

Well, until Poppy Danforth walks through the door. Although it seems his decision to become a priest was borne out of coping with loss, he genuinely loves what he does and hasn’t questioned his new career path. Now that he has his robes, he’s been tasked with reviving this church’s membership and reputation following a sexual abuse scandal with the previous priest that affected Tyler’s family, something that he still hasn’t come to terms with.

He’s young and handsome, and unexpectedly joined the priesthood following a devastating family tragedy. The blurb above actually isn’t as terrible as most of them are, since it does get across some important information: Tyler Bell is a priest in a small town outside of Kansas City. So, because of that, here I am to answer a few key questions about this book that I hope my parents never find out that I actually read. Where’s literally anything about the female character, Poppy Danforth?! (Other than the fact she gets railed on top of an altar in Tyler’s church, obvi.) It’s such a weird quirk that really only seems to affect the romance genre, and it’s even worse when a book is told from duel POVs, so the “plot summary” is two vague, mysterious chunks of thought. I am a priest and this is my confession.” 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've always been good at following rules. “There are many rules a priest can't break.Ī priest cannot marry.

Why do a good chunk of novels in this genre insist on having a vague, mysterious stream of consciousness from the POV of a character instead of an actual plot description to tell you what the hell you’re about to read? Typically those on Kindle Unlimited? For instance, this is the only thing on the back of Sierra Simone’s book about a priest named Tyler’s forbidden romance with a new member of his church: specifically about Priest by Sierra Simone (though it is about Priest, technically). I usually don’t like to start off my reviews with something negative, but this is more about romance novels in general vs.
