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The Bid

by Jax

3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 · rating details · 181 ratings · 35 reviews

As JAX, Jacquelyn Frank--the "New York Times"-bestselling author of the Nightwalkers and Shadowdwellers series--delivers a blisteringly hot erotic novel set in an exotic paranormal world.

Strapped and chained on the block, a masterpiece of naked flesh and muscle turns slowly, the eyes of the crowd devour the sight of Vejhon, whose platinum-white hair and cat-green eyes mark...more

Paperback, 288 pages

Published October 1st 2010 by Aphrodisia (first published September 27th 2010)

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Mar 04, 2012 Sherie Davis rated it 2 of 5 stars

I thought about giving this book one star, but settled on two because I think my expectations were too high and I was being unfair. I've read other works by this author and enjoyed them. I really admire how she takes a genre like romance/erotica and builds these elaborate worlds that are so unique and well thought out. I generally have lower expectations for romance novels as far as plot goes they can be pretty formulaic, not that that is necessarily bad right? Sometimes it's nice to pick up a b...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Darcy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

This book crossed my path due to a person in one of my groups picking it for a challenge. I will admit the cover drew me. We have this pretty woman who is blue with a couple of viking like guys at her feet, what's not to love about that. I expected this book to be a menage type book, but it wasn't at all, I liked it, but it just wasn't what I expected. I am not sure what I would characterize this but there are aspects of sci-fi, shifter, and just plain romance with the exotic setting with lots o...more

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Oct 13, 2010 Joanna Terrero rated it 5 of 5 stars

In a galaxy far, far away - suspenseful and erotic paranormal romance.

Vejhon, a colonel fighting invaders on his home planet, is ensnared by the enemy and sold to slave traders who take him to the other side of the galaxy. He ends up in a distant land where a feudal system rules and slavery is a way of life. Slaves are abused using technology and drugs. The bid for Vejhon is won by Najir, another slave who pays the highest amount ever paid for a slave in behalf of his mistress, Hanna Drakoulous....more In a galaxy far, far away - suspenseful and erotic paranormal romance.

Vejhon, a colonel fighting invaders on his home planet, is ensnared by the enemy and sold to slave traders who take him to the other side of the galaxy. He ends up in a distant land where a feudal system rules and slavery is a way of life. Slaves are abused using technology and drugs. The bid for Vejhon is won by Najir, another slave who pays the highest amount ever paid for a slave in behalf of his mistress, Hanna Drakoulous. Najir buys Vejhon right before he gets sold to the evil Baron Majum, whose sadistic treatment nobody survives. This reignites the bloody feud going on between the Drakoulous and Majum houses for generations. Both Hanna Drakoulous and Baron Majum are the masters of their own houses and hold a seat at the legislature running the country. Baron Majum’s atrocities are suspected by his peers although they ignore his vicious nature. I hate him throughout the book, an unforgettable villain without doubt.

Hanna and Najir have plans for Vejhon, which from the start aren’t the traditional roles slaves perform in this state. Vejhon refuses to submit to his new way of life, and Hanna has to prove the benefits of being bought by her and his current reality. Slowly Hanna reveals she is more than a beautiful female whose blue skin is only the start. Later he will learn that even her sex is different from anything known to him.

Please note the words 'later' and 'sex' together in the previous sentence. It’s important in this book. Most erotic romances I’ve read include early sexual encounters between the main couple. Some even in the first chapter. In The Bid, there is no sexual intercourse between them until the second half of the book. There is explicit nudity on the first pages, and in the third chapter the sexual explicitness begins, but the author takes her time developing the characters, and the exotic world they inhabit. Which I appreciate. In their situation, it would have been awkward for Vejhon and Hanna to begin having wild sex from the first chapters. When they finally do it, it’s more like making love. The sex is very detailed and that’s why the book is shelved in erotic romance, but it’s not as frequent and gratuitous as we are used to with this sub-genre.

The beautiful cover isn’t totally accurate. The artist did a wonderful job, the characters are drawn nicely, but my guess it’s the book wasn’t read before it was painted. It portrays three main characters when in reality there are only two. These characters are Hanna, the heroine, Vejhon, the hero, and Najir, who are not, as the cover suggests, equal partners in the romance. There is no menage, there is not even a love triangle on the page at any time. Najir venerates Hanna, his master, and has an important secondary role in the story, nearly as important as Baron Majum, who is described as handsome too, luckily, he is not on the cover. Vejhon is 100% alpha, even as a slave, he shows his alpha attitude all the way. And Hanna would never allow this worshipped pose which, by the way, never happens during the narrative.

I wish I could tell you more without destroying the great efforts JAX took to keep the suspenseful plot going. I will not include spoilers because it was really exciting for me to keep turning pages trying to figure out the secrets Hanna and Najir are hiding. JAX brilliantly handles the suspense. I read The Bid past midnight, looking at the clock and thinking I should stop, because I must wake up early, but I had to read another page, or at least until I knew about the mystery of Hanna and Najir’s true plans for Vejhon.

The mystery is revealed by the second half of the book, and from there it is an action roller coaster until the last page. It’s full of details, which are welcome, to really engage the reader in the characters’ lives and struggles.

The Bid is an entertaining page turner, but it’s not an easy read as most erotic romance books usually are. JAX’s efforts to show this fantastic and distant world and its inhabitants pay off. The story is a sci fi action thriller with elements of urban fantasy. The paranormal is present in the form of shapeshifters. And I have a hunch it's the first of a series. I will be looking forward to more books from JAX. The words 'in a galaxy far, far away' just took on a new meaning. (less)

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Jan 28, 2011 Lindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

JAX (aka Jacquelyn Frank) has created a very interesting world in ‘The Bid’. This is primarily a sci-fi romance, with some erotic and paranormal elements. The sex is hot, tasteful and intense, and the emotions ring true. I really felt Najir’s love for Hanna. I also felt some frustration with the rules of the society in this book where slavery is a huge part of their economy and culture, but so did the main characters of the book, which is as it should be.

There is a very big secret in this book,...more

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Dec 24, 2010 Stacy {Texas Reader} rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-scifi

This was supposed to be an Erotica novel set in a very sci-fi setting. It was only PG17 on the rating of Erotica. The reason for the PG17 rating is for the animal aspect of the story. I won't explain, because I don't want to give any spoilers away. I have read much, much hotter before, but not to say that it is a boring book though. I was confused for the first half of the book, not really sure what the "big secret" was and feeling very lost in this new world, much as Vejhon was. JAX (aka Jacque...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Epeeblade rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: read_in_2011

Take a look at the cover of this book. Then look back here. Perhaps you might be thinking this book features a threesome? After all, there are two exceeding hot guys kneeling at the feet of one woman. But you would be wrong.

I picked up this book based on the cover and the blurb on the back cover, which also doesn't do anything to change my impression that this was a threesome.

I feel like a victim of a bait and switch by the publisher. Instead of an erotic m/f/m slave story, I got a paranormal...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Vanessa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I wasn't sure exactly what to expect. I was curious about Jacquelyn Franks' alter ego JAX. The story opens with a slave auction. A warrior/soldier is sold to a master of one of the great houses of this isolated city. There is obviously lots of contention between the two bidding factions. He has been held in stassis off and on for many months and is many worlds away from his home planet. Vejhon, the soldier, awakens to restraints and slavery.
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Sep 17, 2012 Anna Key rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sf-f-romance

Originally published on Nudge Wink Wink Blog:
http://nudgewinkwink.wordpress.com/20...

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JAX (aka Jacquelyn Frank) in her new book The Bid steps away from her usual paranormal romance to enter, quite gently, the world of erotica. As the author of The Nightwalkers, The Shadowdwellers and The Gatherers series says herself, the novels published under her second pen name are reserved for her somewhat more daring and slightly wilder ventures.

I’ve started reading The Bid with a bit of hesitation, sinc...more Originally published on Nudge Wink Wink Blog:
http://nudgewinkwink.wordpress.com/20...

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JAX (aka Jacquelyn Frank) in her new book The Bid steps away from her usual paranormal romance to enter, quite gently, the world of erotica. As the author of The Nightwalkers, The Shadowdwellers and The Gatherers series says herself, the novels published under her second pen name are reserved for her somewhat more daring and slightly wilder ventures.

I’ve started reading The Bid with a bit of hesitation, since as a sci-fi fan I couldn’t quite trust a paranormal romance author to get it just right. And I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. The world JAX creates in

certain aspects will remind you of the Ancient Rome with the cut-throat politics, plots and schemes, flowy gowns and beautiful slaves from far reaches of the galaxy (instead of Empire) bought for their looks and sexual virility. In the same time we have space travels, shape-shifters and different dimensions. In other words – a very rich and intriguing universe. As with most Frank’s other books, the plot is gripping, the storyline well constructed, the sex beautifully described even though a bit less steamy than expected. On that note, I believe that Frank is the only paranormal author who I re-read for her beautifully constructed story-line and lovely language and not to get off reading saucy, sexual encounters… (cough, cough).
The novel, however, is not free from short-comings. The first disappointment was the tamed tone of sexual encounters, which after reading the excerpt and the comment from the author herself, I was expecting to be slightly more saucy. However, please remember dear Reader that I was reading the book after The Story of O., which most probably offset my take on the intensity of sexual encounters. The second, though only slight, disappointment was the main character, a beautiful, blue-skinned Hannah, who combines innocence with sexual awareness, and her masterly grasp on her world’s political scene, are just sometimes difficult to fit one person. Also, what I found hard to believe was her hold on the two Conan-type warrior slaves who she manages to enthral almost instantly. Would a man who was plucked away from his home world, from the middle of a rebellion, which he devoted all his life and devotion, be so quick to trust an alien beauty?

But I suppose some that some allowance have to be made and, taking into account all pros and cons, the book is in the end a very enjoyable read which will keep you up and reading until the very last page. Which, I believe, is most important (less)

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Apr 06, 2012 Nudge rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi-romance

JAX (aka Jacquelyn Frank) in her new book The Bid steps away from her usual paranormal romance to enter, quite gently, the world of erotica. As the author of The Nightwalkers, The Shadowdwellers and The Gatherers series says herself, the novels published under her second pen name are reserved for her somewhat more daring and slightly wilder ventures.

I’ve started reading The Bid with a bit of hesitation, since as a sci-fi fan I couldn’t quite trust a paranormal romance author to get it just right...more JAX (aka Jacquelyn Frank) in her new book The Bid steps away from her usual paranormal romance to enter, quite gently, the world of erotica. As the author of The Nightwalkers, The Shadowdwellers and The Gatherers series says herself, the novels published under her second pen name are reserved for her somewhat more daring and slightly wilder ventures.

I’ve started reading The Bid with a bit of hesitation, since as a sci-fi fan I couldn’t quite trust a paranormal romance author to get it just right. And I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. The world JAX creates in
certain aspects will remind you of the Ancient Rome with the cut-throat politics, plots and schemes, flowy gowns and beautiful slaves from far reaches of the galaxy (instead of Empire) bought for their looks and sexual virility. In the same time we have space travels, shape-shifters and different dimensions. In other words – a very rich and intriguing universe. As with most Frank’s other books, the plot is gripping, the storyline well constructed, the sex beautifully described even though a bit less steamy than expected. On that note, I believe that Frank is the only paranormal author who I re-read for her beautifully constructed story-line and lovely language and not to get off reading saucy, sexual encounters… (cough, cough).

The novel, however, is not free from short-comings. The first disappointment was the tamed tone of sexual encounters, which after reading the excerpt and the comment from the author herself, I was expecting to be slightly more saucy. However, please remember dear Reader that I was reading the book after The Story of O., which most probably offset my take on the intensity of sexual encounters. The second, though only slight, disappointment was the main character, a beautiful, blue-skinned Hannah, who combines innocence with sexual awareness, and her masterly grasp on her world’s political scene, are just sometimes difficult to fit one person. Also, what I found hard to believe was her hold on the two Conan-type warrior slaves who she manages to enthral almost instantly. Would a man who was plucked away from his home world, from the middle of a rebellion, which he devoted all his life and devotion, be so quick to trust an alien beauty?

But I suppose some that some allowance have to be made and, taking into account all pros and cons, the book is in the end a very enjoyable read which will keep you up and reading until the very last page. Which, I believe, is most important.(less)

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Dec 29, 2010 Therinia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fabulous read! The writing is smooth and the story flows well. It is a bit mysterious and I don't want to spoil things for the reader, but the cover and description are a little misleading. There is no menage or BDSM (as I thought there would be with a woman having two male slaves kneeling at her feet). The book starts out a bit mysteriously, because Hanna has her secrets, and she guards them well. As things are revealed the reader as well as the hero Jhon are thrust into a world of beauty and d...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Darla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I really enjoyed this book. There were some very "interesting interactions" between the hero and the heroine. There were also scenes that were hilarious and had me laughing out loud at something one of them had said or done. I think that is what was my favorite about the book, the sense of humor in it. The author is Jacquelyn Frank, and if you enjoy her other books I think you should give this one a try. I do hope she will be putting out more books under her other name sometime soon too, maybe a...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: jacquelyn-frank, michelle-mcm-s-2012-reading-list, read-january-2012

I picked this up after a comment from Jacki during a chat when she said Jax is her alter ego for the really steamy stuff. Loving Jacquelyn Frank's work I had to see the difference :)

I did enjoy the story, Jacki's world builing skills are amazing as always, I just didn't feel as invested in the characters as I am with the Nightwalkers.

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Apr 25, 2011 Sherry rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of Jacquelyn Frank

Shelves: all-the-single-ladies, rented-from-booksfree

This was a great read by Jax (aka Jacquelyn Frank). You get the same incredible world building that we are all used to from Frank but with some extra spice!!

The book started off very strong for me and I just could not put it down but about three quarters of the way through, it kind of slowed down a bit. Plus, there were a couple of mistakes that I believe should have been caught by the editors (ie a character taking is shirt off when he had already taken it off a couple paragraphs before that,...more

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Dec 03, 2011 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: home-shelves

Picked this up for next to nothing when Borders was going out of business. Ok, I will admit the "explicit sex" tag did catch my eye. However, evidently their idea of explicit sex and mine are two different things. They haven't read any Laurel K Hamilton. But the story is acceptable and it was a decent read.

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May 18, 2011 Kat Phoenix rated it 3 of 5 stars

Well written foray outside my 'normal' genre fiction. Very sexy in a paternalistic way. Well developed characterizations of the male characters, though not so much for the females. Would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a 'erotic' take on SF/Fantasy.

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Feb 22, 2011 Barbara ★ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: aliens-space, read-2011, erotica, paranormal-shifters, zzcover-blue, romance, fantasy-sci-fi, menage

This book was a real surprise from Jacquelyn Frank. I expected a M/M/F erotic tale and it was far from that. It was definitely erotic and the sex scenes were fantastically done. The stunner was Vejhon, the slave brought into the Drakulous household. He is a gorgeous man brought in, not to be a sex slave (or any slave for that matter) but to help Hanna with a secret quest to free her family from a wicked curse. I didn't know this was Jacquelyn Frank's writing until the very last page was turned....more

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Mar 17, 2013 SY rated it 2 of 5 stars

It's a bit silly and NOT what I expected from Jacqueline Frank. I guess i was expecting something quirky and funny like her other alien series. I won't be looking for more titles by this pen name.

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Oct 11, 2011 Tammyjo Eckhart rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book's cover, back and the publicity promised it would break so many common stereotypes in romance and other forms of fiction yet if fell short on several levels.

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Jun 01, 2011 Deborah rated it 3 of 5 stars

...holy moly. JAX (Jacquelyn Frank) has created another new world and galaxy in this one. The storyline was very interesting, to the point where I couldn't put it down! I hope that there will be more coming...

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Feb 24, 2011 Alexandria rated it 3 of 5 stars

I won this book on goodreads first reads.this was a guilty pleasure to read. I havent read very many eroctica books but this one makes me want to read more.

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Jul 28, 2011 Rex rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-epub, erotica, sf

Absolutely one of the most horrid books I have ever read. First, I admit that I bought the book due to the cover. After beginning to read the book, I began realizing that this was a book I probably should set aside as it lacked any real appeal. Not long into the story, we are introduced to one of the main protagonists, Jhon. It did not take long for the author to show us this was a blatantly homophobic individual. I thought perhaps by the end of the story, this issue would be addressed and the c...more

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May 08, 2013 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-adult

3.75 probably.
The cover needs ignoring in my opinion. I found the story a fun and sexy light read.

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Dec 25, 2012 Kathryn rated it 2 of 5 stars

The cover led me to believe this was a menage story, but it is not. Aside from that, I found the story difficult to follow.

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Oct 27, 2010 ൠSinful marked it as to-read

Shelves: first-reads

Holding my breath, waiting for this in the mail. It looks so good.

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Mar 09, 2011 Nicole marked it as to-read

Shelves: rom, contempft

Started out as a scifi story, now dipping into a paranormal. The two genres do not mesh easily in my mind.

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Mar 07, 2011 Ming Haugen rated it 4 of 5 stars

A curiously sweet story

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Dec 27, 2010 NisyKitty VA rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

I loved this ending!!!! I want to be a sexy blue vixen!! That turns into a bellcat, with 2 sexy men at my side. YUM! lol

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Oct 14, 2012 Jordan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: love-lust-sci-fi

I have one thing to say about this book. If there is not going to be a threesom don't put two hot guys worshiping a woman on the cover!!!

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Nov 02, 2011 Karen Desmond rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Jul 16, 2011 Amil rated it 4 of 5 stars

very good read from start to finish

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Jax (Jacqueline Frank) was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. She is a retired schoolteacher with a Master's degree in Education and Bachelor's in Liberal Arts.

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