{"id":3474,"date":"2026-11-02T16:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:32:54","slug":"full-novel-of-black-diamond-is-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/full-novel-of-black-diamond-is-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Novel of Black Diamond is Posted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3458\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Black_Diamond_ebook_200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>It\u2019s not too late for a spooky story. Black Diamond is still available as a free read on Substack. The entire novel is posted there, but for a limited time! https:\/\/mcculloughblackdiamond.substack.com\/ Enjoy a paranormal romantic suspense novel with a resourceful heroine, intriguingly different hero pitting themselves against a complicated plot that includes supernatural forces melded to human greed.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Kinelly\u2019s normal life shatters when her brother comes home with a diamond ear stud that transforms him from normal college student to raging human volcano constantly threatening a violent eruption. After the private investigator she hires to research the diamond\u2019s history is murdered, she takes on the investigation herself, with the reluctant help of the manager of the pawnshop where her brother bought the gem. Pitting herself against a group of monstrous creatures connected to the diamond, she grapples with its dark history to find a way to stop it before it destroys her and everything she holds dear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not too late for a spooky story. Black Diamond is still available as a free read on Substack. The entire novel is posted there, but for a limited time! https:\/\/mcculloughblackdiamond.substack.com\/ Enjoy a paranormal romantic suspense novel with a resourceful <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/full-novel-of-black-diamond-is-posted\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[480,285,18,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-diamond","category-fantasy","category-mysteries","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3475,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions\/3475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}