TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER exposes the exclusive universe of a distinguished international auction house as a tale unfolds of those whose souls and honor are sometimes sold to the highest bidder.

When aristocratic college student Selena Fraccese secures a summer internship at Endicott's, the famed New York auction house, she enters a rarified world—and meets her new boss, patrician American furnishings expert Simon Haden-Jones.

With illegal bidding practices and corporate scheming as a backdrop, Selena finds herself a player in the drama of Simon's triumph: a fine antique American chair going through the auction process