Worth What Is Your Worth?

Generations after women seized control of the world, society has transformed. Wars have ended. Hunger and poverty have been eliminated. Pollution is a relic of the past. But there is a cost. Men are now considered inferior property, to be bought, sold, and owned. When Elisa accompanies her best friend Ariana to a male auction, she expects nothing more than a curious spectacle. Instead, she finds herself drawn to a terrified, untamed male unlike any she has seen before. On impulse, she presses the bidding button. And wins. Jamel was not raised the way males are supposed to be. As Elisa begins to uncover his past, the world she believed in starts to crack. Through his eyes, she begins to see what her society has carefully kept hidden. Soon Elisa must face a choice: obey the laws that built her world... or risk everything to question them. Because in a society where people have a price, asking what someone is worth may be the most dangerous question of all. This is not a romance. It is a story about power, control, and what we justify when a system works for us.