Safari

Pressure --personal or professional --can yield precious results. Millie Kelley's first work, A Diamond in the Rough, proves that a strong, southern, smalltown writer can create her own gem... Chapter after chapter, readers will become engaged and intrigued as the storyline unravels." --Elizabeth Wilder, Eyewitness News, WNCT TV, Greenville, North Carolina A Diamond in the Rough is a tale of triumph, tragedy, deceit, and love that spans three generations and two continents. Journey with the McCartney family from the rugged hunting grounds of the Colorado mountains, where one can hear snow melting from the trees, to the spectacular countryside of South Africa, where one can hear the elephants tromping over trees. Their thriving safari business is adventure enough for Matt, but his sister Jess is seeking more. When she returns to the States to live out her altruistic ideologies, however, she becomes entangled in a sinister plot