{"id":4321,"date":"2010-08-17T00:59:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T04:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2010-08-17T00:59:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T04:59:49","slug":"comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comfort zone. Do you have one? I&#8217;d say we all do. Have you ever read outside your comfort zone with good results? Bad results? In romance novels, where do you have no desire to go or fear to tread? <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/june_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4325\" title=\"temptingeden_150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/temptingeden_150.jpg?resize=155%2C232\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>So far this year, the one book that comes to mind that so fits the criteria of <em>&#8216;out of my comfort zone&#8217; <\/em>is <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TEMPTING EDEN<\/strong><\/span> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretrowe.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Margaret Rowe<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/a>. For me, it was one of those books that both shocked and drew me at the same time. The subject matter (<a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/june_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as I state in my review<\/a>) is disturbing to the extreme. It dealt with something so taboo, my immediate reaction was to shrink away from it and say, <em>&#8220;I just can&#8217;t&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0 But I did. And I must say the experience of reading <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TEMPTING EDEN<\/strong><\/span> really toughened my sensibilities. At the time I was reading <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TEMPTING EDEN<\/strong><\/span>, I was still terribly squeamish about reading medievals despite the wonderful experience I&#8217;d had with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretmallory.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Margaret Mallory&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>KNIGHT OF DESIRE<\/strong><\/span>. You see Margaret Mallory&#8217;s book must have been an anomaly. Boy did I ever read my next medieval with a thicker skin. Physical torture, being pursued by evil men out to kill my hero and heroine somehow didn&#8217;t disturb me the way it used to after reading <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TEMPTING EDEN<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, I&#8217;m glad I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretrowe.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Margaret Rowe&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>book. At the end of the day it was a love story that moved me, opening my eyes and giving me a deeper understanding of the heroine and someone&#8211;<em>anyone<\/em> in her same plight. Would I read something in that vein again? Not readily, but I will never say never because the right story can always pull me in. 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