Slightly different for Jessie a tale set way back Pre War with the Butcher family, after a series of events eldest daughter Diamond flees to Paris where her mother is from. Diamond is slightly different to her previous books as it begins in the early years of the last century. If I had one one small quibble in parts, this book jumps from one character to another within the same paragraph which made the read feel disjointed in parts. Once we were rich (although I didn’t know it then, and it was all thanks to my Dad’s ingenuity) and then suddenly – pretty shockingly, really – we were poor (thanks to greedy people who exploited his kindness).

The story starts with us meeting Diamond Butcher, who is raised by her loving mum and dad, along with her two brothers, during the early part of the last century. Diamond flees to Paris and reinvents herself as Diamond Dupree doing whatever she has to do to survive however trouble seems to follow her. But the great thing about life is, even painful events pass, and if you make bad choices, hopefully you learn from them.Warren's brother decides to take over the firm as well as the household using his bully boy and controlling ways. I was hooked from the moment I started reading this book with all of its twists and turns I found it so hard to put down so much so the first night I started to read it I was only going to read a few chapters but it was 5. She has two younger brothers the youngest Owen who was born with the cord around his throat has learning difficulties but is loved no less than diamond or Archie her other brother. This gritty raunchy rollicking adventure has all sorts of dangerous twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. Diamond Butcher is a formidable woman who has survived so much trauma in her life both in her earlier years in England after her fathers untimely death and then in her time spent in Paris.

Briefly, born into the Butcher family who rule the streets around Soho her life is disrupted when her father is killed in a fight with the local Wolfe gang and her family’s lives are brutally changed with the arrival of her uncle. But can she escape the long arm of the law and the hangman’s noose, when the crimes of her past finally catch up with her? Diamond a little jewel of a girl, her father Warren Butcher rule the streets of Soho the Wolfe mob run them out of London and they head to Paris her mother glamour Frenchie and her two brothers Owen and Aiden then moving back to take over the club Milano they will never be rid of Gustav Wolfe, and after their fathers death his brother Victor steps in and rules the roots. Diamond longs to escape and have her revenge on the Wolfe family who had such a feud with her family and killed her father. Diamond Butcher is born to loving well-off parents whose father Warren owns clubs and doesn't come by money legally.Thanks to Courtney at EdPr for the gorgeous gifted proof and finished copy 😍 in exchange for an Honest review. Diamond felt like a sweeping story, taking in what felt like enough drama to cover several lifetimes.