A Gentleman's Bidding (The Scarlet Salon Book 1) (English Edition)
What can a desperate lady do to save her family from financial ruin? Auction her virginity. <br> <br>Emily Price is in desperate need of funds. With her family estate mortgaged and her brother not yet of age, it falls to her to save her family from financial ruin. What is a lady with no money or connections to do? Auction her virginity in London’s most elite and notorious brothel. <br> <br>Heir to a baronetcy, James Hughes has always taken his role seriously. To secure his family’s position in society, he knows he needs to marry well. But when he finds himself by chance at an auction in the infamous Scarlet Salon, he throws ambition to the wind to bed the lovely Miss Price. <br> <br>After their affair goes public in the biggest gossip rag in town, Emily must choose whether to cast her feelings aside and leave James to pursue his social ambitions, while James must decide if family and duty are worth giving up his chance for love. <br> <br>Content Warning: contains sexual content