Ever find yourself attracted to a particularly scrumptious man? Not that unusual in itself, but you don’t often act on your attraction. What if you did and things didn’t work out as in your well-rehearsed fantasy? Instead, you’d find yourself avoiding the same delightful man that before you took such pleasure in greeting every day. Sound familiar? Maybe you have a great deal in common with Nico, the heroine in Savannah Chase’s newest novel, Bid For Love.

Nico thinks of herself as a modern gal, perhaps a little on the boring side. Maybe that’s why her friends’ constant badgering about Jeff is starting to get on her nerves. Audrey even has the nerve to hint she’ll take the yummy Jeff if Nico never plans to make a move on him. Great---all she needs is man-hungry Audrey gobbling the source of her fantasies. If only she could be more adventurous and take a chance. Besides her hidden tattoo, the most excitement in her life at this point is agreeing to attend the Valentine’s Day Bachelor Auction. She is unsure why she is attending because none of those hot guys would want to go out with her.

Jeff isn’t sure how he ended up on the ten sexiest bachelors list, but he did. Along with the list came a phone call asking him to be part of the Valentine’s Day Bachelor Auction. Since it is for a good cause, it seemed like the thing to do. Strange, he is willing to parade in front of nameless women, but he could not ask out the sweet-faced woman who walked by his site every day. Usually, they just smile at each other, and a couple of times they talked. What would be great is if she was at the auction, even if it doesn’t mean she will bid on him.

Both Jeff’s and Nico’s doubts and insecurities make them real and vulnerable. Reading the tale is the equivalent to watching a courtship unfold. It is peppered with chuckles from the feisty secondary characters plus the skewed views Nico and Jeff have of themselves as date-worthy material. The story moves well without any filler.

Bid For Love is straight up hot romance, doesn’t pretend to be anything else and delivers in the end. It is a story well worth gobbling up. Its only drawback is that I wish there was more—much more.

Reviewed by Morgan Wyatt
© March 2008