GRR Reviews A Bid For Love (Deal for Love) by Rachel Ann Nunes

A Bid For Love is a very good romantic suspense with the unlikely backdrop of the art auction.

Cassi is a buyer for art galleries in California. Jared is a buyer for a gallery in New York. Both went an auction to bid on a Buddha, but Jared was told by his beautiful boss... don't come back without it. At first, Cassi found Jared to be unbearable smug *** and when bidders got anon notes warning them not to bid, Cassi suspected Jared... Then thugs went after Jared, while Cassi had to deal with her best friend's pregnancy (and she's just weeks from her due date!) Just what's so special with this Buddha? Then FBI, thugs, and others got involved... even as Jared and Cassi fell for each other... But with betrayal around the corner and no one to trust, just who can they trust?

The twist of enemies to allies to lovers was done quite well, and there are several clever twists about who to trust and who not to trust in the story. However, there is just that something missing, as this has the tone of a rom-com, that I can't quite take this seriously until the end when it got tense.

Category: Contemporary / Romantic Suspense

Primary Plot: When two buyers went after the same artifact, and both thugs and FBI got involved, who will end up with the McGuffin?

Overall Rating: 4/5

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