Review: His Diamond of Convenience by Maisey Yates

His Diamond of Convenience by Maisey Yates
My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I like kick-ass heroines but Victoria Calder was such a cold and sarcastic character that made her totally not endearing to me.
The first time she meets the hero…

“Do you own a shirt, Mr Markin?” She looked him up and down, doing her best to keep her expression disinterested. “Because I have yet to see evidence of it.”
“I do, but I don’t always see occasion to wear one. Doest it bother you?”
“Not at all. I was merely concerned. You are a billionaire, so obviously I assumed you were more than able to cover the expenses in your life. But if not, I’m happy to take up a collection. Charity is after all my area of expertise.”

I was like….

So, the hero, Dimitri Markin, Russian tattooed ex MMA fighter or martial arts fighter..couldn’t quite figure out what he was exactly..now is a billionaire who needs to be accepted by society so he can do his charity work. I was quite so so about this hero…I prefer my Mills & Boon’s heroes to be sophisticated guys…yes, I am shallow, and I admit….but saying that, I prefer him to icy Victoria. At least he had some heart!!!!

Okay, Victoria needs to get her family’s company back to her father…the only problem is Dimitri owns it. She makes him an offer….she will get him an introduction into society, even marry him temporarily …yes, she comes from a society family……and in return, he gives her back her father’s company!!!

Now, if it was me…..I would tell her to take a hike!!!! Why would he want to do anything for someone so unlikable and snotty is beyond me!!!!

But old Dimitri is smitten by this high class woman and he finds her quite a turn-on…so why not???

The usual traumatic childhood, fighting off attraction, misunderstandings…and even a bit of bondage…which I found to be somewhat forced and made no sense to me in adding anything to what would make these two characters actually get together.

I have read some really awesome books by this author but also some that kind of missed the mark for me…and this one is one of those.


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