Presents and Praise

Just when I think things can’t get any worse…my stepbrothers win me in an auction!

When one of my best friends begs me to auction myself at the fire department fundraiser, I can’t tell her no.
I also can’t stop worrying that no one will bid on a plain-Jane girl like me, even for four hours of simple tasks like cleaning and gift wrapping.
Then the bidding starts, and I find out that there is something worse than not getting bid on. My three, wealthy, gorgeous stepbrothers make a spectacle and run my bid super high.
The only way I’ve been able to hide my attraction to them is to keep my distance. How will I do that when they win four hours of my time?
And if that's not bad enough, I find out they don’t want help with chores. They want me—their untouched stepsister. I’d be a fool to turn them down, but aside from the obvious problem of our relatedness, my heart is incapable of understanding the limitations of our four-hour time block.