The Auction [Kindle Edition]

Kitty Thomas (Author)

Book Description

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 Food
Guilty Pleasures
Tender Mercies
The Last Girl (latest release)
Submissive Fairy Tales (anthology of The Auction, Awakening, and The King's Pleasure)

Novellas:

Awakening
The King's Pleasure



If you like Kitty Thomas you may also enjoy work by Annabel Joseph, Claudia D. Christian, and Tiffany Reisz.

Product Details

• File Size: 144 KB
• Print Length: 54 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Burlesque Press (June 24, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00584OOGE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,692 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Short but well worth reading June 26, 2011

By Mistress of The Dark Path

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Belle Walker is a young human woman that lives on a planet with many non-humans her society considers monsters. A long time before she was born, a ship bearing her people reached the planet where they are now settled. They worked out a deal to have a small area of land for themselves separate from the native beings. Up until now, the two groups have lived entirely apart.

Among human society on the planet, girls are auctioned off to the highest bidder at age eighteen. There is no marriage. Now it is Belle's turn to be bid on, but the unexpected happens. One of the so called "monsters" appears and wins her for his own. Though she resists going with the strange and forbidding man, he takes her anyway. From that point on her life changes in ways she never imagined. Perhaps the monsters aren't quite what her people believed, but Belle learns the hard way there is no escape. She must overcome her fears and adjust to a sexual environment she has never imagined. If she manages it, captivity may very well be the thing that sets her wild heart free.

This is a well written, fast paced novella that will keep you turning pages until the end. The situations feel real and explore the idea of alien-human bonding on a deep level. While the story is based on fantasy, you can't help but be swept up into the psychology of how a person would react to such a situation. Particularly a woman of strong will. If you enjoy erotica, are not averse to reading about dominance and submission, and like a sci-fi twist, this may just be the book for you. Some people may consider this story too short, but I think it covers everything it needs to. Heavy world building isn't necessary as the focus is on Belle's relationship to her alien captors.... It does this well and doesn't need much more elaboration.

I have read all of Kitty Thomas' books and now download them as soon as she announces their release. She has never failed to impress me, regardless of the setting she choses. Her books are not for everyone, but those who enjoy erotica that doesn't just explore the physical aspects, but also the psychological, will appreciate her work. It outclasses the rest of its genre by a mile. Read more ›

31 of 40 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price. July 3, 2011

By ~The "Kats" Meow~ (Annie)

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Edit: Dark Erotica usually involves a non-consensual storyline that might include force, violence, brutality, and humiliation. Don't purchase this book with any romantic idea of a happily ever after.

When you read my review please understand that when I purchased this book I was not aware of its intended darker story. At the time I did not see any reference given in its summary about it being dark erotica. It took me 30 minutes to purchase the book, read the story, realize what I had just purchased, return the story, and delete it from my library. I am not sure which page count to go with but this book is almost $3.00 and it has only 54/80 pages.

I know there is an audience for this genre, so if you enjoy the whole dark & erotic/Stockholm Syndrome storyline and have $2.99 burning a hole in your pocket but not a lot of time to read a book then here is your book.

If you are trying to decide if you want to read this book based on the plot there is an excellent summary above. If you really want to get a look at the writing style of the author there is also a short "look inside" of the book too. The look inside is not the beginning of the book. First Bella is kidnapped off the street, stuck in a small box with many scared women, and eventually lined up on the auction block. This is where Bella is purchased by the big bad scary "Alpha" alien. He is so bad, yet so good...

If this was a complete story I might consider this a SPOILER

but what bothered me is that at the end of the book Bella isn't even the same person anymore. As a reader we are given a character to identify with. Bella is a spunky, slightly misguided 18-year-old girl. She is placed on the auction block, purchased, and quickly whisked off to a whole different planet.... She is easily convinced that her Master is right and seems to adapt to her circumstances fast but what choice does she have? She is told how to think and of course why it's the correct way to think and then sexually manhandled into submission.

A quick example of her new correct thought process:
"He really does love me the most; he told me so.I understand that as Master it's his job to teach the other abducted women and his brothers through "show and tell". How else are they to learn the proper way to get a woman ready for sex? He passes me around to his brothers like a toy because sharing is good. He told me so.It's what Master likes..."

As it turns out the brothers all have really enormous, gigantic, massive, huge, large... "rods" that are just too big for these women to handle and it's Master's job to teach (with Bella as his visual aid) some basic techniques and introduce a few helpful tools for his men to overcome the overwhelming difficulties associated with being so large.

My final thoughts are that you don't have to agree with my opinion on the book. My review is based on why I personally didn't like the book. I am not making up false tid-bits of information to discredit the book. I am just explaining what I took away from the book. If you like this style of book I have now given you a good reason to end your internal debate and read the reference manual of a book for yourself. Read more ›

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another slice of dark perfection from Kitty Thomas June 27, 2011

By Dee18 TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition

Set in an ambiguous future, humanity has left behind the `source planet' and settled in a new and backwards world. Science and technology have regressed, books are artefacts and women are commodities once again. On her eighteenth birthday Annabelle `Belle' Walker, along with other ripe young women, are being auctioned to the highest bidder. Under the pretence of redistributing city funds, nubile young women are put on the block and sold for a price - the lucky ones have family members and lovers who will buy them back and set them free. But for the unlucky sold it's a life of quiet humiliation . . . or, as Belle is about to discover, something much worse.

Belle's fiery spirit attracts the wrong sort of buyer - a monster from the city outskirts, a dragon-man with red skin and orange eyes, sharp teeth and an impressive wing-span. Belle is taken back to his cave, where she will pleasure both him and his blue-skinned brother, referring to them as `Master' and `Sir' respectively.

But will this monster be Belle's end, or will he help set her free?

`The Auction' is a new novella from dark literary erotica author, Kitty Thomas.

I love Kitty Thomas. Honestly, she can do no wrong. I haven't read a novel of hers that I haven't loved, and `The Auction' is another slice of perfection from her deliciously dark pen.

You wouldn't know it to look at the beautiful front cover, but `The Auction' is actually a sci-fi/dark erotica novelette. Although this gorgeous renaissance-feel cover doesn't scream `sci-fi', it actually leads into the world-building of `The Auction'. In this indeterminate future, humanity has had to relocate from Earth and in the process society has taken a giant leap backwards.... Women are property once again - to be traded and sold according to the gavel of the auctioneer. Thomas does swift world-building and orientation for the reader with regards to this new-world/old-world society - almost conjuring the universe of Joss Whedon's `Firelfy'.

We see this strangely regressed world through the eyes of Belle Walker. She is a young woman who has found fascination in the books of the past, and has come to articulate the auctioning of women as a barbaric and bizarre - likening it to virginal sacrifice and debutante balls. Belle has been dreading her auction and has been preparing for her day of sale. She has been strategically pleasuring the city's richest sons; in the meagre hopes of gaining their coin and her freedom upon purchase. But she doesn't count on an outskirts monster raising his hand for the highest bid.

When Belle is taken to the monster Master's cave and introduced to his brother, `Sir' (her other bed-mate) she is shocked, horrified . . . and aroused. These men are dragon-like, with wings, blue and red-tinged skin and reddened eyes. But they are also thoroughly masculine; lean and muscled to perfection. Belle cannot believe the way she wants them, and is willing to succumb to them. Her obvious arousal in captivity perverts her conscience and she wonders if she is losing a bit of her soul and dignity, bit by bit, every time she wantonly and willingly succumbs to these brothers . . .

I loved the world Kitty Thomas created. It's a little bit sci-fi, with a touch of historic slavery and plenty of dark erotica. I thought the inclusion of `monster masters' was quite ingenious - so often in Kitty's works the dominant (human) male is bordering on demonic (`Comfort Food', being a prime example). But in `The Auction' the heroine's sexual partners are, literally, monsters - and one of them even has a devilish resemblance. It's a nice bit of fantasy to play with. And, this being a Kitty Thomas novel(la); the sex scenes are divinely delicious. This is a short story, 20000 words, but she takes the time to write languorous and decadently-detailed sex scenes that will leave readers sizzling.

My only complaint about `The Auction' is that it was too short! I wanted more, more, more! I would love to read another novella set in this universe (perhaps revisiting the monster family?) or even a full-length novel set in the same world. `The Auction' was another lovely bit of sexy-sinister writing from the darkly talented erotica author, Kitty Thomas. Read more ›

More About the Author

Kitty Thomas writes dark literary fiction that explores power dynamics and sexuality. Not really classed as romance, though some readers see it that way. It's a case of your mileage may vary. :) Romance genre conventions and rules not usually followed but some books could easily be classed as "erotic romance" such as Mafia Captive or Tender Mercies.

This work is fiction and meant for an adult audience. The author does not endorse or condone any of the behavior carried out by characters in her stories.

Inspiration for Kitty's work comes from many sources including Story of O, Nine and a Half Weeks, and the work of Claudia D. Christian.

If you like Kitty's work and would be interested in hearing about new releases, send an email to: kittythomas29 AT gmail DOT com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

You can also subscribe via the contact form on her website at: www.kittythomas.com