Welcome to Tuesday, better known here as HaBO Day! HaBO, or “Help a Bitch Out,” is our attempt to reunite readers with romances that they can remember parts of, but not the important parts like the author’s name or the title. This HaBO request is from Lynette, who wants to track down a contemporary romance:
I am looking for a contemporary Harlequin romance. I think the cover was an image within one of those red-bordered circles. It must have come out between it came out before 2009 and after the 80s, I think. It was one of the first digital books I read.
The heroine is a CEO of a big company and is known as something of an ice princess. She goes to a charity date auction at some point in the story. (Aside: Has anyone ever really done those things? And why are they my catnip?) At the fancy date auction, she, surprise surprise, she is the last person to be auctioned! She’s wearing her blue gown and is nervously oblivious of her beauty. The hero bids on her and starts a bidding war with another dude. The hero wins the bidding war for quite a bit of money.
There’s another scene, that I remember of a date auction, where the heroine is bidding on the hero. The heroine is having a bidding war with a woman who is described as something of a predatory cougar. The heroine wins by bidding an exorbitant amount.
The side story line is about how someone is trying to usurp her position of power in the company; there might be a short scene where there are nefarious plans being made in an office about trying to dethrone her as CEO.
I know it’s not a lot to go on, but I would appreciate any suggestions!
What a coincidence that they both bid on and win one another. I’m wondering if these are two separate auctions. Who is hosting all of these date auctions? And how can I get invited?!