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The Highest Bidder #3
A Silken Seduction
London-based artist Avery Cullen refuses to sell her late father's art collection. But bold, brash Marcus Price will try everything to get her to reconsider. He even launches an all-out sexual siege on the lonely heiress in the gilded cage.Securing the collection would be a coup for his auction house, but for Marcus, it would settle a lifelong score. He's managed to keep his true motives hidden along with his family's skeletons…and now he's so close, he can taste success in Avery's kiss. But after their torrid night of passion, is Marcus prepared for the outcome?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Yvonne Lindsay
655 books113 followersA typical Piscean, USA Today! Best-selling author, Yvonne Lindsay, has always preferred the stories in her head to the real world. Yvonne is a five-time Romance Writers of Australia R*BY nominee and three-time nominee and 2015 winner of the Romance Writers of New Zealand Koru Award of Excellence. She spends her days crafting the stories of her heart and in her spare time she can be found with her nose firmly in someone else’s book.
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August 13, 2012
Good book. Marcus has come to London to try, yet again, to get Avery to sell her father's art collection. It would be a great thing for the auction house, and put him on the road to becoming a partner. There is also one particular painting he wants for himself - one that has great sentimental value to his family. Avery doesn't want to sell the collection. It is something that meant a lot to her father and she is clinging to that memory. When she meets Marcus face to face there is an immediate attraction there. She offers to help him with a project for his boss if he will help her find a statue that used to be in her garden. As they spend time together working on these projects, their attraction grows along with deeper feelings. Circumstances cause them to marry, and shortly after that Marcus's skeletons come out to cause a rift between them. I loved the resolution of her search, and Marcus's realization of what is really important. I liked both Marcus and Avery although I frequently wanted to smack him. Marcus had a bit of tunnel vision when it came to the painting he wanted, and that caused him to keep secrets he shouldn't have kept. Marcus had gone to great lengths to overcome what he saw as negatives in his childhood, not understanding that they made him the man he was today. These "secrets" ending up costing him Avery's trust, which was hard for him to regain. I liked Avery a bit better. Her father had been emotionally distant after the death of Avery's mother and this caused some self esteem issues with Avery. Marcus was good for her in that he saw her for the wonderful person that she was. She knew she was falling for him, but sensed that there were things he wasn't telling her. When they came out she felt betrayed and it took someone else pointing out the things that made her love him should cause her to give him a second chance. I did like the final scenes when they made up.
September 28, 2012
Another really good story in this series lots of passion
July 25, 2023
3.8
She was so in love with him it hurts so much that we, as the reader, knew his intention all along. And when he realized he had fallen in love with her, it soften my heart instantly, although I wish he groveled a little bit more. This book is about art, love, passion, compassion, and second chances.
A fun short read, indeed. It might get cringy and cheesy off and on, but what's romance without any of it?
She was so in love with him it hurts so much that we, as the reader, knew his intention all along. And when he realized he had fallen in love with her, it soften my heart instantly, although I wish he groveled a little bit more. This book is about art, love, passion, compassion, and second chances.
A fun short read, indeed. It might get cringy and cheesy off and on, but what's romance without any of it?
October 4, 2012
Sweet little romance with a few steamy scenes~
It's about what I expected. Dashing male lead, shy but strong heroine, and a romance full of twists, while mostly predictable, still enjoyable.
I read this a bit slower than most books this length, a chapter or two a setting; helped drag the story out for a bit.
Romance isn't my usual genre, so I don't have much to say aside from I liked it well enough. Marcus' determination to get the painting was endearing in a work-a-holic, determinator sort of way. Avery felt like a good match, and I suppose that's what matters most. The subplot surrounding Avery and her Garden was a nice little side, and had a good payoff at the end. (In other words: Yay, Ted!)
If anything bugged me though, it'd be the entire plot revolves around Marcus not telling Avery one thing about his motives. I saw how it was necessary to move the plot along, but it's still a little irksome when the entire novel's main conflict could be solved with a "Tell her why you want it already! She's not heartless--she'll just give it to you, idiot!" yelled at the book.
But, that frustration can be good sometimes, too. So it works.
If dramatic romances are your thing, I'd pick it up. :)
It's about what I expected. Dashing male lead, shy but strong heroine, and a romance full of twists, while mostly predictable, still enjoyable.
I read this a bit slower than most books this length, a chapter or two a setting; helped drag the story out for a bit.
Romance isn't my usual genre, so I don't have much to say aside from I liked it well enough. Marcus' determination to get the painting was endearing in a work-a-holic, determinator sort of way. Avery felt like a good match, and I suppose that's what matters most. The subplot surrounding Avery and her Garden was a nice little side, and had a good payoff at the end. (In other words: Yay, Ted!)
If anything bugged me though, it'd be the entire plot revolves around Marcus not telling Avery one thing about his motives. I saw how it was necessary to move the plot along, but it's still a little irksome when the entire novel's main conflict could be solved with a "Tell her why you want it already! She's not heartless--she'll just give it to you, idiot!" yelled at the book.
But, that frustration can be good sometimes, too. So it works.
If dramatic romances are your thing, I'd pick it up. :)
October 6, 2012
Thank you to the author for the personalized copy won in a HarlequinJunkie giveaway.
This is the third novel in the Harlequin Desire miniseries The Highest Bidder, each written by a different author. I have yet to read the first two novels unfortunately but this can easily be read on its own. I like the idea of having several authors contribute to a series such as this so you are introduced to their writing styles.
I definitely enjoyed Yvonne Lindsay's contribution. The dialog was charming, intelligent and playful. Her characters Avery Cullen and Marcus Price were strong but showed vulnerability at the appropriate times. I especially liked that fact that Marcus had humble beginnings and has worked hard for everything he has achieved, whereas Avery has led a privileged life. Their very different upbringings turn out to be an integral part of the plot. I would recommend this book to fans of well written Harlequin stories with passionate love scenes and a HEA ending.
This is the third novel in the Harlequin Desire miniseries The Highest Bidder, each written by a different author. I have yet to read the first two novels unfortunately but this can easily be read on its own. I like the idea of having several authors contribute to a series such as this so you are introduced to their writing styles.
I definitely enjoyed Yvonne Lindsay's contribution. The dialog was charming, intelligent and playful. Her characters Avery Cullen and Marcus Price were strong but showed vulnerability at the appropriate times. I especially liked that fact that Marcus had humble beginnings and has worked hard for everything he has achieved, whereas Avery has led a privileged life. Their very different upbringings turn out to be an integral part of the plot. I would recommend this book to fans of well written Harlequin stories with passionate love scenes and a HEA ending.
October 13, 2012
Reviewd at: HarlequinJunkie Romance Reviews
In "A Silken Seduction", Yvonne Lindsay brings us the story of two people who are both driven by a desire to find a piece of the past they've lost.
While Marcus uses every move in his playbook to seduce the one woman standing in his way to success, Avery realizes that Marcus may be the one person that can awaken feelings she had long denied.
Sexual energy sizzles as they decide to work together, but guilt about unshared secrets threaten to tear the two lovers apart at every turn. Will they overcome their bonds from the past and risk their hearts for a kind of love few people ever find or continue on their set course and shred the trust they have formed?
Humor, romance, suspense, and untold secrets will keep you entertained and turning the pages to the very end. Another great book for you "must read" list.
In "A Silken Seduction", Yvonne Lindsay brings us the story of two people who are both driven by a desire to find a piece of the past they've lost.
While Marcus uses every move in his playbook to seduce the one woman standing in his way to success, Avery realizes that Marcus may be the one person that can awaken feelings she had long denied.
Sexual energy sizzles as they decide to work together, but guilt about unshared secrets threaten to tear the two lovers apart at every turn. Will they overcome their bonds from the past and risk their hearts for a kind of love few people ever find or continue on their set course and shred the trust they have formed?
Humor, romance, suspense, and untold secrets will keep you entertained and turning the pages to the very end. Another great book for you "must read" list.
October 21, 2013
If I was going to talk about everything I didn't like in this book, this review would turn into a rant. Yet despite all that, it's not the worse book I've ever read (which is kind of sad in itself). Basically there's a sweet, vulnerable heroine who meets and falls in love with a man who wants to take advantage of her feelings. He's a greedy b*****d at the beginning of the story, a greedy b*****d in the middle, and then at the end he's oh so conveniently fallen in love which is supposed to make all the rest of the story all better.
Wouldn't recommend it. 2 stars.
Wouldn't recommend it. 2 stars.
July 8, 2012
Much better than the previous two books in this series,
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