Highest Bid — Mel Teshco

An unapologetic player and a reserved wallflower… one night would never be enough

Galan Black carries a burden he can't share with anyone, least of all his two brothers. Not even after the blood, sweat and tears it took for them to open and make the Black Pearl Nightclub a raging success. He's just glad his secret doesn't haunt him half as much in the arms of the eager women he takes to bed.

Yet he can't stop thinking about the plain Jane bartender and waitress, who he impulsively hired against his better judgement. Then she steps half-naked onto the stage for the club's once-yearly charity auction, and he can't keep his bidding paddle down, or his eyes off her. He'll have her for the night, and get her out of his system once and for all.

Layla doesn't trust men, yet her infatuation with the eldest Black brother is getting beyond a joke. She needs to experience a night in his bedroom, and get over her silly fixation. But then one night becomes two, with the heat between them showing no signs of cooling. Until Layla's trust is put to the ultimate test and dirty little secrets are exposed.