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    Auction Action

    By Andrew Grey

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    Art isn’t the only thing a man can find at an auction...

    Frederick Holloway is a successful antiques dealer with a clientele that he likes to keep happy. When one of his most important clients asks him to attend a charity auction to buy a painting for her, Frederick agrees. What he didn’t expect was the Greek god with the face of the Marlboro man who is his main competitor for the artwork.

    Duncan never expected to meet such a powerful and commanding man in such a small package. He likes it, really likes it! Frederick can give him something he desperately needs. But are they playing around? Is something deeper developing? Or is Duncan still trying to get an angle on the work of art that he lost at the auction... or embracing a worthy opponent?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRiverdale Avenue Books
    Release dateNov 2, 2017
    ISBN9781626014039
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    Andrew Grey

    Andrew Grey is the author of more than one hundred works of Contemporary Gay Romantic fiction. After twenty-seven years in corporate America, he has now settled down in Central Pennsylvania with his husband of more than twenty-five years, Dominic, and his laptop. An interesting ménage. Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout the country and traveled throughout the world. He is a recipient of the RWA Centennial Award, has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and now writes full-time. Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing). He considers himself blessed with an accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Email: andrewgrey@comcast.net Website: www.andrewgreybooks.com

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      Auction Action - Andrew Grey

      Auction Action© 2017 by Andrew Grey

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      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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      Cover by Scott Carpenter

      Digital ISBN: 978-1-62601-403-9

      First edition published by All Romance Ebooks 2011

      Second Edition November 2017

      Chapter One

      Good morning, Holloway Antiques, Frederick said as he answered the old-fashioned rotary phone that sat on the Louis XIV table. He was using it as a desk at the moment. How may I help you? He’d been about to close for the day and had almost let it ring, but that simply wasn’t in his nature.

      Frederick, I’m so glad I caught you, the woman on the line said, in such a frantic tone he didn’t recognize the voice. This is Saundra Garlock, and I need your assistance right away. Frantic was an understatement. Frederick had known Saundra for many years, and he’d never known her to be anything other than a lady who was always in control of everything. I need to speak with you on an urgent matter. I’m calling from my car and I’ll be at your shop in ten minutes if Hudson can somehow get through this traffic. She sounded frazzled and definitely off her game.

      I’ll wait for you. Please tell Hudson not to worry on my account and instruct him to park in the loading zone out front. I’ll give him the pass. Even as he said the words, Frederick was looking around the shop and immediately realizing that it was not ready for a visit from Saundra. I’ll look for you.

      You’re a good young man, she said, and disconnected.

      Frederick placed the phone in the cradle and immediately sprang into action. His shop was located in a fashionable neighborhood in Milwaukee. When he’d opened it eight years earlier, the neighborhood was just beginning to gentrify, and now it was filled with city-living yuppies and empty-nesters, and the one thing they had in common was disposable income.

      The space his shop occupied was only 20 by 20 feet with a small storage area in the back. He’d originally taken the space because it was all he could afford, and had intended to either move to a larger store or expand, but as the business grew, so did the reputation for the quirky little store with some of the finest French antiques in town. The store’s reputation and its size suited Frederick perfectly. At 4’8" and less than 100 pounds, he’d never needed much physical space.

      Slipping off his desk chair, Frederick walked through the store, picking up a Sevres vase and a pair of brass Napoleonic candlesticks as he moved. He placed both inside the case along the side wall, adjusting other items so they didn’t look cramped, and closed the door. He also removed the painting from the display easel and carried it into the back room. Setting it aside, he picked up the Napoleonic-era portrait he’d just purchased, and while he hadn’t had a chance to have it cleaned yet, he knew it would catch Saundra’s eye. After placing it on the easel, he stood in the back room and set up his stepstool, beginning the careful process of moving plastic tubs around until he found the one he wanted.

      Opening the lid, he pulled out an Animalier bronze of a tiger that he’d just purchased and placed it on the table in the very center of the store. There was no way Saundra could miss it. Frederick had learned

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