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Diamond (Gambler's Daughters Trilogy)

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I read "Diamond" in one sitting, and I couldn't put it down. This is a story about a woman who has a beautiful voice and loves to sing country music. A chance meeting has her being discovered by country singings hottest sensation "Jessie Eagle," and from there the story takes off. Sharon Sala has the God-given gift of making her readers feel like their part of her stories. I swear that every time "Diamond" sings in this book, I can actually hear her. Way to go Miss Sala!

This was by far my favorite book in the series. I read them out of order, which is something I always do but it did not matter. Each story stands on it's own. This story touched on all of my emotions, I cries, and I laughed out loud, I also admit to falling a little bit in love with Jesse the hero.

Diamond is the first to leave Cradle Creek after her gambler father dies. She leaves after a chance meeting with Jesse Eagle a famous country singer that heard Diamond sing and knows that she has what it takes to make it in Nashville. Diamond has stars in her eyes and despite the fact that she trust no man, she takes a gamble on Jesse, packs, and leaves that very same night.

Jesse heard Diamond sing the first time while she sang "Amazing Grace" at her fathers grave side and could not get her out of his mind. He turns around and goes back to the small Tennessee mountain town and finds her right away singing in a dump. He is compelled to take her back with him to Nashville, he know she will be a huge star.

Jesse and Diamond soon fall for each other, and their love is wonderful. But there is someone in Jesse's world that thinks that Diamond will ruin it all and sets out to destroy her and her chances at making it big before she even gets a chance. What this person does not know is how much these two love each other or the strength of will that they both have. Love will win the day but not before both are put to the test.

This again was by far my favorite in the series, the characterization is wonderful, and the story basically tells it's self. I managed to inhale this one in one night. I hated to see it come to an end. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one by a wonderful and talented author.

i have read all the popular authors... been reading romance novels for 10 years now. i have been running out of things to
read, the lesser known authors are kinda blah blah. when i picked this book up i didnt really expect to like it. well i LOVED it. this book has it all...it'll make you smile, laugh, and it also made my heart ache. i m a fan of judith mcnaught, johanna lindsey, susan e. phillips, and other well known authors. if you enjoy theses authors you'll enjoy this book. give it a try. i give it a 5 stars. and i usually dont. her other book is so-so, but this book i loved! wonderful story!!!!!

I devoured each of the gambler's daughters books as fast as I could get them. The plots were sometimes a stretch but the chemistry between the main characters dynamite. I eagerly look forward to more works from Ms Sala.

This was the best book I have read in a very long time. Sala really hit the mark with the characters: such deep and emotional feeling. She draws you into the story as you feel the passion and depth of emotion throughout the book. I will definitely look for other books by this author.

While reading this book you'll shed some tears because this book is a story of love. Not a love story. Furthermore you won't be able to close the book and when you'll finish it you'll cry because is over and you wanted more. The characters are exactly right in their performance and I mean every single one of them. Of course you'll know the book's end since half of your reading and that just ratchets up a quarter star. So for me this book deserves more than SIX STARS.

If I didn't have a child under the age of 2 of would have read this book in one sitting front to back. Every chance I got to sit and read this book I took it! From the very begininng this book grabs you and makes you turn page after page. The way Sala describes her character Diamond and how she looks and sings you can seriously picture it so perfectly and feel as if your there. The other character's from her love interest Jesse, the savor of Diamond, Dooley, to the evil manager Tommy, it's almost as if you know and have met them they are described and portrayed so well in this book. But I do agree with another reviewer that the incident with Tommy didn't really get resolved in my opinion, but I gave it 5 stars anyway because everything else was perfect. I very much recommend buying this book. It's great!

enjoy Sharon Sala books very much...you receive a lot of funny humor alone with the romance...enjoyed very much

I had heard so much about this book over the years and for while it was a HTF (Hard to find) until they recently re-released it. I enjoyed the plot between Diamond and Jesse, the Love story is what makes this book so good for me. Diamonds voice is discribed to be so beautiful and clear that... yes, when you read the words and the expressions that she is having you literally get goose bumps imagining this woman singing with all of her soul. The whole situation between Tommy and Diamond never fully got resolved to my knowledge and you never did get a "clear" answer to exactly what happened so that is the reason I only gave it 4 Stars.

If you like this plot in a book you may want to check out "Small Town Girl" by Lavryle Spencer

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