The Auction is the first novella in the erotica anthology: Submissive Fairy Tales by Kitty Thomas. The anthology of The Auction, Awakening, and The King's Pleasure is available for a limited time for $2.99 ($4.95 regularly--significant savings over purchasing the novellas individually.)The Auction is a 20,000 word novella. (1-2 hours of reading time, or approximately 80 pages.) This work is dark literary erotica, not romance. If any romance genre conventions seem to be followed it is purely coincidence.DESCRIPTION:Belle Walker lives in a strict society where women are treated as property, sold to the highest bidder soon after their eighteenth birthday. But the auction isn’t the only danger. Though she’s never seen them, she knows monsters live outside the city. These creatures have allowed the humans a small area to inhabit with the promise to leave them in peace as long as they never cross the boundary. On the day Belle is sold, one of the monsters breaks that promise and enters the city, intent on having her as his own.**This book is intended for an adult audience and contains master/slave, multiple partners, girl on girl, alien sex, and oral play.**WHAT OTHER AUTHORS ARE SAYING ABOUT “THE AUCTION”:"If you want lyrical, compelling and thought-provoking erotic fiction, you have to read Kitty Thomas. Just make sure you clear your calendar because you won't be moving until you're finished." - Cari Quinn, author of PROVOKE ME"The Auction is an exotic story that beautifully demonstrates how dominance and submission is a universal condition." - Claudia D. Christian, author of VICIOUS BLISS: FALLEN"Sexy, weird, and super fun--Kitty Thomas Strikes Again." - Tiffany Reisz, author of THE SIREN and SEVEN DAY LOAN, HQN/Spice OTHER WORKS BY KITTY THOMAS:Longer Works available in ebook and hardcover (novels):Comfort FoodGuilty PleasuresTender MerciesThe Last Girl (latest release)Submissive Fairy Tales (anthology of The Auction, Awakening, and The King's Pleasure)Novellas:AwakeningThe King's PleasureIf you like Kitty Thomas you may also enjoy work by Annabel Joseph, Claudia D. Christian, and Tiffany Reisz.