There are many rules a priest can’t break.
A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God.
I’ve always been good at following rules.
Until she came.
My name is Tyler Anselm Bell. I’m twenty-nine years old. Six months ago, I broke my vow of celibacy on the altar of my own church, and God help me, I would do it again.
I am a priest and this is my confession.
***Priest is a standalone, full-length novel with an HEA. For mature audiences only.***
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Review
Sinning has never felt so good or dirty!
The definition of carnal is not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly – there’s nothing divine or transformative about a carnal act. But whose opinion is that and how can an abstract idea be quantified?
Yes, Father Tyler Bell took a vow, but it was one taken due to quilt, regret, and powerlessness. But with the indication of Tyler’s past sexual experience, it seems as though he’s always been an extremely sexual man, and credence is given to that fact with his initial internal musings about Poppy Danforth – the female penitent who makes him question his promise to his sister and the vow he took to the Catholic religion.
Father give father for I have sinned and sinned and sinned.
Once Tyler and Poppy give into their mutual attraction and need to know one another on a carnal level, there’s no turning back for either of them, and regardless of how conflicted both of them are – Tyler due to his vow and Poppy due to her struggles to allow Tyler to destroy his life – they can’t get enough of each other, and while most of their interactions are of a sexual nature, there’s a depth to their connection that refuses to be broken despite the knowledge of how wrong it is in the eyes of the church and Father Bell’s congregation.
Sierra Simone creates such dynamic characters in Tyler and Poppy. There’s so much to understand about them, and Simone reveals who are they at their core slowly throughout the story, allowing readers to perhaps form their own opinions and criticisms about them and then forcing us to reanalyze our positions and understand their choices despite our belief systems and contrary attitudes.
Priest is a phenomenal erotic read, and while there is an abundance of steamy scenes, the book is about so much more than the taboo sex. It’s about a man trying to do right by his sister…it’s about a woman trying to break free from the constraints of her family name and the position she put herself in due to her decisions…it’s about a man and a woman finding what they need in each other and saying the hell with the consequences because the only way they truly feel alive is with each other.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
5 poison apples
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