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Both her mom and dad have been working for the same company for over 20 years, mom is laid off and dad's job is on the brink of being gone too. They used all the savings to put Annie through school. Now it is looking more bleak, and even as if Annie will need to put school on the back burner. There just has to be something she can do to help them. Seeing an add for "escorts" she decides to go for it and applies. She meets with a woman who is a recruiter for the Club, and Annie gets a little lesson on what this is all about. There is no choice she needs to help her parents. She accepts the job. By the way these escorts are picked because they have their V-cards. Annie fits in on that aspect too. Now she is on a private plane and being taken to her "job."
He is in his booth at the club. Tonight he is hoping he sees something that pleases him. Andrew will not be disappointed. Out she comes, red hair (which really isn't his thing) and a body that makes him forget the red hair. Made for sin, and that is just what he wants to do with her. She is putting on quiet the show too. That stupid guy that Andrew knows is eating this up and making bids on her. Little does that guy know Andrew intends to win this bid.....and he does. Now she is all his.
There is a lot that happens right from the beginning of this book. All of which are ups and downs, and all the while you are along for the ride. He has a darker side, he NEEDS to be watched while claiming his prize. But Andrew is not heartless. He hears her story and does not take his prize until a couple of days after winning her. Annie is nervous, scared and falling for Andrew. She senses him falling too, which he is, but then something happens. During the pivotal moment for these two, just when Annie thinks Andrew will ask her to stay another week, he has her bag packed and sends her on her way. She is hurt, and it is breaking him as well.
He has completely fallen for Annie. Nothing like this has ever happened to him. He has seen her as a real person, not someone who expects gifts or money from him, no she in fact prefers spending time with him, learning about him, enjoying herself with him, both in and out of bed. He likes that she appreciates him for him, the only thing is she did not seem to like the exhibitionism and that is his need. To Andrew that is the deal breaker. Only he never told her that. So he sits in his home office alone and angry/upset and broken.
A knock at the door and in comes the recruiter for the Club, Andrew asks what she is doing there and she proceeds to "exit interview" him basically. She asks some pointed questions, and he reveals that he is madly in love with Annie, but he also proceeds to tell this woman what the deal breaker was....only there is another larger surprise waiting for him, and that would be his Annie walking into the room. She will not back down, she loves him and she is willing to change and grow with him. He doesn't feel he can change, especially not on that characteristic. Little does he know that Annie will change him and he will love it without his dark need. Whooo! their happy ending is a great one too. It took a little twist but a happy little twist for these two, and the fire is still burning bright.