The GEMs play by their own rules. These global problem-solvers combine grace, firepower, smarts, and a healthy dose of audacious attitudes to get the job done – for a price, of course. After all, the M in GEMs stands for Mercenary.Jackson “Jax” Guillion, known as Diamond, leads this group of kick-ass women, behind the front of an elite travel agency. So what if it leaves a gaping hole in her … in her personal life? She wouldn’t trade what she has for anything. Who has time for a personal life when there’s wrongs to be righted and money to make doing it?
But when a client hires them to find and return a sick child’s father, all bets are off. She’ll do what it takes to bring him back, whether he wants it or not. Too bad nobody warned her he was sexy, dangerous, and just her type.
Wes Davenport is running from the complicated life he left behind. Spending his days on the slopes would be his favorite pastime – if he wasn’t too busy looking over his shoulder. Shock and trepidation filled him when one of those glances back included a beautiful woman intent on taking him back. Dangerous but gorgeous, he can’t let his draw to her get in the way – he has to keep running to stay alive. Unfortunately, she’s not giving up and neither is he.
Can the two of them find a safe middle ground without getting their hearts involved or will they both give in to the irresistible pull demanding they stay together, no matter what?
WARNING! Adult language and situations.
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Diamond
Melissa Kay Clarke
I’ve read a couple of other books by Melissa Kay Clarke and I love her style and the way she writes. I was really excited when I found out she was creating a series for the GEMS because they are some kicka$$ ladies, and we need more books with strong ladies as the main characters. Boy did this book not disappoint! As always there was plenty of action, some twists, turns, intrigue and of course some hot, sexy moments as well. Learning more about Diamond – her history and what makes her the dominant, strong, kicka$$ person that she is was rather amazing. Seeing her fighting her attraction but finally giving in to it was not something I had anticipated. But her and Wes had so many sparks flying between them that it would have been a shame to not follow her heart. I am now looking forward to the next one in the series and learning about all these other ladies, and of course I’m wondering if Wes will be working with the GEMS in some capacity. Loved this book, and could not put it down once I got started. I need to go back and read all of the books that I have not read by this author, that is how much I enjoy her work, and I believe if you give her a chance, you will become a fan as well.
Melissa Kay Clarke is one of my favorite authors and I have read nearly every book she’s written! I love this spin off of the Team Cerberus! I cannot wait some book 2!
Solid 4.5 star
It was great to see the G.E.M.S get their own series after seeing all the antics and crazy attitudes via the Cerberus series and the ladies did not disappoint. I loved getting to know them more and there is plenty of action, attraction, nothing being as it seems and Jax aka Diamond and the others fighting for the good guy while mayhem ensues! You definitely won’t be putting this down until the end and will be impatiently waiting for the next book to get to know the others more and see what craziness they can get up to!!
Jackson “Jax” Guillon is ex-army who now works out of Exotic Destinations while leading a group of women called G.E.M.S. on secret missions. The group of women work together and are always underestimated.
When her team is hired to find a missing father of a sick child they are able to track him down but soon they learn that not everything is as it seems.
Can Jax and her girls find out the truth in time?
This was such a good book and I really enjoyed it!!
I love the idea of a woman’s undercover team that kicks butt and gets the job done! Each of the women were awesome and I am looking forward to reading all of the books. We got to meet all of them in this book and see a little bit of their personalities but this book focused on Jax, aka, Diamond.
Jax is no nonsense and I loved the latest case she was on trying to track down a missing father for a sick child. I thought her receptionist, Sierra Marchant was great and I loved how not everyone knew what she was involved in at Exotic Destinations.
It was interesting when Jax arrived at where she was going and how she met a man and things seemed almost too good to be true. I loved when she tracked down the person she was after, Wes, and how certain pieces began to fall into place but there were still a lot of questions.
There was so much chemistry between Jax and Wes but as much as stuff began to happen there were still some missing pieces that could come crashing down on Jax. I really liked where Jax when to hide out with Wes and I was shocked at all of the trouble that found them!
I was a little surprised at where things went as I knew Wes was still in danger and I didn’t think the book was going to go the way it went.
I loved what ended up happening two months later and I can’t wait to see where things go from here and if Wes ends up working somehow with Jax.
The epilogue was totally shocking and I can’t wait to see what happens with Kiyoko next!
This was a nice start to a new series. I liked that the team is made up of kick butt women.
The girls are back….Love the GEMS!! Love this story and that each of these remarkable women are going to meet their match.
There’s nothing better than a strong female in a story. Fierce, independent, sweet and sexy-sassy.
The world needs more women like Jax.
I loved the G.E.M.S. popping in to assist in previous stories, but getting to know them individually is a treat you have to share!
I can’t wait for the next one, and the next, and the next.
Love love love.
This was a fast paced read for me and i absolutely loved it!! I was so happy that Author Melissa Kay Clarke wrote a series for the GEMS! These are a bunch of badass ladies that needed their own stories! Diamond, Aka Jax is my fave!!
Diamond is the 1st book in the G.E.M.S. series by Melissa Kay Clarke. Jax aka Diamond runs a group of mercenaries who are kick butt women with special skills. They chooses jobs they want and not for the money. If you love action, suspense, thriller with romance thrown in, this book is for you. I couldn’t put it down. There was never a dull moment. This os a must read.
This book was so good. A pack of women help out those as a hire for hit. They catch people who are needed to be found. Diamond AKA Jackson or Jax is a hard working women. She is alone with a friend with benefits relationship with a man but there’s no feelings. Just scratching an itch if it’s needed. When she gets a job from a women to find Wesley Devonport, she wasn’t sure but a kid needed his father. So the team GEM’s went to work. Tho what they found wasn’t what they were looking for. Jax finds herself in a situation that has never happened and is wanting to know more. Some feelings pop up when she least expects it. Who is this Wes? He made her rethink relationships and what she wanted. A must read for sure.
Absolutely Loves It!!! Jax is the head of Gems, a girl’s mercenary team. They’re hired to find Wes. Jax and Wes falls in love .
I started this book around 11:30 pm last night and finished it at half 4 this morning. Best none sleep day ever. This is my first book by this author but it definitely won’t be my last. I am extremely excited to read about the other ladies in this group. I loved every minute of this book and the characters are funny and amazing. Fantastic read and highly recommended.
I was glad to see these bada$$ ladies get their own series after previously reading about them in other books. Action, adventure, sexiness and great supporting characters with their own unique stories made for a very entertaining read. Based off the epilogue, I can not wait for the next book!!
Wow, whats not to love? Jax aka “Diamond” is a strong women, who knows what she wants and where she’s going. Jax and her team of like minded women form GEMS, mecenaries who will go out and “get the job done” for thier clients. But, when thier next client asks for an “absent” dad to be found and returned to help his sick child, Jax and her team find themselves in a situation they didn’t expect, with thier lives and that of the man they went to find at risk. Least of all Jax excpected, was to fall for the man she was sent out to find. This one is full of twists and surprises a great start to a new series.
When I heard Ms. Clarke was going to write a series on The GEMS I could not wait. These bad @–, kick @– girls were my favorite when they made appearances in her other books.
It was great to see Diamonds past and why she runs the GEMS. As she takes on a case that will tug at your heart strings she finds out things are not as they seem. When she finds the man in questions all there questions are met with more questions and the lies unravel.
These women, oh my goodness the banter between them will make you laugh but believe me they have each others back. When Jax meets Wes it ends in gun fire, but from who. As she finds out his past nothing will be the same.
This book has just the right amount of romance and suspense and plenty of angst and action. It is fast paced and never dull. Can’t wait to see what is in store for the other girls.
I really enjoyed this first story in the series, it’s a stand-alone but you will like it so much you will want to read the next book in the series. Jaxson runs a very successful travel agency but also a secret group called the Gems who are finders of anything, people, jewelry, pretty much anything but this job might have Jaxson finding something she wasn’t even looking for.
I really enjoyed this book. It has action, suspense, intrigue and a growing attraction. Jax is a tough as nails woman who leads a team of equally tough women doing mercenary and vigilante work all over the world. She is hired to find Wes, the father of a sick child to procure bone marrow to save the child. Jax and her crew get to work and she locates the man but Jax and Wes end up in a gunfight and running for their lives during a snow storm. Something is not right and Jax is determined to find out what the truth is and make it out alive. These are also fighting the developing feelings that have cropped up as they’re on the run.