Review: Talented author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2011
I loved this book so much that I bought all of this author's other books. All of the garden series have different plots and defined characters. There are no stereotypes here!Many of the bad reviews refer to the premise of the book being adultery. The main character, at the age of 17, had been sold by her father into a marriage to a mentally ill man old enough to be her father. The sham of a marriage was never consummated. Is that really a marriage? Sounds like a prison sentence. Women could not simply divorce and leave marriages like they do now.The marriage had to exist to provide the reason for the temptation mentioned in the title. The study of the characters and their struggles because of the temptation is the essence of this book. This is no simple romance novel. This is a thought provoking book, as are all her novels.This may not be for a reader that is still wearing the rose colored glasses of youth, where there are no gray areas. Cynthia seems to like to explore all the gray areas.Great job! I can't wait for your next one!