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Bachelor Auction

(Preston Brothers #2)

Darah Lace (Goodreads Author)

4.27 · Rating details · 49 ratings · 14 reviews

Marcus Preston wants a relationship built on love and trust, but the woman he wants made it clear long ago she's only interested in fun and games. Yet, moving on proves difficult when no one else can erase the memory of the night they shared last summer.

Charlotte Reese doesn't believe in love, marriage, or happily ever afters. An occasional one-night stand is all she needs ...more

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Published August 4th 2010 by Wild Rose Press (first published March 9th 2010)

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Apr 17, 2016 Book Reading Gals rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance

Title: Bachelor Auction

Series: Preston Brothers Book #2
Author: Darah Lace

Genre: Romance

Blurb: Marcus Preston wants a relationship built on love and trust, but the woman he wants made it clear long ago she's only interested in fun and games. Yet, moving on proves difficult when no one else can erase the memory of the night they shared last summer.

Charlotte Reese doesn't believe in love, marriage, or happily ever afters. An occasional one-night stand is all she needs to take the edge off her lonel Title: Bachelor Auction

Series: Preston Brothers Book #2
Author: Darah Lace

Genre: Romance

Blurb: Marcus Preston wants a relationship built on love and trust, but the woman he wants made it clear long ago she's only interested in fun and games. Yet, moving on proves difficult when no one else can erase the memory of the night they shared last summer.

Charlotte Reese doesn't believe in love, marriage, or happily ever afters. An occasional one-night stand is all she needs to take the edge off her loneliness and enhance the bad-girl image she uses to discourage commitment-seeking men' especially Marcus, the only man to melt both her body and her heart melt.

When Charlotte wins Marcus hot off the block of Houston's Most Eligible Bachelor Auction and they're forced to spend the weekend together, she seizes the opportunity to seduce him and extinguish the attraction sizzling between them once and for all. But for Marcus, it's all or nothing. He won't be seduced. Instead, he'll show Charlotte she has more to offer a man than sex.

Thoughts: Things aren’t always what they seem….and Marcus learns that the hard way in Bachelor Auction. Both Marcus and Charlotte are fighting their very real desire for each for their own personal reasons. Charlotte isn’t interested in anything permanent, and goes above and beyond to portray an image of herself that is fun and fancy free. Marcus on the other hand is interested in anything less! Unfortunately, he has also bought into the whole ‘image’ Charlotte shows to the world – and he also believes that Charlotte is a little too free with her affections. Their chemistry is not going away though – and when a few of their family and friends get together to set them up by changing Charlotte’s bid to win a date with Marcus, the couple winds up spending far more time together than they had anticipated. Marcus slowly finds himself given peeks into the character of the ‘real’ Charlotte…and he wants to see more!

This is a sweet little romance that has a depth to it that pulls you in slowly and has you really rooting for these two mixed up characters. Both are attracted to each other, yet they never seem able to get their acts together and get over some of their baggage and hang-ups to take a chance on each other. I was a little irked at Marcus for being so willing to believe all the bad publicity and negative image that Charlotte had and fight for what he wanted, but overall I really enjoyed the story and the romance between these two characters.

Rate: A
Review by: Sarah
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Sep 17, 2010 LynnMarie rated it it was amazing

Denise’s Review

Wow.!
You have heard the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” many times before, and this is a motto I hold near and dear to my heart. However, there are times I believe authors title their works with artful deception. The novel ‘Bachelor Auction’ is just that. Granted, beyond the title and the cover, reading the book’s description should be an indicator of its depth, but I still wasn’t prepared for the long, emotional journey through which Ms. Lace guided me. This was truly a Denise’s Review

Wow.!
You have heard the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” many times before, and this is a motto I hold near and dear to my heart. However, there are times I believe authors title their works with artful deception. The novel ‘Bachelor Auction’ is just that. Granted, beyond the title and the cover, reading the book’s description should be an indicator of its depth, but I still wasn’t prepared for the long, emotional journey through which Ms. Lace guided me. This was truly a remarkable novel.

Based on the characters’ rich history, I believe this might be one in a series of “Preston brothers” novels, and I’m definitely out to get whatever I missed. Even still, I had no trouble following the plot or the characters.

What did I love about it? Oh, pretty much everything. You have Marcus Preston, cool and controlling, always in charge of himself, and Charlotte Reese, a woman with a self-inflicted bad girl image. The role reversal was incredibly well executed. Marcus won’t settle for anything less than full commitment, love, and family, whereas Charlotte has witnessed the destruction of a marriage firsthand, and understands men to be interested in only sex. Therefore, sex is what she offers, seemingly to anyone who shows interest.

To make matters more complicated, Charlotte and Marcus have a past. Not a tangled past, but a past—and while they definitely want each other, their desire is conflicted by their individual ghosts. Marcus sees Charlotte the way she wants to be seen, whereas Charlotte sees Marcus as a man who might offer more than sex but leave her broken-hearted.

The characterization in ‘Bachelor Auction,’ complete with the wealth of emotion Ms. Lace weaves with language left me completely absorbed, pulled in, and draw so tight I could barely tear my eyes away. More than that, the slow, steady journey on which Marcus and Charlotte embark leads to sizzling chemistry, a half dozen “is this it????” moments, and complete, utter satisfaction with the conclusion.

Do not, do not, do not miss this book.

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Mar 15, 2016 BookSnuggle rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Yes

Shelves: romance

"Bachelor Auction" by Darah Lace is book two in the "Preston Brothers" series. This can be read as a standalone. This is the story of Marcus Preston and Charlotte Reese.

Marcus and Charlotte shared a night together last summer and he cannot forget her. Charlotte cannot forget him either, but she doesn't believe in true love or relationships. Charlotte is more into one night stands. This is her way of protecting herself from getting hurt. Marcus wants more than a one night stand so he hasn't perus ...more

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Mar 06, 2016 Donna Sweeney rated it it was amazing

Kindly provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.......

Bid on this one fellow readers !!!

This was top notch !!!. Its Marcus and Charlotte's tale. Charlotte wins her bid in the "Bachelor auction" for Marcus.....that would be great if she intended to bid !!!. This was brilliantly written, plenty of witty lines, I laughed out loud and I had many a "slide down my seat" moment when I cringed at funny but embarrassing parts.

Overall I just really enjoyed this read. I would hav ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Maggie Hesseling rated it liked it

Shelves: romance

Marcus is manipulated into taking part in a bachelor auction by his brothers and then bought for Charlotte by her best friend. Unfortunately they have history, bad history, as marcus hates that she's so frivolous and flirty. But then again, how well does he really know her?

A great story, but I wish that the reveal was slower. I had thought that Marcus would have been more shocked by what he'd found out and then more self-reflective of how wrong he was about her. I was a little let down by the tr ...more

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Jan 31, 2016 Cas H. rated it really liked it

Marcus and Charlotte have always have sexual chemistry, but when Charlotte unintentionally purchases Marcus at a Bachelor Auction, things really heat up.
I really liked this book. I laughed and cringed and wanted to read more.
This book can be a stand alone book and I look forward to reading more in this series and more by this author.
I received a free copy of this book in return for my honest opinion.

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Jan 16, 2016 Emma bramley rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: everyone

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what a fab read, really enjoyed the story line, the characters were well written and the story flowed brilliantly. I must say I was left wanting more at the end, just because it was such a good read. this is the first book I've read in the series and I am defiantly looking forward to more.

highly recommended
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Jan 01, 2016 Heather andrews rated it it was amazing

Marcus is a caring man and I loved him right off, "Marcus knew she was teasing, but her comment stirred the gnawing guilt that had been festering in the back of his mind for months. “Are you having financial trouble? Because if you are—” I really enjoyed reading the book. ...more

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