DIAMONDS ARE FOR NOW, Cozy In The City Book 3

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? A little bit sexy. A little bit Bond-y.

When the world’s most famous writer of thrillers, Hoad Powell, vanishes on a heavily-guarded private island in the Caribbean with a glamorous woman wearing a diamond bracelet worth more than some countries, fashion-editor Blake and her handsome, sexy husband, ex-cop Ralph, must rescue him.

But can they?

Did the celebrity author disappear willingly? Or not?

Is he a prisoner? Or is he an international arms dealer who sells nukes to terrorists, dictators, and rogue militias around the world?

Will Blake and Ralph succeed in their quest?

Or will they fail?

And what will happen when oh-so-macho Ralph finds out that Blake is making more money than he does?


Million-copy NYT and Amazon bestselling author. "Ruth Harris is one of the frankest, most stylish, and most compelling voices in contemporary fiction." —Chicago Sun-Times

Diamonds Are For Now is a sparkling read—an entertaining hunt for an elusive author and a missing manuscript. A carousel of colorful characters stake their careers on a future bestselling book that will lead to either fame and fortune or abject failure. Ruth Harris always writes with wit and sophistication." —Debbie Burke, author of the award-winning Tawny Lindholm series

“With a blend of wit and charm, Ruth Harris is a modern-day Jane Austen.” —Reader Review

About the author

Ruth Harris is a multi-million-copy New York Times bestselling author and Romantic Times award winner for “Best Contemporary.” Her books have been translated into 19 languages, published in 25 countries around the world, and were selections of the Literary Guild and the Book-Of-The-Month Club.

“One of the frankest, most stylish, and most compelling voices in contemporary fiction, Ruth Harris writes with intellect, insight and humor. She treads a fine line between popular fiction and more substantive women's literature.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

“Superb!” (West Coast Review Of Books)

“Spectacular! Richly plotted first-class entertainment.” (New York Times)

“Superior fiction with a zinging sense of style.” (Fort Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel)

“Compelling! Ruth Harris is in a class by herself!” (Literary Guild)

“Addictive. sad and funny, raunchy and realistic. I couldn't put it down." (Rona Jaffe)

“Down-to-earth and perceptive." (Anniston Star) 

“Impressive!” (Houston Post)

“Brilliant! Tough, trenchant, chic and ultra-sophisticated with the insight of Joan Didion.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

“Terrific!” (Cosmopolitan)

“Absolutely perfect — the songs we sang, the clothes we wore, the way we made love.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

“Fiction at its best. Harris savvily mixes rosy fantasy with the truth about women's lives.” (New Woman magazine

“Slick, sexy, sharp, and racy.” (Kirkus)

“Ruth Harris' breezy prose style, peppery dialogue, and irreverent observations are fun to read." (Dallas News)

”Author Ruth Harris' rapier wit spices up a coming-of-age-in-the-sexist-'60s story. Harris seeks to enliven and entertain, and she does it in spades.” (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)  

“Glory be! Excellent, thoroughly delightful." (Los Angeles Times

No, Ruth does not write her own reviews.

She was a reader before she was a writer, an editor before she was a publisher.

She grew up on Long Island’s North Shore back when it was still rural farm country.

She was studious and athletic, the valedictorian of her class, and she had teen-age dreams of becoming either a lawyer or a professional figure skater.

She is the daughter of a creative, independent-minded father who dropped out of med school to chart his own course. Her mother was an RN whose grit and no-nonsense determination rescued her and her sister from drab futures in a fading New England manufacturing town.

She is the older sister of a damaged younger brother whose unsteady life ended in murder, and the younger sister of an older half-brother whose lively spirit and expansive nature were lifelong sources of affection and inspiration.

She has lived in Manhattan for decades and has been married for over fifty years (to the same man.)

She has a raucous sense of humor, and an addiction to the written word inherited from her mother who devoured the latest bestsellers and from her father who is remembered by those who knew him as “always reading.”

Ever curious, she’s looking forward to the future, although, considering the way things are going, she sometimes wonders why.

Yes, she’s working on a new book. :-)

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Ruth posts on the last Sunday of every month on her award-winning publishing blog with Anne R. Allen.

If you want updates on what Ruth is doing, thinking, and recommending, follow her on Twitter.

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