The Doll Buyer

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Katrina Watson was Jane Chatsworth’s biggest fan. She’d read every word that the controversial author had ever written. She aspired to one day live her life by Jane Chatsworth’s exhilarating mantra of self-expression and liberation, once she’d figured out what her own desires actually were, that is.

So when an opportunity arose to apply for a job as Jane’s personal assistant, Katrina jumped at the chance. And when she learned the shocking details of Jane’s relationship with the sensual younger woman, Stephanie, Katrina simply shrugged and accepted it as another facet of her heroine’s liberated existence. She didn’t fully understand the way Stephanie posed mannequin-like for the older woman, or the way she acted like a doll on demand and let herself be treated like an ornament. But Katrina didn’t need to understand their relationship to be the best personal assistant she could be and she tried her best to ignore their strange intimacy.

But then Jane Chatsworth was invited to an auction held by her good friend, Rebecca Parsons. It was a very unconventional auction, one that could only be held beyond the disapproving gaze of civilized society.

Suddenly, ignoring Ms. Chatsworth’s unconventional lifestyle was no longer an option for Katrina.