
Romancing the Rough Diamond
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Narrated by:
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Joel Leslie
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By:
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Clare London
About this listen
Where trust is the most precious jewel of all.
When Mayfair jewellers Starsmith Stones wins the commission for a British gay royal wedding, CEO Joel Sterling is recommended to the brilliant young designer Matt Barth - only to discover Matt’s the man with whom he shared an anonymous and passionate kiss on the celebration night.
Disenchanted with the commercial jewellery industry, Matt nowadays prefers muddy archaeological digs to designing. Openly resentful of Starsmith’s hostile takeover of his family’s firm, he is horrified at the realization he’ll be working with the man who engineered that deal - but the opportunity to create something fabulous and unique for the royal couple is too tempting to refuse.
Working as a team reignites the spark between Joel and Matt. But when betrayal from within Starsmith threatens both the project and Joel’s confidence, will they have built enough trust to keep their newfound love as precious as the royal jewels?
This story offers you a gruff designer who prefers digging for treasure, a smooth CEO who’s too used to his own company, the glamorous Mayfair world of expensive jewellery, enemies to lovers, a gay royal couple who are fond of mischief, and an embarrassing accident on the Buckingham Palace railings!
Note: This is the same book as previously published by Dreamspinner Press, but with a new cover, and now published by the author.
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Jewels for the win!
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The two MC have a brief past without knowing who each other was. Then a rocky start to their working relationship with a hefty dose of hatred from Matt towards Joel.
The Jewellers Starsmith win the ultimate commission from the Royal Household to design the wedding bands for the Prince and his soon to be husband.
The story is good, and the characters are well written, but as I said, in the first quarter of the book, I struggled with it, but it redeemed itself.
Well narrated, clean and clear. Joel Leslie is always a joy to listen to.
Romancing the Rough Diamond
By: Clare London
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Series: Dreamspinner, Book 4
Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
❤❤❤ Overall
🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration
📚📚 📚 Story
Read at 1.25 speed on Audible
I received this audiobook for free from GRR, and my review is my opinion and an honest review.
Rough Diamond or Royal Jewels
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Diamonds Are Forever.
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🎧📚🎧 And for the fabulous narration, Joel Leslie is a talented narrator and voice artist. He does an exceptional job portraying the characters, taking each role and making it his own, sounding believable in every role he played and is absolutely brilliant with accents, handles the dialogue with ease and switches roles flawlessly. He sets the perfect tone for the story, captures all the characters’ emotions and projects them into his performance. Joel Leslie is an entertaining storyteller and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for another wonderful listen.
Thank you #GRR
A Delightful Gem of a Story! Fabulous Narration🎧
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Clare London sure has a way with regular lads. She writes terrific salt of the earth type characters, and I've really enjoyed getting to know Matt and Joel.
This is a fun peek into the jewelry manufacturing biz, and the cast of folks which surround it. (I especially enjoyed the scenes with the royal family.) And Matt's family are fantastic.
Some fascinating insight into the business of high end jewelry in London, England - and a little archaeological history as well.
Romancing the Round Diamond is nicely performed by Joel Leslie, and listening to him perform this is making me want to re-visit the With A Kick series. Mr. Leslie does a stellar job with those as well.
So Much Fun, Wonderful Performance by M. Leslie
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This is a later book in the Romancing the... series but each book is standalone and there's no need to have read/listened to any of the others (except you should, especially Ugly Duckling, which is my favourite).
I love hard headed, stubborn Matt and his rekindled love of his profession. And his passion for history and family. And there's a pair of meddlesome princes who are determined to play fairy godmother.
It's a very British rom-com romance with an excellent performance.
Highly recommended
Another great story from this author/narrator comb
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Joel is a businessman who is responsible for nabbing the job of producing the jewellery and other assorted baubles for the upcoming nuptials of the first gay royal couple in British history. A real feather in his cap so to speak. That’s all well and good, but he needs the right designer. The solution? Matt. The problem? Minutes after they’d met, they’d locked lips. Not knowing who the other was, of course. The other problem? Matt blames Joel for the takeover of his family’s business and Joel blames Matt for mucking up the deal.
But the prestige of a royal wedding is on the line.
Now, I have to say that I loved the royal couple and I had hoped they might’ve had their own story. Just super sweet adorable and very much mischief makers. I loved the idea there could be a gay royal wedding. Hopefully in my lifetime…?
Anyway, I keep saying it’s a cute story – and it is. There are also some steamy scenes and a truly hilarious scene outside Buckingham Palace. And what is the difference between a palace and a castle? Had to think about that one.
Rounding out this delightful book is narrator Joel Leslie. He did a fabulous job and was perfect for this quirky book. Overall I enjoyed it and I’ll be going back and picking up the others.
Matt + Joel = adorable
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This is a great enemies-to-lovers story. I've haven't read too many books with this trope and I really loved this one. It has the added "royal" element of the two MCs working together to create something magnificent for the upcoming gay royal wedding.
Romancing the Rough Diamond kept me engaged right from the beginning and didn't let me go, even after I finished reading it.
Loved the ebook and the audiobook is even better.
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The audiobook was narrated by Joel Leslie who did a fantastic job. The characters were all voiced perfectly and performed well. I thought the overall audiobook production was smooth which made this a great listen.
Diamonds and Crowns
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Loved every second of this
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