Simply Insatiable [Paperback]

Lord Minshom is the scoundrel of Society. Known for depravity, Blaize revels in the lifestyle until a former lover humiliates him. Angered and frustrated by his loss of control, he is determined to regain the power that slipped away when Anthony left.

And then his wife arrives.

Jane is determined, too. Seven years ago tragedy struck, tearing the marriage apart. After years of a quiet life in the country, she is back and determined to have the one thing her husband isn't willing to give her; a child.

But Blaize isn't ready to face the ghosts of his past, and the battle of wills that ensues reaches soul deep for both of them.

I started this book thinking Ms. Pearce had better make it good. As the villian of the previous book, Minshom was truly a detestable character. I didn't WANT him to have a book of his own, to be honest.

Wow, did she ever come through.

She unlocks Minshom, one bit at a time, peeling away the layers until we are allowed to see him at his most vulnerable. Then we discover Lord Minshom is a very different man that previously imagined. His weakenesses also show Jane's strength, for while he's spent the years hardening himself agains the pain, she's spent them healing. She is the perfect support for him, giving him help even as he refuses her.

While I can't say I ever really liked him, by the end of this book I had great respect for him. Simply Insatiable is, without a doubt, one of the best books not only of the series, but one of the best books I've read this year.

Lord Blaize Minshom is used to being the fodder of gossip and it is only until now, after being soundly punched by a former lover, that Minshom is finding his life more than tedious. And THEN his wife shows up.

Lord Minshom is known for his affairs and his ability to eke out pain. Being thrown over by lover Lord Anthony Sokorvsky for a woman, Minshom is sure his life can't get any worse. He couldn't have been more wrong. In the midst of Minshom's personal life comes Jane, his wife -the same wife he hasn't seen in over seven years. Why is Jane here now? Has she come to gloat? Minshom doesn't know what she wants but he knows what he does - he wants her gone as soon as possible back to the country where he doesn't have to see, look, or dream about touching her.

Jane has searched out her rogue of a husband for a reason. She wants him to deal with issues concerning his father and then she needs to make peace with Blaize. Seven years ago an unspeakable tragedy forced the two apart and Jane has regretted her harsh words ever since she spoke them. But Minshom is having none of her excuses nor is he willing to come to an understanding. With only one weapon in her arsenal, Jane promises the one thing that Blaize Minshom won't be able to resist - herself. After all, the desire this married couples feels for the other is SIMPLY INSATIABLE.

I might be the only fan of Lord Blaize Minshom after the way he has behaved in previous HOUSE OF PLEASURE books, especially SIMPLY WICKED. In fact, ever since realizing that SIMPLY INSATIABLE was going to be about Lord Minshom, I have often pondered quite extensively how in the world Ms. Pearce would be able to make him worthy hero material. His redemption was very important to me as a reader because I felt he was important. Getting to know his true character in SIMPLY INSATIABLE, I can see the almost vulnerable man underneath the harsh countenance of a dominant male. Minshom's life as a boy and man is nothing I could have imagined for him. HE is unapologetic and his coping skills are beyond amazing.

Jane, on the other hand, is a bit like an open book. She desperately wants Blaize's cooperation and his return to their country house. Her agenda and manipulation of Minshom made me smile more than once but I could also see her inherent shyness and her desire to once more be a wife to this enigmatic and often unapproachable man. Her love for him is unconditional - despite the fact that he tells himself he doesn't want her love. Blaize's redemption comes full circle and I stood in awe watching the man I knew from previous books emerge into the man I knew he could be.

Forgiveness and seduction are important rules in SIMPLY INSATIABLE's game of love and surrender. Lives are changed and old hurts are mended. Simply one of the best erotic historical romances this spring; SIMPLY INSATIABLE is too marvelous to read only once. Blaize and Jane's story is a keeper!

Natalie S.

Warning contains minor spoilers!

I think that there are few things people should know about this book before you purchase it that the other reviewers don't say straight out.

1. The reason for the separation between Blaize and Jane is that they had a three year old son that died in Blaize's arms. Jane believed that Blaize had murder his own son (who he loved and cared for) and told Blaize to leave and that she never wanted to see him again. Later on (seven years later) when Jane comes to Blaize he treats her a bit cruelly, but in my opinion she deserved every harsh word and cruel gesture and didn't deserve to have him back.

2. As one other review stated there is a TON of male on male sex. There is also some male/female sex but the male/male sex greatly outweighs it. Personally I find two guys doing each other to be sickening but that's just me.

3. At the end of the book Blaize goes back home to visit his father and try to make up with him. This part I found to be extremely stupid. Blaize's father beat him, RAPED him, and made him fight in the Little Gentleman's Club (a club where lords made their sons fight each other and the winner gets to screw the loser). The only thing Blaize's father should have got from his son is a bullet between the eyes or a knife in the heart.

The book follows the same patterns that most romance books go by and if not for the things listed above would have been really good. But as it is these things ruined it for me. I saw a lot of people give this book 4 and 5 stars so maybe they were able to ignore or accept the things that I couldn't.

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