January 15, 2025

Father Tyler Bell has devoted his life to God. For years, faith, discipline, and duty have defined every breath he takes—until one woman shatters the careful balance he’s built around his vows.
When Poppy Danforth walks into his confessional, her voice awakens a desire Tyler has spent his entire life denying. What begins as a moment of temptation quickly becomes an all-consuming struggle between sacred devotion and forbidden longing. Bound by his vows and haunted by his desires, Tyler finds himself questioning not only his faith, but the life he chose to serve it.
As their connection deepens, Tyler must confront the cost of desire, the weight of guilt, and the terrifying possibility that love—real love—may demand everything he has sworn to give up. Priest is a provocative exploration of faith, sin, devotion, and the line between holiness and desire, where every choice carries eternal consequences.

Explicit sexual content (graphic, frequent, and central to the story)
Religious themes and Catholic imagery
Clergy involvement / priest protagonist
Violation of religious vows (celibacy)
Moral and ethical conflict
Power imbalance (spiritual authority)
Internalized guilt and shame
Sexual repression and awakening
Emotional turmoil
Obsession and fixation
Faith crisis
Strong language
Adult themes throughout

I am going to hell for how much I liked this book. I have told every reader I know about Priest by Sierra Simone! Sierra does a wonderful job sculpting words into vibrant visuals of seduction, love, and lust.

The character development, torture, and torment of this book are both beautifully eloquent and devilishly decadent. Priest has a great range of intelligence and romance and that brings you through the emotions like a conductor.

I am putting it on my Best of 2025 Reads! Don't skip this book!