{"product_id":"the-highest-bidder-a-dark-mafia-romance-9798230177296","title":"The Highest Bidder - A Dark Mafia Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe thought being sold in The Auction was just for one night. She was wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEthan...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI find lost things and people for the MacTavish Scottish Mafia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes, I return them to their proper owner. Sometimes, I make them disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen I'm charged with bringing back runaway Sloan Masters to her father, the instructions are disturbing: If you can't extract her, unalive her. I don't hurt women, I protect them. But I still have a job to do. When I find her, there's one more wrinkle. To retrieve her, I'll need to be the highest bidder at her auction. This pretty little runaway is expensive, but her sweet body is worth every penny. She's fascinating; secretive and fueled by fury, and she's not willing to trust me. Taming her will be the biggest challenge of my life.\u003cp\u003eI'm ready for it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSloan...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey call him the Scottish Demon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name is uttered like a curse throughout the crime world, a horror story parents tell to children to make them behave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when he comes for me, I can't run fast enough. Ethan MacTavish has the body of a Greek god and the charm of a sociopath bent on world domination. I can't tell him the secret I'm hiding, the reason my stepfather sent the Demon after me. The more I fight, the tighter he holds me. Can I trust him with my secret, or will he make me disappear, too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Highest Bidder is a standalone dark mafia romance with a HEA and no cheating. If you love your men morally grey, you're going to fall in love with Ethan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFraser, Arianna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eAs a former entertainment reporter, Arianna Fraser has plenty of fuel for her imagination when writing romance-suspense stories. There will always be an infuriatingly stubborn heroine, an unfairly handsome and cunning hero - or anti-hero - romance, shameless smut, danger, and something will inevitably explode or catch on fire. She is a terrible firebug, and her husband stashed six fire extinguishers throughout the house. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArianna lives in the western US with her twin boys, obstreperous little daughter, and sleep-deprived husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnect with Arianna here: https: \/\/linktr.ee\/ariannafraser\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Arianna Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346444419346,"sku":"9798230177296","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91d252ef-9bc0-42c5-8035-80579445d03f.jpg?v=1749044193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-highest-bidder-a-dark-mafia-romance-9798230177296","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}