Broken - Debt Collector 4

Broken by Susan Kaye Quinn

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Spoilers for previous Debt Collector books are unavoidable. I give this book 3.5 stars, and round up to 4 stars. I recommend this book. If you haven't read this book or any of the previous books please stop to avoid spoilers. Events are interesting, exciting, and there is plenty of tension and suspense. Pick up the whole "season" and enjoy all the books.

Broken is about Lirium's introduction to "debt collecting" for the Holek mob. Naturally Lirium doesn't like it and is determined to escape and take Ophelia with him. By the end of the book he is ripe full of anger at the betrayals he has endured in his recent past.


Massive Debt Collector spoilers Debt Collector 3 - Ecstasy in particular
In Broken, Debt Collector #4 we start out with debt collector Lirium in bed with his mentor, debt collector Ophelia, who he had set out to find at the conclusion of the last book (episode).

Previously in Ecstasy, Candy, Lirium's psych officer had ordered him to go payout his last collection and go to his "new" apartment as his last apartment was where his mentor Ophelia had apparently been killed and or taken by the Holek mob. Or at least they suspected it was the Holek mob.

Instead, Lirium lures a sex worker from Madam Anastazja to his "old" (and forbidden to go to) apartment. There he manages to frighten the sex worker, "April" to take him to Madam Anastazja.

Madam Anastazja is not in the least threatened by Lirium, and he quickly realizes he not only is not a threat, but is "captive" of Madam Anastazja. Madam Anastazja wants to know what kind of man Lirium is. She admits that sending "Apple Girl" to him was a test. Then Lirium learns what Madam Anastazja is really all about in a shocking story twist that was entirely unexpected. 

Eventually Madam Anastazja agrees to try to help Lirium find Ophelia. She hooks Lirium up with a debt collector "Valic" who works for the Holek Mob where they suspect Ophelia is being held.

Lirium goes to the mob headquarters determined to rescue Ophelia and meets with who he believes is an ally in his efforts to rescue Ophelia. Valic, after a brief delay indicating he has had his sexual satisfaction with Lirium tells Lirium he is taking him to Ophelia and instead takes him directly to the Holek mob boss.

To get to this story, "Broken", lets just say Ophelia is there, Lirium attempts a rescue, Ophelia attacks Valic in order to save Lirium from being murdered. After some excitement and conflict Lirium is now a debt collector for the Holek mob where the next morning he wakes up in bed with Ophelia who is still sleeping.

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