publishers not asked DP to 'change the record' cause this is getting old.
Which is a shame because I was looking forward to John geting his own story along with many other secondary charactors from previous books but if DP can't change or this is what the publishers want I'll be saving my money in future.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this book for Dp fans it features John Callister (brother of Gill from Circle of Gold).
This book is lovely John is not your typical DP meanie come good but a real sweetie our heoine Sassey does have her many problems but gets there in the end.
If you want a bit of romance with a white knight this will be for you
This book is lovely John is not your typical DP meanie come good but a real sweetie our heoine Sassey does have her many problems but gets there in the end.
If you want a bit of romance with a white knight this will be for you
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
If you are a Diana Palmer fan, you should enjoy this one.
13 May 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
John Callister and his brother, Gil, own a ranching empire in Medicine Ridge. His brother has a wife and kids and John feels like the odd man out. He decides to expand their enterprise by purchasing a rundown ranch in Hollister. He goes under an assumed name, not wanting the locals to get wind of his financial status.
At the local feed store, he meets a Sassy Peale, an attractive young woman who carries more weight on her shoulders than one person should. When he comes to her rescue, she views him as her prince. He's attracted to her, but feels there is too much of an age difference between them.
Readers familiar with Diana Palmer, this is the typical older man - younger woman scenario. The female character is poor and wholesome to a fault. The thirty-something John Wayne style hero is rich beyond imagination and feels like falling for a nineteen year old virgin isn't right.
Yes, DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH is predictable, but sometimes I like it that way. Coming off a stressful day, it's nice to plug into something light. And at only 192 pages, I can read it all in one sitting.
At the local feed store, he meets a Sassy Peale, an attractive young woman who carries more weight on her shoulders than one person should. When he comes to her rescue, she views him as her prince. He's attracted to her, but feels there is too much of an age difference between them.
Readers familiar with Diana Palmer, this is the typical older man - younger woman scenario. The female character is poor and wholesome to a fault. The thirty-something John Wayne style hero is rich beyond imagination and feels like falling for a nineteen year old virgin isn't right.
Yes, DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH is predictable, but sometimes I like it that way. Coming off a stressful day, it's nice to plug into something light. And at only 192 pages, I can read it all in one sitting.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Diana Palmer What Happened? This was a disappointment!
31 Mar 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I am a diehard fan. I have almost every Diana Palmer book ever written even the ones under Diana Blayne and Susan Kyle and there have been a few in recent times that haven't been up to total Diana's best, but this one was a true disappointment. I was very excited to see it being offered and had it reserved only to be very disappointed with the read. The hero John, although had some more depth that the usual cowboy could have gone so much further with a deeper story. And Sassy, again, without a strong story, just withered and died as a heroine. There was too much that was just left out, not even alluded to... just plain left out...like... the entire wedding night Diana. Her sensual writing has always been such a strong point and her western heroes so delicious but this was a real sad story. And the whole sexual predator angle could have really been a page turner but again, fell flat. And the cancer aspect....come on Diana...in today's time...do you really want us to believe that doctors would have this poor woman suffering needlessly and then it takes a master surgeon to realize that she just needed an operation to recover completely. Oh Diana. Maybe you need to get away for a little while and recharge your batteries. We miss your wonderfully written western heroes with their strong attitudes and sensual natures and their heroines with their sassiness. This wasn't it by a long shot.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A huge disappointment
19 Feb 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Though I tire of Palmer's devotion to the virginal woman/experienced male scenario, I will often overlook it for a good story. Unfortunately, this wasn't. There was so much potential in these characters, but they ended up having no depth. I kept reading, hoping something would develop, but as I neared the end of the book, I realized it was just going to play out as predictably as I feared. Even when I know there will be a happy ending, I enjoy the misunderstandings and conflicts along the way that require resolution, the missteps and questions that require trust and forgiveness. There was no complexity, nothing you could sink your teeth into. Even the revelation to Sassy that the very identity of her hero was a lie resulted in barely a hiccup along the way. My hope for more from Sassy and John kept me reading, but in the end, I felt I had wasted my time.
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