Review: Not what I expected...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
The story is about Elizabeth (Lizzy, Libby, Scarlet) a "wealthy"(the money is controlled by her dad who won't let her have any of it due to her drug addicted mother) heiress to a water company who needs money to help her friend (the disowned Governor's son) who is in a coma due to a motorcycle accident after a fight with her at the party of bourbon heir/brothel visiting Hunter West. The plan is to sell her virginity to the highest bidder to raise money for the rehab. What she doesn't anticipate is the brothel in Vegas she chooses to handle this transaction belongs to Hunter's best friend, and Hunter frequents the place and knows the girls and is at the center of an investigation of a missing escort (last seen with Hunter).Selling Scarlet looked good, and should have been good based on the storyline. However, I felt there was too much going on to me. There were too many characters and subplots to really be able to follow. Elizabeth has her own thing going on (friend in a coma, secret love for Hunter from afar) and Hunter has his own thing going on (missing escort/porn star trying to frame him) when their paths cross and ultimately tie together. I feel like this book could have taken the 2 plot lines following the main characters and developed them into 2 different books and had 2 really great books instead of 1 book I wouldn't recommend if it were free.The book goes back and forth between Hunter's POV and Elizabeth's POV making it a really long and drawn out book to get all of the details and connections needed for the end of the book to come together. I kept waiting for the point where it would take off and I couldn't put it down, but I never got there. And for a book about selling virginity and brothels, there weren't many steamy moments involved.The ending is not a cliffhanger, which I appreciated. It appears there will be more books in this series, but I don't believe I will be reading them.