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The Silent Bidder: A Dark Romantic Suspense
Paperback
Series: Close Proximity
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 24 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She went undercover to expose the men who buy women.
She never expected one of them to buy her.
Gretchen Schumaker is a broke NYU journalism student with one shot at the story that could change everything: an invitation-only Manhattan auction where wealthy men bid on women in total secrecy.
To get inside, Gretchen has to become part of the product.
She has to wear the black dress. Stand beneath the lights. Let strangers inspect her. Let them bid.
Then the silent man in the shadows wins.
Beautiful, powerful, and impossible to read, he calls himself Mr. X. He calls her Dolly. And when he offers her a private arrangement-rules, luxury, an allowance, and a world where she can finally stop carrying everything alone-Gretchen tells herself she is only staying close enough to expose him.
But Mr. X is not simply a buyer.
He runs the New York operation for a criminal network built on secrets, blackmail, and the destruction of anyone reckless enough to talk. When one of Gretchen's sources is found murdered, the story becomes more than a career-making investigation.
It becomes a death sentence.
Now Gretchen must decide whether the man who bought her is the danger she has been chasing-or the only person capable of keeping her alive long enough to tell the truth.
The Silent Bidder is a dark, high-heat romantic suspense novel featuring an undercover journalist, a secret virgin auction, a possessive antihero, a Daddy Dom dynamic, a dangerous criminal conspiracy, and a heroine who discovers that surrender means nothing unless it is freely chosen.
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