Mina Calloway always finds herself in the hands of the wrong master: Gentle at first, then brutally sadistic and abusive. She no longer believes it’s possible to find a man who will be gentle with her. After seeing a kink-friendly therapist for months, the doctor makes her an illicit offer she isn’t yet smart enough to refuse: “Let me find you a good master.”
Brian Sloan is a borderline … borderline sociopath with a dark and brutal past. Only taking his sadistic urges out on the women at a submissive training house allows him to sleep through the night. When Brian sees Mina, she should be ripe for the picking, but her damage is too similar to his own. Can he fight past his demons to protect the one person he considers worth saving?
Note: This book happens in the same world as Guilty Pleasures with reoccurring settings and characters. However, it is not a direct sequel and it isn’t necessary to have read Guilty Pleasures first. If you enjoy this book, however, you may also enjoy Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas.
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I read the fifth book of this series first, and I’m glad I did because I would have hated Lindsay too much to ever want to see him get his HEA. However enough of him, because this is Mina and Brian’s story and I loved every moment of this story about two broken souls “clinging to each other at sea on a raft that would never reach land” .
This …
Brian is a character you love to hate when you don’t know him, but you begin to like him when you do.
Brian and Mina are characters with scars on the inside abd outside. Two people broken but together they are whole.
After reading Guilty Pleasures, Book 1 in The Pleasure House Series, I was overly-eager to read Broken Dolls, Book 2 and get the whole story on Brian and his “issues”. I was not disappointed! I really enjoyed this book. The story was intriguing from the beginning, fast-paced and action-packed. Mina was a hot mess…Dr. Smith seemed off his …
In Broken Dolls we get to see a different side to the psychopathic Brian we met in Guilty Pleasures ( if you haven’t read that one, I recommend it), however even if you haven’t you can still read this book and have a great experience. Mina, a broken girl who is seeing a kink friendly therapist after the demise of a string of abusive D/s …
It….. I…….oh wow, too much or little, not sure but, oh wow……
I just couldn’t see how this was going to end up in a good way, and I was rendered speechless on how it did. Almost 48 hours later, and I am still processing
I adored this story, Brian and Mina both are some of the most interesting characters you will ever read about. They …
A hero who would normally be a bit of a villan. A thread of evil mixed with a thread of redemption throughout. Characters who are much more than they at first seem and always more than they think they are. Make no mistake this book contains some of the darker sides of BDSM but the story is good hearted. While each of the books in this series …
A fast, easy read. There were a couple situations that had me bust out laughing. I would read other books from this author.
Broken Dolls is the second book in the Pleasure House Series. All of these stories in this series can be read as standalones. Although, I do recommend starting at the beginning with Guilty Pleasures.
I stayed up late to finish this book! I couldn’t put it down until I finished reading Broken Dolls.
This is Brian Sloan’s and Mina Calloway’s …
Two broken people, Brian and Mina, are introduced at the Pleasure House. They both are scarred and afraid of relationships, they don’t believe that any relationship is good, which makes them feel unworthy.
This story is all encompassing in it’s ability to make the reader feel sorry for the monster, and to feel angry at the rescuing angels.
Broken …
Enjoy the story line, wish there were more of Brian
Kitty Thomas’ books always give me a hangover: literally, up all night thinking about the book and rereading sections of it. I don’t even know what words to use to describe her writing, but wow. While this isn’t a conventional BDSM story, as the main characters don’t do what a lot of other couples do, don’t let that stop you from reading. Mina and …
Was hard getting into the story
Really good book
I have a thing for monstrous men. Kitty has me pretty hooked on sociopaths and I don’t think I can ever truly get enough.
But it was my heart, that feels things so intensely, that made me love Brian and Mina. Their brokenness called to me and I hoped that they both would become whole again by the end.
Although it doesn’t happen frequently, there …
It takes a deft hand to write a story like this that is both sensitive and sensual. Not all perfect relationships come from perfect circumstances. Sometimes even the most damaged of us can find love and happiness in the darkest surroundings.
The description of the book hooked me right away.. then as I started reading the book I couldn’t put it down! I hadn’t read any of the Pleasure House books by Kitty Thomas, but the story, characters, and setting made this page-turning book hard to put down. The ending wasn’t what I expected but as you look back on the characters and the story, …
If and when one is ready to read a topic of this sort, it will be found a good attention grabber!
I was initially drawn in by Mina. I felt so sorry for her and hoped for a happy ending for her. I also felt that Brian was also broken. However, when Mina was warned that she would be killed if she spoke of the house and I found out that Brian was a cold blooded killer, and extreme sadist, I was turned off by the book. Honestly, the story could’ve …
We are all broken, and maybe we don’t need someone to try to “fix us” but rather, accept us for what has made us the way we are…I loved this one!