You know it’s funny how things jump out at you sometimes.
I was surfing some flickr photos and this lady just hit me…wham…so gorgeous, so sexy.
Anyway because I was reading The Virgins Auction a few minutes earlier I kind of created this picture of this lady being in the story….let me tell you, it is hot and steamy 
Here’s what caught my eye from the reviews the story has had.
I enjoyed this story, the first I have read from this author. The story was well written and well edited, the plot, while not completely original, was interesting and kept my interest throughout the book. There was some interesting dialog between some of the principle characters about virtue and what kinds of traits are considered virtuous and what if you’re the only one who knows…..(If a tree falls in a forest does it make a sound type of argument)
The heroine is Melissa, a gentleman’s daughter, who’s been managing the household of her drunken father and sickly, ineffective mother ever since she could walk. When her mother died, all responsibility fell onto Melissa’s shoulders, including the tutoring and raising of her much younger brother, Peter. A month after her father died, a shady, oily man came to the house demanding 10,000£ with a scribbled, barely legible IOU from their father in his hand. He promises that if Melissa doesn’t pay, she and her young teen brother will work it off in one of his brothels. This man, Black Jack, promises that they’ll be watched by at least 4 men at all times, so escape is impossible and gives her 1 week to raise the money. The only thing that Melissa has of any value is her virginity, so she arranges with her maid’ s brother to auction herself off for money to fund an escape from London and Black Jack.
James Carstairs happened to enter that tavern only to ask for help in summoning a magistrate for the four men who just tried to mug him and his friend. He meets Melissa’s eyes and can’t look away. He wants her as he’s never wanted anyone before. He bids an extravagant amount of money and buys her. After their night together, Melissa disappears, and he cant find her anywhere
I recommend this one as a great little read.
