With Nessa turned into a vampire and his last companion buried, Gareth sees no reason to wait to buy another woman for his convenience. He attends the graduation auction for one of the orphanages he founded and is instantly enthralled by Iphigenia. There's a catch – she's not for sale for more than one night. He wants her for more, but he tells himself he'll be satisfied with the purchase. He gives her a slow, hot spanking meant to seduce her. Instead he receives a night of passion he'll be unable to forget and a year full of regrets after he walks away. The Christmas season returns and he goes home, alone, to discover the woman he couldn't get out of his thoughts there. He has one week of seduction and warming her bottom with his hand before she walks away and he becomes the heartless bastard his family believes him to be.
