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He had many glaring character flaws to address, and issues within himself to face head-on. It was like pulling teeth to get him to do so, but do so he eventually did I very much enjoyed Lord and Lady Minshom together, and loved watching their relationship evolve over the course of this story. This series, in my opinion, is superior to most other historical erotica series in the market today.
As I've said before, it is written with great emotion and a very unique cast of characters. If you enjoy your historical romance both steamy AND with a good story, you owe it to yourself to try Kate Pearce's Simply series! Mar 28, Maureen Feeney rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Lord Blaize Minshom the dark evil sadistic villian from "Simply Wicked" is nursing his ego after being publicly dumped by his lover Lord Anthony Sokorvsky, when his wife shows up.
Minshom married Jane 10 years ago but they have lived seperately for the last 7 years after a sad personal tragedy. Jane wants to talk and make peace with Minshom and maybe try and salvage their marraige. Minshom is renowned around London for being a sadistic master Dom and his ability to deal out pain. He only takes Lord Blaize Minshom the dark evil sadistic villian from "Simply Wicked" is nursing his ego after being publicly dumped by his lover Lord Anthony Sokorvsky, when his wife shows up.
He only takes male lovers and soon you could say they become addicted to Minshom's mastery leaving him in complete control, so how dare Anthony leave HIM!! He thinks Jane has come to London to gloat over his public rejection by Anthony. He wants Jane gone, so he sets out to shock her by taking her to The Pleasure House and showing her his wicked lifestyle. But in setting out to shock her, he is the one that ends up surprised. This is more Minshom's story quite rightly than Janes, but the scenes between them are sizzling. This book begins with Jane arriving to see Minshom getting a "serviced" by his valet Robert, but there is more than just sex there is a good background story on Minshom, and a great subplot with great secondry characters.
I was one of the few who liked the neurotic arrogant Minshom with his witty sarcasim in Wicked, and was eager to see how KP would redeem him. Well, she did a great job.
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Aw, Robert the valet and Minshoms lover, sexy and sensitive, I really felt the scene near the end when David finds him crying. David Gray sigh , one of my favourite characters, was Simply Delicious no pun intended. For me the love between these two men was the most realistic in the book. I felt these two were truly in love with each other, and I am glad KP gave David a worthy loving partner.
Lisettes story is next then followed hopefully by Christians, but there are a lot of secondry characters to choose from so who knows?. It took me a while to warm up to this series, but now I am hooked mainly by the great characters. View all 4 comments.
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Nov 17, Corduroy rated it did not like it Shelves: This book is so terrible it made my brain spin. The pitch - an estranged couple in Regency London, something about a high-class brothel, a marriage on the rocks that is presumably mended through magical sex adventures - in no way resembles the actual book. A more-accurate pitch for the book would be something like: Luckily, everyone in London is anachronistically cool about this, like if he'd worn the wrong color coat to the opera. His estranged wife also a crackpot returns and he is horrible to her and they have rather a lot of anal sex and he takes her to a strangely boring brothel.
Along the way, it is revealed that the hero starred in Boyfight videos, which is supposed to explain a bunch of inexplicable crap. But this book is the opposite of that. I read a lot of historical romance novels. My favorite kind is legitimately a historical novel and feels steeped in the mores of place and time, and is written by an excellent author who understands how to paint a picture of characters and the dilemmas they must overcome in a compelling way.
What is the POINT of setting something in Regency England if you aren't going to acknowledge the limitations and boundaries of the culture? I guess, given the astonishingly high rating of this book, many people aren't bothered by this. If you're going to have your male lead engage in a lot of casual gay sex, and have there be rumors and scandal about this, I just I just do not understand that you then don't think to yourself "I guess I should use this as an opportunity to raise the stakes".
Instead the huge quantity of gay sex is treated in an astoundingly casual manner, like everyone considers it a very minor social snafu. Frankly, I found this to be kind of offensive. So this "historical romance" is not actually historical at all, in my opinion. It has some phrases dropped in via Georgette Heyer, and people say "my lord" a lot, but for all the use the author makes of the time period, it might as well be set in modern-day Manhattan.
In addition, I don't really think that this book is a romance. It's basically pornography not that there's anything wrong with that that occasionally has a pretty dull story of people trying to reconcile running through it. The portions of the story that are about the troubled couple are not well-done, and the characters are cardboard cutouts. The huge quantities of gay sex are not what killed this book for me: May 04, jenjn79 rated it it was amazing Recommended to jenjn79 by: I was very wary of this book coming into it. Kinda dragged my feet a little before starting it, but I ended up really enjoying it.
I think Pearce did a good job making a tough story very readable. Fifth book in the "House of Pleasure" series. You should at least read the previous book before this one since it sets up the hero of this one , but then if you do that I think there are others you should read before that one. So might want to read this series in order.
Blaize Minsho I was very wary of this book coming into it. Blaize Minshom has turned into a pariah in London Every knew that his sexual sub and whipping boy had left him for a woman. Who decides to return to London to win back her husband and get their life back to where it was seven years ago when tragedy chased him away.
In those seven years, though, Blaize has hardened, locked himself in a shell of sexual domination over males who crave pain and punishment. But with Jane back in the picture, challenging him at every turn, Blaize will be forced to confront all the things that made him who he is today. What an anomaly this book is. I was so wary of this book. I was not sure the story the author had planned would work at all.
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I've loved this series up to this point, but I wondered if maybe Pearce would lose me on this story. Or rather, he really should be called an anti-hero because that's exactly what he is. Blaize Minshom is definitely not your traditional romance hero. He really, truly is an anti-hero. For anyone who read the previous book, Simply Wicked , you'll remember Blaize as the Dom who had Anthony Sokorvsky under his thumb and who refused to let him go when Anthony decided to make some changes in his life.
Blaize is essentially a villain in that story. I personally didn't like him. So when I read the excerpt for "Simply Insatiable" at the end of "Simply Wicked" I couldn't believe that Blaize was going to be the hero. I wondered how in the world author Kate Pearce was going to pull that one off. But somehow, she manages to make it work. I was fascinated by Blaize as I read this book.
As you read the story, you come to see that he's an extremely vulnerable, mentally scarred man who covers it all up by being an unemotional sexual dominant. Did I like Blaize by the time I finished the book? He does a lot of things that makes it hard to truly like him, but there was something just really fascinating by him. I just wanted to keep reading to see what would happen next. What an odd duck she was to have put up with everything Blaize did. But they have a great battle of wits in this book. I really did enjoy reading about them and every chess move in their relationship.
Jane seemed to be the perfect match for Blaize. And yeah, there's some scorching sex thrown in to ; Is the story perfect? The historical accuracy is a bit off language wise, and I suspect the ton would have never been so casual about Blaize's antics. But did a mind that? It works for this kind of story. Will this book work for everyone? Big NO to that. This book, and series, is for those with open minds about alternative relationships and for those who like more than a little kink in their sex. It's also for those who don't mind reading about an anti-hero because that's exactly what Blaize is.
I wasn't sure the story would work for me on that last one, but it did. I just really enjoyed this book and am glad I gave it a chance. This is a great series overall though and I look forward to the next book! I think that's about it, but I could be wrong. Apr 02, Kristy rated it really liked it Shelves: I have tried and tried to write this review First off - I hated Lord Minshom before I even started this book.
He was featured in book 4 and maybe others, I can't remember and he was a completely despicable, piece of shit, sadistic fuck. I can't remember hating a character so much. So when I found out that book 5 was HIS story I thought how in the world am I even going to get through this book? For the first part of the book We find out that he has a wife named Jane, but he hasn't seen her in 7 years. She lives in their country house and has absolutely no contact with her.
He spends his time in London at the pleasure house - on the third and most extreme floor of the house, I might add. He gets off on abusing men there. And let me just say this He isn't raping anyone. He's being rough, forceful, and violent with them For whatever reason, Jane still loves and wants her husband. AND, she wants a baby. And she wants Lord Minshom to father the child. Jane seems WAY too sweet for a dick like Minshom. Like, you almost have to think that she's an idiot for even wanting him.
So, obviously there is something about Minshom that is lovable, if someone so seemingly sweet as Jane is able to have feelings for him even after not being in contact with him for almost a decade. So, Jane is now in London and is refusing to leave even though Minshom has made it perfectly clear that he doesn't want her in his home or in London even. And he refuses to get her pregnant Come to find out, they had a son who died in infancy.
This revelation leads us to learn more about why Minshom left Jane and moved to London in the first place. It's hard to describe the many plot twists and turns without giving away the whole novel, but I will say this I did a complete turnaround in my feelings toward Lord Minshom. While I still consider him a douchebag of epic proportions, I learned why he became that way.
Childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of his father left deep emotional scars that he was incapable of dealing with. This led to his belief that he was a despicable and perverted person that no one was capable of loving.
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No matter how much Jane professed her love, he refused to believe it until it was almost too late. In romance novels, I love nothing more than a tortured hero. The trouble is, when I started this book, I considered Minshom so tortured that he couldn't find redemption. Didn't deserve it, even. I found him to be that vile.
But after finding out who he really was and the history he had, my heart broke for him over and over. I started to read between the lines and even as he spoke the most hateful words to those who loved him, I saw him as a character so broken and abused that he had no choice but to lash out. Why would he or how could he EVER trust anyone.
Of course Lorn Minshom became a hateful bastard. He had to be in order to survive. I started out hating this book. Hating it before I had even read a page of it. I don't remember exactly when the transition occurred, but after that - I couldn't read quick enough. I had to make sure that this man got his HEA. Because if he didn't, my heart was going to be broken all over again. Sep 28, Jane Stewart rated it liked it Shelves: Not much romantic development, but good if you like the series.
After a 7 yr separation, his wife returns and he treats her bad. So it is a surprise when Jane shows up. She married him 10 years ago. They had a fight 7 years ago and separated. She still loves him. She wants to get pregnant and live together. He do Not much romantic development, but good if you like the series. He takes her to the pleasure house, ties her up and tries to hurt and humiliate her, but she takes it. We learn that Minshom suffered horrible abuse as a teen because of his father.
Minshom is cruel and mean to Jane, and she compliantly takes it. What was most interesting was why Minshom was so abusive to others. He was abused by his father — and it was horrible. Sex scenes include bondage, whipping, pain, rear door activity, group sex, sex in front of an audience, and men with men.
Some of the men are actually, truly in love with each other. I would have liked more explanation. I also wanted to hear something from the father which did not happen. Number of sex scenes: Approximate number of sex scene pages: Aug 04, Stephanie Dray rated it really liked it.
This book proves to me that if something is well-written, it doesn't have to be my preferred flavor. Not everything in this book was my cup of tea, but the characters were unforgettable.
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Minshom is a bastard--maybe unredeemable. How brave is Kate Pearce for understanding that he's interesting enough to hold the center of her book together anyway? But it's her heroine that is the heart of the story. Jane makes it seem as if submitting to her lord in a time when women had no othe Well, well, well. Jane makes it seem as if submitting to her lord in a time when women had no other choice but to do so, is all her own idea. She's strong enough for Minshom.
Because I started in the middle of the series, I can't say that I understood all the plotline or was able to make sense of the happy-ever-after It was a pleasure to read something that took so many risks. It made me uncomfortable. It made me think. I love books like that, no matter the genre. Huge fan girl crush on Kate Pearce. Apr 27, Christine Seybolt rated it it was amazing. Pearce turn the oh so bad villain Minshom of "Simply Wicked" into a heart wrenching hero?
It seems that Lord Minshom does have a heart and by the end of the book you will be hell bent on him getting everything he always wanted and deserved. Hearing rumors of Mishoms down fall gives Jane the ammunition she needs to spear ahead her plan at getting her husband back.
Jane heads straight way to London and to the man who she emotionally abandoned all those years ago. Minshom back in her bed and back in his heart. The last time he saw this delectably delicious creature was seven years ago. Also, the venom that spewed from those voluptuous lips that once groaned and gasped in pleasure at his merest touch. Memory of a time when they were insatiable for one another—and yes even loved each other desperately.
He sets out to teach Jane a lesson that she will never forget. He'll show her his seedy and debauched world, that should be enought to scare her straight back to the country. As a reader I adore when an author takes an unlikely character and transforms them to make readers fall hopeless and completely in love. Kate Pearce has done exactly that by braking Minshom down and rebuilding him into the hero we come to adore by the end of the story.
The story is one of redemption, forgiveness, and a deep love that can surpass anything. Pearce is phenomenal at creating a world of decadent, elegance and erotic pleasure. So welcome to the Pleasure House and make sure to leave your inhibitions at the door. View all 11 comments. May 07, Victoria Janssen rated it really liked it Shelves: The heroine, Jane, likes sex and is adventurous about it with her husband, which for the setting is pretty impressive in itself. The hero's valet, Robert, is gay and submissive, and has found himself a situation where he can fulfill those aspects of his character through a perceived obligation to the hero; his conflict involves breaking free of that obligation to go to the man with whom he's fallen in love.
The hero, Lord Minshom, was the villain of previous books. He has serious angst from childhood abuse, but though that is part and parcel of his personality and he thinks that's the main reason he's kinky, it doesn't seem to be really true. When, as is inevitable in a romance, he's confronted most of his issues and is happier, he's still kinky; it's clearly shown that he and Jane are going to enjoy themselves to the fullest with each other and with a male friend.
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The main plot revolves around conflict between Minshom and Jane. They've been married for ten years but estranged for the last seven; in the interim, Minshom has only had sex with men. I guessed pretty quickly what the issue had been between them, but still enjoyed how it was revealed, bit by painful bit.
Minshom wants Jane to go back home and never see him again; Jane wants several things which I won't spoil here. They banter and battle and manipulate, mostly in sexual ways but not entirely, and though Jane is younger, they are still pretty evenly matched. I had a lot of fun reading this. Though set in the Regency, most of the events in this series take place in a House of Pleasure where they can experiment sexually, or in various sexual situations. There are a few ordinary social occasions portrayed in this book, there's a ball, and a trip to a modiste , but they're not the focus, and the books aren't intended as interpretations of Regency society; I think they're more psychological explorations of relationships.
I'm looking forward to the next one! Though I hated Minshom in the previous book because of how he treated others, I understood now how he came to be. This is a classic example of a tragic hero and true love. Jane, his wife, is a strong woman who did everything she could to bring back his humanity. This was quite an emotional read for me, there's a sub-story between Captain David Grey, whom we have been reading about since the second book, Peter's story , and Robert, Minshom's valet, who has his eternal gratitude to Blaize.
David a Though I hated Minshom in the previous book because of how he treated others, I understood now how he came to be. David and Robert's story took years in the making. Lord Blaize Minshom is known throughout London for embracing every illicit longing—the more scandalous, the better. When his estranged wife, Lady Jane, returns with an ultimatum to give her a baby, he flatly refuses—even if it means she will turn to other men. Forced to watch Jane flirt shamelessly at the House of Pleasure, Minshom is enraged.
The innocent girl he wed at seventeen has transformed into a voluptuous woman who still ignites a scorching hunger within him. Are Always The Most Pleasurable. After seven years apart from her husband, Jane is now ready to settle their differences and start a family. Yet even as Jane accepts the attentions of other men, it is Minshom she truly wants.
For she alone knows how to satisfy all of his wicked needs. Well it doesn't get much hotter than Simply Sexual. From the first scorching page to the last, Kate Pearce takes you on a wild ride of sex and suspense, keeping you guessing until the very end. Sinful Hot Regency Romance Novella.
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