Oh, my. I can't believe I'm saying this, but To Taste Temptation was just extremely disappointing. It was almost excruciating in its slowness, and half the time I was just wondering if something even remotely interesting would happen soon. There were so many unnecessary scenes that, if cut from the story, would have made it slightly better. But noooooo, we had to hear about Emeline doing this, or Sam doing that, or Emeline's son saying whatnot. 
 I also had a few issues about the characters. Up to a certain portion of the story--at around the 30-40% marker, I think--I found out that Emeline was actually engaged. What? She never gave any indication that she was engaged. You would think that a betrothed woman would be more disciplined in her thoughts or actions, especially towards other men. But Emeline just acted as though she was free for the taking. Yes, it wasn't a love match, but still, what she did and how she thought about Sam were practically cheating (at least by my definition of cheating). Others may feel differently about this but I, for one, felt really betrayed. 
 What's worse, the man she was betrothed to was the one her best friend loved. Yes, I might as well go on and reveal it. I'm talking about Jasper and Melisande, the primary characters in the next book in the series. This just felt wrong in so many levels. Call me a prude, but my personal code of honor dictates that "one must not covet thy best friend's lover under any circumstances." Under any circumstances. I absolutely hate, hate, hate it when a woman falls for her best friend's man. I don't give a damn if it was under weird circumstances or whatever, I just hate it. 
 Oh, it didn't help that Emeline was such a stuck up aristocratic bitch who busied herself by looking down on Sam from under her nose. He's a colonial. He's an American. He came from the New World. He battled wild Indians. OKAY, OKAY, WE GET IT, WOMAN. YOU DON'T NEED TO MENTION THAT EVERY DAMN CHAPTER. 
 Ugh. I am so done with this shit. I'm just hoping that Melisande and Jasper's book would soothe my angered soul.