Project Gutenberg 2011-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 156 Stockley, Cynthia 1883 1936 Pink Gods and Blue Demons Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Pink Gods and Blue Demons" by Cynthia Stockley is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of the famed diamond mining town of Kimberley in South Africa, the story centers around Loree Temple, a young woman caught between her mundane life and a yearning for glamour and excitement. As she contemplates her unfulfilled desires in a world once filled with adventurers and fortune, the allure of diamonds begins to stir in her an unsettling sense of longing and possibility. At the start of the narrative, Loree sits in a luxurious hotel, starkly aware of her beauty and the unglamorous life she leads as the wife of a cold-storage businessman named Pat Temple, who is away on business. Loree daydreams about her lost romantic aspirations and becomes enamored with the diamonds that symbolize passion and adventure. The emergence of Quelch, a charming and influential man in the town, adds a tantalizing complexity to her life, awakening her desires for passion and risk. As events unfold, Loree discovers a diamond that mysteriously ends up in her possession, setting the stage for a conflict between her desires and her moral compass, foreshadowing a deeper exploration of temptation and consequence in the world of wealth and allure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Kimberley (South Africa) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 203233 2025-08-15T07:53:29.967202 text/html 203803 2011-08-29T12:32:08 text/html 152332 2025-08-15T07:53:36.475178 application/epub+zip 154421 2025-08-15T07:53:33.160172 application/epub+zip 135929 2025-08-15T07:53:31.932165 application/epub+zip 292841 2025-08-15T07:53:38.858107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283159 2025-08-15T07:53:35.672134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238846 2022-09-17T06:36:43.486198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182212 2025-08-15T07:53:29.583215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182058 2011-08-29T12:32:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17864 2025-08-15T07:53:38.987114 application/rdf+xml 14167 2025-08-15T07:53:32.430146 image/jpeg 3897 2025-08-15T07:53:32.173171 image/jpeg 70842 2011-08-29T12:32:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 70524 2011-08-29T12:32:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 151382 2025-08-15T07:53:29.984155 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia