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The Devil's Stone
Omar Ash Raff is a man of honor. He lives in Sierra Leone, a country rife with diamond smugglers. Omar knows what diamonds can do to a man. He’s chased that dream all his life. He safeguards Okra Hill—the most valuable piece of diamond-rich real estate the country possesses—from being pillaged by rebels, diamond conglomerates, and the corrupt government that will sell it to the highest bidder. Okra Hill belongs to the people, and protecting it is insurance that if the people can’t have it, nobody else will.
Dawn Peake’s plane is diverted to Freetown. She has no intention of staying in a rebel-infested nation, but from the moment she meets Omar, she’s drawn into the rebel conflict. They head to a remote mining town where six-year-old Bingo lives. Bingo has a red stone, flawless and larger than an orange. Locals fear that whoever touches it dies. The rebel leader steals it, but Bingo believes it will restore his family and wants it back.
When the entire country creates a diamond fever over the red stone, Omar realizes the power he’d have if he owned it. In a land of voodoo, devils, and secret societies, Omar sets out to hunt down the priceless diamond. Together, Dawn, Omar, and Bingo must play their part in finding the “DEVIL’S STONE.” Along the way, they form lasting friendships that change their lives forever.
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A Rough Cut
An impetuous heart can be deadly for romantic dreamer, Crystal Laine. With her head in the clouds, Crystal, a young English woman, falls wildly in love with Jax Raád, a Lebanese businessman, in London seeking investment capital for a diamond mining venture in Sierra Leone. Captivated by this exotic man, Crystal willingly trades her uneventful, tour-guide existence for the promise of adventure and travels to Freetown.
As her love for this man and this foreign land become inexorably tangled, she discovers Jax has a high-voltage temper along with addictions: drugs and gambling. Still, her life in Sierra Leone completely rules her heart, one moment stunning her with unimaginable beauty, the next horrifying her with relentless cruelty.
Jax successfully gathers the capital for his mining expedition and the two head off to Mendeland. But nothing in her tour-guide experience could have prepared Crystal for living in the bush. In a land of voodoo, devils and secret societies, she’s cursed by a jealous female river spirit, believed to be the keeper of stones. To appease this river spirit and find diamonds, Crystal must go through a ritual called, “sacrificing your heart,” that changes her life forever. The river does spit out a stone, The Angel Stone, worth millions and sure to be another curse. Jax warns not to tell anybody about the rare, fancy diamond as they’ll be hunted down and killed for it.
The country is in a political upheaval as the first democratic election in thirty years is about to take place. Rebel factions oppose a civilian government, boycotting the elections by burning those alive who oppose their tyranny. Her lover’s betrayals have put both their lives in jeopardy. She knows she must leave, but before she does, she must find a way to save the man responsible for bringing her to this magical, albeit dangerous land. Her way of life in Africa, the friends she’s made, the lessons she’s learned, and her own internal awakenings all come together to help her with the biggest challenge of her life.
As for The Angel Stone…? Diamond smugglers are shot, common knowledge. Rebels are about to enter the city. An air, sea and land lock is enforced. Time has run out. With no way to leave the country, Crystal must decide what action to take, but only The Angel Stone can help her now.