Book Review
Title: Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas (The Pleasure House Book 1)
Genre: Romance, Erotica
Rating: 4 Stars
So I have had Guilty Pleasures on my kindle for a while and finally decided to pick it up to see if it was worth me getting the rest of the series even though they are companion stories. Each book follows a different couple starting with Vivian and Michael, who are married but experiencing trouble in their relationship. Vivi is having trouble being intimate with Michael but she doesn’t know the reason why and it is beginning to take a toll on their marriage so Michael sends to her to Dr. Lindsey, a sex therapist.
Dr. Lindsey despite the name turns out to be a man who recognises that Vivi is uncomfortable and recommended that she see a massage therapist in order to release the tension she is carrying around and this is where things that a strange turn but it does make sense later. Anton, the massage therapist, ends up providing Vivi with a more personal service that allows her to open up about some of the darker desires she has.
After weeks of visiting him and being blackmailed with the threat of sending the videos to Michael, something happens. Vivi gets cut off from her accounts and Michael takes a work trip so she has to pay Anton in a different way and we see the heavier BDSM elements come into play. Anton after a little while ends up taking Vivi to the House, where he is a trainer of submissive sex slaves and he knows this is the kind of treatment that Vivi has been craving despite the fact she has essentially been kidnapped.
At the House Vivi is trained under Lindsey, Anton and Gabe who she has more emotionally connections to but she is terrified of Brian who seems to be the harshest of the trainers. Eventually the time comes for Vivi to be sold to her new Master, which is the intent with all the girls in the house. Vivi panics here because she knows the men she currently submits to but soon learns that her new master is also her husband, Michael. It turns out everything was planned by Michael since he knew that Vivi had the same desires as him but he didn’t know a way he could make her submit to him with it being her idea and her desire, rather than her just doing it to please him. Michael is close friends with Anton and Lindsey and roped them in to help with everything which is why everything didn’t make sense at first but it does by the ending.
Overall, I really liked Vivi’s arc and how she struggled to name the emotions she was feeling and how to put her desires into words but she does eventually find that confidence to be herself. While her training will continue with Michael he does promise her that they will return to the house every month since she has developed connections with her trainers. The next book is following Brian, which I was sceptical about but according to the author we will love him by the end of his book which I am excited to see. The only downside for me was that some of the sex scenes seemed to cut off abruptly like they were left unfinished or they were a little rushed which I hope is worked out in the following books.
Buy it here:
Paperback/Hardcover: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
Kindle Edition: amazon.co.uk amazon.com
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