title: Contracted for the Petrakis Heir (One Night With Consequences)
author:  Annie West 
description: Annie West has devoted her life to an intensive study of tall, dark, charismatic heroes who cause the best kind of trouble in the lives of their heroines. As a sideline she researches locations for romance, from vibrant cities to desert encampments and fairytale castles. Annie lives in eastern Australia between spectacular sandy beaches and gorgeous wine country. She finds writing the perfect reason to avoid housework. To contact her or join her newsletter, visit www.annie-west.com .
zlib_text: SOLD TO THE EMPEROR
  
  HOLLIE HUTCHINS
  
  CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Let’s Be Friends!
  
  D
  C H A P T E R  1
  ianna woke up as a slave in an alien market.
  That was understandably worthy of concern, seeing as she
  hadn’t been a slave mere hours before. Until she’d been kidnapped
  by her former assassin partners, stripped down, and paraded around for
  anyone interested in spending money on her. No, back then she’d been on the
  top of her game when they’d come for her, her former space mercenary gang,
  the Raptors.
  She’d prepared for them as best as she was able. She always knew
  sometime they’d come for her. The Raptors didn’t take deserters kindly.
  Dianna only hoped she’d fled far enough from their shadow to carve a new
  one of her own.
  Seemed like it was a very, very long shadow.
  To be fair, she wasn’t a full slave yet. She was, fo