Sinner (Priest, #3)

by Sierra Simone

I'm not a good man, and I've never pretended to be. I don't believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn't paid for in advance. In fact, I've got my own personal holy trinity: in the name of money, sex, and Macallan 18, amen.

So when the gorgeous, brilliant Zenny Iverson asks me to teach her about sex, I want to say yes, I really do. Unfortunately, there are several reasons to say no--reasons that even a very bad man like myself can't ignore.

1. She's my best friend's little sister.
2. She's too young for me. Like way too young.
3. She's a nun. Or about to be anyway.

But I want her. I want her even with my best friend and God in the way, I want to teach her and touch her and love her, and I know that makes me something much worse than a very bad man. It makes me a sinner. And it's those very sins that are about to save me...

***Sinner is a standalone companion to Priest about Father Bell's brother Sean. You do not have to read Priest or Midnight Mass to read Sinner***

• ISBN10: 1732172250
• ISBN13: 9781732172258
• Publish Date: 15 March 2018 (first published 8 March 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Sierra Simone
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 466
• Language: English

Reviews

[Cocktails and Books]

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Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.Oh, Sean Bell, you were a hot mess of contradiction, but you had me praying with you at the end of this one.

Sierra Simone found my line with Priest.  You know, the line I didn't think I had but clearly did when it came to Father Bell and his attentiveness to a certain parishioner.  So with nervous excitement, I started Sean's story and fell under Sean's spell.

Sean, oldest of the Bell children, is the family fixer.  And he's in full fixer mode in this book.  Determined to fight his mother's cancer, keep his father moving and his younger brothers on the right path, he doesn't leave a lot of time for himself.  But that changes when he runs into a beautiful woman at a gala.  A woman he's known his entire life.  A woman whose faith will make he re-evaluate long-held beliefs.

I loved that it was a woman who was on the cusp of devoting herself to her beliefs that brought Sean to his knees.  His relationship with religion was fraught with pain and he couldn't reconcile his families biggest loss to what Zenny believed and what she was willing to walk away from.  But I think it was his relationship with Zenny and his understanding of why she was doing what she was that helped him come to term with what was happening with his mother.  Otherwise, I think we would have had a very different Sean Bell and the sinner label he wore would have had a much different meaning.

Sierra Simone has a knack for crafting these beautifully flawed characters who stay with you well after you finish the book.  Sean's struggle with his faith and wanting to make sure everyone his loves is happy will stay with me for a long time.