Priest

Father Tyler Bell entered the priesthood after a family tragedy and has spent years holding fast to his vows, rebuilding a struggling Kansas City parish scarred by an earlier scandal. Then Poppy Danforth, a sharp, guarded lawyer running from her own past, kneels in his confessional and undoes him. What begins as a single crossed line becomes an obsession neither can walk back, forcing Tyler to choose between the collar that gave his life shape and the woman who makes him want a different one. Simone writes the collision of faith, guilt, and desire without apology, delivering a taboo romance that treats want as a force strong enough to reorder a life.