Reviewed by Pamela-Mae
TITLE: Objects of his Obsession
AUTHOR: Jae T. Jaggart
PUBLISHER: Self
LENGTH: 195 pages
BLURB:
London, 1898
Lord Benedict Yeats has two obsessions.
One of which has a definite pulse – the seductive and beautiful Evander St John, Duke of Casterwell. A man he has a certain history with.
A man who tells Benedict that he has spent too long amongst sand and dead things. He might not be wrong. Casterwell’s world is one of sexual sophistication and games that Benedict cannot hope to match.
But when Benedict returns from working on a famous dig in Cairo, Casterwell invites him to a country house party that will change his life. An Egyptologist of growing renown, Benedict will also catalogue the famous Casterwell collection of antiquities.
And almost certainly, will become one of Casterwell’s string of lovers. But will he be the one to break through that glittering façade? Or will the scars of Casterwell’s dark, bloody past and his complex and fiercely deceptive private life tear them apart?
Warning: Contains two men wildly obsessed, a lust too long denied, hot m/m sex between a naive Egyptologist and one very determined duke, and absolutely no cursed tombs.
REVIEW:
I really enjoyed this story of Evander and Benedict set among the rich lives of the wealthy and privileged, and the life of an Egyptian archaeologist. As an archaeologist, Benedict spends most of his life dealing with the dead rather than interacting with the living. As such, while he’s aware of his own sexual desires, he’s also incredibly naïve in many ways. This is understandable given that at the time this story is written, a relationship with another man is forbidden, illegal, and so dangerous to pursue.
His relationship with Evander explodes into life. But Evander is a married man with children. Despite the feelings unleashed by the encounter, Benedict’s innate ethics won’t permit him to be the cause of Evander betraying his wife Juliana. Even Evander’s insistence that his wife has a lover of her own, doesn’t persuade Benedict.
It takes some wrangling by Juliana, and the revelation of her lover’s identity for Benedict to accept Evander. Although by this time, I was ready to knock their heads together.
Thankfully they finally realised what was going on in each other’s minds.
I loved the glimpse into the lives of the very wealthy, and a reminder of how flippant they could be. Juliana’s revelation wasn’t a complete surprise to me, but I liked it for the roundness it brought to the story. The love scenes are hot, and extremely passionate. Not a conventional love story by any means, but an enjoyable one.
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