Exquisite Acquisitions

A book in the Highest Bidder series, 2012

Dear Reader,

What do a hunky Texas-born cowboy and a down-on-her-luck Hollywood starlet have in common? It was a hoot for me to find out as I wrote the second story in The Highest Bidder continuity. Researching auction houses-and no, I’ve never been to one personally (reality TV doesn’t count)-took me to the famous Sotheby’s website and internet videos of real auction houses. I watched auctions in action and learned terms like absentee bid, buyer’s premium, fair warning and hammer price. It was a whole new world…

My story is set primarily at Wild River Ranch in Texas, but we first meet Carter McCay and Macy Tarlington in Waverly’s New York auction house. Little do the two strangers know that winning a bid would result in “exquisite acquisitions” that have nothing to do with luxurious sparkling diamonds!

If you’ve never attended an auction, you might find the proceedings as fascinating as the two main characters. Macy is grieving, Carter is jilted and neither one of them is looking for romance when Carter offers her sanctuary on his ranch. But Wild River and the power of love are two magnetic forces to be reckoned with. So lift your paddle high and make your bid. I hope you’ll be sold, cowboy-style, on Exquisite Acquisitions!

Happy reading!

Charlene Sands