The Virgin's Auction by Amelia Hart brought out an interesting plot. The characters were well defined but the story could have used more actual dialogue between the parties instead all of their thoughts. The subject matter is by no means light and can be even considered by the more conservative readers to verge on offensive. I was, therefore, surprised to learn that the author claims to be a feminist who dislikes the degradation of female characters. What can be more degrading than being forced to sell your "wedding night"?!? Selling sex, regardless of the reason behind it, or whether or not the John (and in the case of this story, James) treats you well after he's bought you, is prostitution. And personally, I don't know many more things more degrading than that.Despite the author's hypocrisie, the story was a good one but can be better with a little tweaking. I'd like to see the author develop her craft to a point where she can describe the thoughts and emotions of the character through dialogue and not lengthy "thought monologues". All things considered, not bad read.
