Satisfaction [Paperback]

Thea Devine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

Everything she believed... Wild, beautiful, unwilling to bend to anyone's rules, Jancie Renbrook is governed by one overwhelming desire: to make Lujan Galliard want her, marry her, and serve as the instrument of her father's revenge. But life at the Galliard manor proves a treacherous den of iniquity, where Jancie is coveted by many, and the only man who could prove her ally is Lujan himself... Everything he desired... Lujan Galliard has cut quite a swath through the gambling dens and whorehouses of London. But at least he's an honest rakehell, unlike his father who masquerades as a gentleman while gazing at Jancie as if she were a ripe piece of fruit for the taking. Not that Lujan believes for a moment that the girl is an innocent come to care for his dying mother. The only way to uncover her scheme--and thwart his father--is to seduce and marry her. But a taste of what he hungers for proves more tempting than Lujan can resist...and soon, he wants Jancie body and soul... Everything has its price... Blinded by vengeance, trapped by uncontrollable passion, two lovers have become pawns in a dangerous game of sin and secrets, and the only way out is to surrender to a love neither is ready to trust...

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Kensington; First Printing edition (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758204019
• ISBN-13: 978-0758204011
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thea Divine Does it Again, June 18, 2004

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The Cooking and Reading Fiend "wild-cooking-w... (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Satisfaction (Paperback)

Thea Devine writes the kind of erotic historical romances that steam the glasses, fog the windows, and cause people to go looking for someone to practice what they may have learned. Satisfaction is firmly in that class of books. Unlike other recent outings from Devine, this book has a firm plot which stands up to and is more than a good skeleton for the sex scenes. The characters are well drawn, if not overly complex. None of them are people you'd think about after putting the book down, but Devine doesn't generally write that kind of book anyway.
Read other reviews for the story details. Let it suffice to say that the conflicts are well plotted, with supporting villans and helpers who fit right in. The language is a bit rough for those who don't like a lot of basic Anglo-Saxon nouns and verbs. Otherwise it seems true to its period and flows convincingly.
Divine's writing is improving with time and practice. She is learning how to draw her characters more vividly, and make her dialog sound real and convincing. Her work is improving by leaps in this novel, and I suggest that you visit her website to see what else she has written, www.theadevine.com.
Would I buy this? Yes. Would I keep it? No. Not memorable enough to keep but certainly entertaining enough to read. And stimulating.
Have a good time with this one evening.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sex in the Victorian Age, April 29, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Satisfaction (Paperback)

In 1894 Behramstead, England, Jancie Renbrook seeks vengeance for her father, deserted years earlier by his diamond mining partner Hugo Gailliard in South Africa. While the Gaillairds lived the life of wealth, her family survived on a government job pittance. After years of bedtime stories of revenge, Jancie arrives at Waybury House as a companion to Hugo's dying wife Olivia. She plans to cause a rift between Hugo and his son Lujan by flirting outrageously with the father and seducing the younger.

Lujan comes home to care for his beloved mother in her last days. He detests his father especially with his sexual predatory advances towards Jancie while his wife lies dying nearby. He wonders what game Jancie is playing though he finds he wants her. To her chagrin, she falls in love with the instrument of her revenge. With the sins of their sires in the way, anything between them beyond the death of his mother seems unachievable, but love has a way of accomplishing the impossible.

Erotic romance readers will find SATISFACTION with this exciting historical tale in which the betrayal by a rolling stone adventurer leads to demons suffered by their respective offspring. The story line is exciting though Hugo and Edmund show no redeeming qualities. Jancie and Lujan are a wonderful pairing in and out of bed and his brother adds a fine rivalry for the heroine's affection. A late sidebar intrigue not involving vengeance provides further doubts between the lovers, but that seem unnecessary as their sires have done a wonderful job of that already. When it comes to sex in the Victorian Age, few writers provide as divine a story as this author does.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sexy!, October 9, 2007

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Red Robin (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Satisfaction (Paperback)

This was the book that made me buy 4 other Thea Devine books. This is not a book for the timid, and those who are offended by graphic sex scenes & harsh language should stay away. The alpha male here, Lujan, is imperfect, rugged, and often callous to the heroine's feelings. I would probably take out the "romance" part from describing this book, but it is definitely hot & sexy erotica. I highly enjoyed it!