Highest Bid

In Teshco’s hot first Bachelor Brothers of Sydney contemporary, secret-haunted nightclub owner Galan Black falls hard for his new bartender, Layla Selvey. At the Black Pearl’s annual charity auction night, where the ultra-wealthy bid on dates with Australia’s sexiest women, Galan is mesmerized by one particular “goddess.” It takes a moment for him to realize that she’s none other than Layla, who usually hides her body and avoids attention. Though he suspects his brothers—who know he’s obsessed with her—talked her into participating in the auction, he can’t resist bidding. Ever since Galan hired her, Layla has fought her growing attraction to him. She’s hoping that once he gets a taste of her, he’ll give up his womanizing ways. Heightened tension and plenty of uninhibited sex contrast with the vulnerabilities of the two lovers, who bear the burdens of their parents’ past mistakes. This is a raunchy, irresistible love story. (Sept.)