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Bidden #0.5
The First Candidate
Every affair beings somewhere...
When a class assignment calls for designing a profit-earning business plan, James Fitzgerald and his classmate - the cool and secretly provocative Audra Robertson - decide to take things a step further: a legendary, for-one-night-only party in a gorgeous mansion high in the hills of Los Angeles at $20 a head.
The party is a success, but it's in a secret room above the pounding music and flowing alcohol where the night really begins and history is made: The very first auction.
Twelve beautiful girls in golden colored masks. Twelve horny college guys with disposable income to burn. James makes the first bid on the first candidate, a stunning blonde whose identity he's sure he knows. But it isn't until they've begun to consume their lust-filled passion that James realizes she isn't who he thought she was...
In this short story prequel to the Bidden series, meet James before he was Gentleman Twelve, and learn the origins of the storied auction that would one day introduce him to Candidate Four.
And keep reading to the end for an exclusive preview of BEYOND RUIN (Book Four of the Bidden Series).
When a class assignment calls for designing a profit-earning business plan, James Fitzgerald and his classmate - the cool and secretly provocative Audra Robertson - decide to take things a step further: a legendary, for-one-night-only party in a gorgeous mansion high in the hills of Los Angeles at $20 a head.
The party is a success, but it's in a secret room above the pounding music and flowing alcohol where the night really begins and history is made: The very first auction.
Twelve beautiful girls in golden colored masks. Twelve horny college guys with disposable income to burn. James makes the first bid on the first candidate, a stunning blonde whose identity he's sure he knows. But it isn't until they've begun to consume their lust-filled passion that James realizes she isn't who he thought she was...
In this short story prequel to the Bidden series, meet James before he was Gentleman Twelve, and learn the origins of the storied auction that would one day introduce him to Candidate Four.
And keep reading to the end for an exclusive preview of BEYOND RUIN (Book Four of the Bidden Series).
29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 10, 2014
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About the author
Crystal Cierlak
33 books29 followersCrystal Cierlak is an American author born and raised in California. In her two year publication history Crystal has released 10 titles among three original series, including "Zoe Thanatos", a sci-fi romance set in an alternate universe called Terra; "The Romance of Nick and Layla", a 5-part (part 6 coming soon) series about the dysfunctional marriage of a pop star and the woman he married in secret; and "Bidden", a (now) three-part series of novellas about a young woman who puts herself up for auction to the highest bidder for a night of steamy romance, all so she can pay her crippling student loans.
Crystal has several more stories planned for release, including the follow-up to "Zoe Thanatos"; "Heartlines," the 6th book in "The Romance of Nick and Layla"; and a continuation of "Bidden".
Crystal has several more stories planned for release, including the follow-up to "Zoe Thanatos"; "Heartlines," the 6th book in "The Romance of Nick and Layla"; and a continuation of "Bidden".
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August 27, 2016
Good intro to the series
This story tells the start of the James and Audra's start as business partners. It is short and simple, but it shows how the wound up with the auction. We even meet Caroline and Celine.
This story tells the start of the James and Audra's start as business partners. It is short and simple, but it shows how the wound up with the auction. We even meet Caroline and Celine.
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