Red Diamond

by Dorothy Cork

Martyn's carefree life had come to an end, and somehow she had to earn her living. The offer of a job on an outback station seemed to be the answer- until it turned out not to be a job at all. And the whole situation was too involved with the disturbing Red Diamond.

Genres: Harlequin Romance

186 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1975

About the author

As an author for Mills and Boon and later for Harlequin Romance, Dorothy Cork wrote 38 romance novels. She was born in 1918 and is still alive. Her first book was published in 1965 and the last in 1985.

Quite a number of her books have been translated into a diversity of languages: Japanese, Greek, Italian, French and so on.

She also wrote a number of short stories - about half of which were published in various Australian magazines.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Take away from Red Diamond:

1. Who the heck names their son Red Diamond????

2. No man named Red Diamond better call me Water Baby as a term of endearment....

Other then that, a cute book - lol!

[StMargarets · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hero was running for his life, but in the end he couldn't escape his attraction to the heroine. Guy tried everything - insults, advice, punishing kisses, condescending remarks, an OW (who tried to kill the heroine, btw), distances of hundreds of miles, never saying goodbye, etc - and nothing worked.

Heroine spent the entire story confused about everything - what she wanted to do with her life, if her art was any good, what all these men really meant by their glances, their kisses and their glib promises. I always felt better when heroine was with the young children on the Outback station or drawing by the waterhole. Those were only times she didn't invite trouble.

Poor thing was too beautiful for words. I would have eaten this fantasy up when I was her age. Since I actually remember being that clueless (and hopeless) about my future. Having incredible beauty would have been a great comfort.

Highly recommended for past me.

[Last Chance Saloon · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you can get past the arrogance of the hero, this is actually a really good story. The heroine (19) is a brilliant swimmer, better even than the hero, and I think it's great when a heroine can do something really well and have confidence in herself. She's also very fit, attractive and unworldly and takes pleasure in simple things. The OW, the neighbour he had been thinking of marrying, is awful and her action at the end is infuriating. The hero comes to really fall for her, against his will (he's 33 and thinks that's too old as he has always liked mature women), and gets jealous quite a bit. He never loses his annoying conceit, but it's still an interesting read and the HEA is rather charming.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Martyn's carefree life had come to an end and somehow she had to earn her living. The offer of a job on an outback station seemed to be the answer-until it turned out not to be a job at all. And the whole situation was too involved with the disturbing Red Diamond.

[Lori Nemitz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read between January & June 1983.

Original notes on book from 1983: Typical Harlequin. Set in Australia; outback mostly.