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Book Blurb

Ares knows he has met the man he wants to spend the rest of his life with when Simon Fiske joins the Aberdeen Pack. There’s just one problem. Everyone believes that Simon is simple and slow, not able to make decisions on his own.

 

When Simon and his brother Adam are banished from their pack, he has no idea that it will lead to him meeting the most beautiful man he has ever seen. After Ares claims him, life for Simon just gets more complicated. Adam refuses to talk to him, his ex-lover is back demanding that he return to his former pack, and Simon has his hands full keeping other pack members safe when they are attacked.

 

Being mated should have been the most wonderful thing that ever happened to Simon and Ares, but it seems to just bring on more battles than they can fight.

 

Book Review

In the previous book, Ares was one of the characters who intrigued me a lot. As the eldest brother of the three elite enforcers, and one of the men most against Hercules mating because having a mate is a distraction from doing their duty, I couldn’t wait to see how he was going to deal with the same situation when it happened to him! His mate is a really special man, and I doubt anyone else would have been able and/or willing to deal with Ares. Simon has been told he is "simple" – but nothing could be further from the truth. And I just loved that it turns out Simon is the one with the special powers in this couple. With Alpha Iben's amazing secret powers, Beta Djal's supernatural strength, and Rory's visions, now adding Simon's talent, is beginning to turn this pack into a special forces team among werewolves!

Simon is a wonderful man: always helpful and supportive, great with the pack's children, and he loves to cook. His world view is unique, and I suspect it is linked to his special power, which doesn’t emerge until fairly late in the book, so I'm not going to "spoiler" it here. Suffice it to say, if more people were like him, world peace would be a definite possibility! He takes a little longer to work things out sometimes because he cannot understand much of what other people say or do. It is too far removed form what he sees as the truth for him to have an easy time of it. His love for Ares is immediate, strong, and honest, and yet all Simon wants is for Ares to be happy and safe. He'll do anything to keep it that way, even stay away from him so he doesn't interfere in his life, just like his brother Adam, who has always protected him, has told him.

Ares may be a strong enforcer, and his loyalty to his alpha and pack are commendable, but when it comes to matters of the heart he is just as weak as anyone else. He wanted Simon from the moment they first met, and he doesn’t care if the man is slow. Except Ares is one of the few people who figures out quite quickly that it isn’t Simon's mental capabilities that are the problem, it is his difference in world view that doesn't fit. When Ares is told to stay away from Simon, who would be happy to just spend time with him, his and Simon's suffering almost broke my heart. It takes Simon's life being in danger for Ares to get a clue. I couldn't believe everyone was just going to stand back and let Simon die, even thought Ares mating with him would have saved his life. Just because Adam said Simon cannot mate. But Ares is more than ready to mate with him, and thank the gods he turns out to have a will of his own!

Not that the danger is over when they finally do get together, in fact, it has only just begun. Adam stops talking to Simon, then vanishes, Simon's ex-lover and son of an enemy alpha's pack turns up and wants him as a "pet", another rival pack seems to be after their territory, and someone on the Council of Elders is after them as well. What a mess!

If you have enjoyed the first three books in this series (best read in order) and are a fan of the Aberdeen Wolves struggling for their right to live, if you like reading about men with unique talents who are ridiculed because it is easier than listening to what they have to say, and if you're looking for a read with action, tension, passionate lovers who almost don't become a couple, then are constantly under threat of death, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 44195 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	19-November-2013
Price	$5.50 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/not-so-simple-simon