She’s mine, only mine. I will guard her, save her – even if it means, protecting her from members of my own gang. Yes, we bought her innocence at the auction together, But one taste of her, And I realize I’m not ready to share. I know this is against our rules, But who the f*ck cares when rules involve a woman as gorgeous as Jenny.

I’d do anything to save my brother. So when I discover Madame Alexa’s Virgin Auction by accident, it feels like the answer to everything. Auction off the one thing that’s still mine to give. It’s just sex. It’s just my virginity. But now I’m backstage, looking like a version of myself I don’t recognize. I’m trussed up and exposed in every possible way. Suddenly, the curtains open and I’m on stage. But when I see his eyes, I decide maybe this isn’t so bad after all... Each book in the Highest Bidder series is STANDALONE: * Auctioned to the Greek Billionaire * Sold to the King * The Billionaire's Betrayal

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Grizz When I lay eyes on curvy, sunshiny Hannah, I think I’ve finally met The One, but then she drops a bombshell—she’s only here to inspect a plot of land for some fancy lodge her boss wants to build. There’s no way in hell I’ll let anyone mess with the wildlife that calls these mountains home, so I decide to show her that this town has more to offer than million-dollar views. Luckily for me, she gets roped into the local charity auction by her realtor, giving me the perfect opportunity to bid on her and take her on a tour of the mountains and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, hoping that will be enough to convince her to build the lodge somewhere else. But while I’m trying to make her fall head over heels for the beauty of Bearclaw Ridge, I’m starting to fall for her. I can’t, though. How can I possibly love a woman who goes against everything I believe in? Auctioned To the Grumpy Mountain Man is a short and steamy instalove romance full of heat and heart with NO cliffhanger, NO cheating, and a Guaranteed HEA. This book is part of Men of Bearclaw Ridge, a steamy instalove romance series set in a small mountain town where every insanely hot guy finds a curvy woman to love.

Billionaire cowboy Jake Tanner has no plans to get married anytime soon and although he caught a garter at a wedding recently makes him even more determined to prove to his brothers that them falling in love with the first woman they saw after catching a garter is just a coincidence. Besides, he ran into the local veterinarian after catching the garter and she and him are like vinegar and water...they already found out they don’t mix. When one of his brothers signs him up for the True Love Texas Christmas Bachelor Auction he’s a good sport and agrees. A home-cooked meal in exchange for decorating the winning bidder’s house for Christmas sounds like a good trade. Especially since the money raised always goes for a good cause. Veterinarian Hanna Cork needs to invest in her new community. She’s just bought an old farm on the outskirts of True Love and a little help putting up Christmas lights would be nice, so bidding on a cowboy sounds like the perfect plan. However, the cocky, gorgeous Jake Tanner, whom she dated briefly, is the last man she would bid on...until someone else bids on him and to her horror she can’t stop herself from bidding against every other female who wants him. Now that she’s won him what is she supposed to do with him? And how is she going to convince him that her bidding on him has absolutely nothing to do with being attracted to him? This unusually snowy Christmas in True Love Texas is promising to be one for the record books as Jake and Hanna find out that falling in love often comes unexpectedly.

Smith tells how the straight capitalist economic law of supply and demand rarely governs the auction process, and how the beliefs and actions of the auction participants determine values.