I indicated that it was okay, trying to solve the bigger problem of how to stand up without revealing what her words had done to me. Confesso que demorei um pouco a acreditar no amor deles. Claro que tinha carinho, mas demorou muito, pra mim, pra cair a ficha de que aquilo ali podia ser amor verdadeiro. Ficou parecendo, por diversas vezes, que era só desejo e carinho. Acreditei, mas demorou.

God must have heard my unspoken prayer because her phone chimed then, a businesslike little tone, and she fished it out of her bag. “I’m so sorry,” she mouthed as she answered the call. Her hand remained on mine, warm in the drafty air conditioning of the office. “I didn’t for a long time,” I admitted. Bell is constantly battling a war inside him. He is trying to resist temptation and do the right thing. He feels so guilty for all his actions, but at the same time he wants Poppy. Tyler is one boss of a priest. He’s dedicated his entire life (well, several years) to his parish where he tries his damndest to make up the sins from someone else’s past. After the tragic death of his own sister, he wants to make his small town believe in God again. Such a noble goal.The thought came out of nowhere, unbidden but refusing to leave, whispering itself over and over again in my mind. Dirty, filthy girl. When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his origins, it isn't until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien must make a choice that could alter not just his own future, but also that of the beloved floating city. This story is BRILLIANT and the narration is also BRILLIANT. I can not fault any part of this book so all of it was enjoyable/

She was so perfect that she was given an imperfection (her front teeth) to act as a beauty mark to accentuate her perfectness! It was so over the top. I saw this because she never felt like a character to me, but was an idea that the Priest was chasing and everything she was was molded to his need for her to be that because story. Maryse: I found this one! The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas <—- OOOOOH!!! FORBIDDEN LOVE?? (w/ a priest!!) AND a haunted house. YES PLEASE! “… Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, Andrés will have to rely on his skills as a witch to fight off the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda and protect the woman for whom he feels a powerful, forbidden attraction…”

Priest by Sierra Simone Summary

Pia: Just found out that Sierra Simone has released a sequel to Priest – Midnight Mass. Guess this will be my next read 🙂 Jan: Someone (can’t remember who) posted their reaction to a forbiddeny read about a priest falling in love. They loved the book but felt like they needed to drop to their knees and pray for forgiveness for reading such forbidden sauciness. It was a really funny comment, but I haven’t got their way with words. PRIEST, como dito na sinopse, é livro único e tem final feliz. O final foi diferente do que eu imaginava. Na verdade foi melhor. Porque a autora poderia muito bem ter feito m**** ou ter deixado as decisões bem superficiais. Mas eu gostei do rumo do debate interno e os pensamentos do Tyler que foram muito bem escritos e muito bem definidos.

It doesn’t sound ridiculous at all,” I assured her. “I know exactly the kind of people you’re talking about.” And I really did—I wasn’t just saying that. I’d grown up in a fairly nice neighborhood and—on a much smaller scale—the same attitudes had been at work. The families with their nice houses and their two point five children who were on the honor roll and also played varsity lacrosse, the families that made sure everyone else knew exactly how successful and delightfully American their healthy Midwestern offspring were. Julie O: The author did this really good….where else can you read about 2 taboo subjects and in the end feel all good about it? Amazing! Maryse: I found this one! Grapes & Wrath: a forbidden romance (Forbidden Fruit) by Eve Cates <—FORBIDDEN ROMANCE ‘CAUSE HE’S A PRIEST! “… The moment I saw Emma seated in the pew, her eyes downcast and her hands clasped in silent prayer, I knew I had to have her. At first, I convinced myself that my interest was God sending me to help her escape the monster who resided in her own home. But that was a lie. I wanted her for my own. And I would break every commandment, every vow, and even the law, the make that happen...”She sighed. “I never spoke to them directly after I left. I still haven’t. It’s been three years, and I know they’d be furious…” I think they both needed each other. She saw someone struggling with his priesthood and took advantage of that. Maybe that is what was meant to happen because it did help him to realize that he still had those human desires that were stronger than his faith or vows. I nearly choked, my mind fracturing into twin minds—one determined to see this meeting through with grace and compassion and the other determined to let her know how hard she made me. Pia: You MUST read Priest by Sierra Simone. Talk about forbidden love – no teacher student, no stepsiblings, no best friends younger sister etc. This is a priest and a new girl in town coming to the church for confession. But it is so good, so emotional and you really feel their struggles. You guys need to read it. Poppy is a rich blue blood humanitarian with oodles of degrees, a perfect body, perfect face and voice, but likes rough sex and was a 'stripper' yet is STILL virginal in some aspects of her sex life, you know, so the dude could be her first. Come on.