Wards of the Women — Denise N. Wheatley

Violet, Shayne, and Fifi are three well-to-do suburbanites who appear to have it all, despite the turmoil and misery festering beneath the surface in their lives. When Violet reaches her limit, she does what any sensible woman would do: Blackmails a state prison warden into selling them their very own prison inmates. In exchange for their freedom, each prisoner would be at the mercy of his benefactor's every wish and whim, regardless of how sinister. But never in their wildest dreams did the women imagine the chaos that would ensue from a simple little purchase.