Priest

Book profile

Priest

Subgenre
romance
Edition year
2026-11-17
Rating
★ 3.6 · 248 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
Spice
Heat not verified

Trope map

Tags are supported by source descriptions; they are not reader votes. See how verification works.

Why these tropes fit

A twenty-nine-year-old Catholic priest narrates his own confession, recounting how a woman came into his life and led him to break his vow of celibacy on the altar of his own church. The story centers on his forbidden relationship with this woman, set against the sacred backdrop of his calling as a priest, torn between his sacred vows and his desire for her. He expresses he would do it again despite the spiritual cost, framing the entire narrative as a confession.

Get the book

Read the source evidence
  • Forbidden Love: “A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came.” source
  • Tortured Hero: “I broke my vow of celibacy on the altar of my own church, and God help me, I would do it again.” source
  • Angst: “God help me, I would do it again. I am a priest and this is my confession.” source

Metadata source: Google Books. Quotes are used only to verify the tags.

Content notes

Content notes are not verified yet. This does not mean the book has no sensitive content.

Spot something that needs correcting?

Suggestions enter a review queue; they never change a book profile automatically.

More with overlapping tropes