Gutsy, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn't want to break. She's sick of her mother's zealotry and the confines of Catholic school, and declares she'll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Søren Stearns and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Suddenly, daily Mass seems like a reward, and her punishment is the ache she feels when they're apart. He is intelligent and insightful and he seems to know her intimately at her very core. Eleanor is consumed—and even she knows that can't be right.
But when one desperate mistake nearly costs Eleanor everything, it is Søren who steps in to save her. She vows to repay him with complete obedience…and a whole world opens before her as he reveals to her his deepest secrets.
Danger can be managed—pain, welcomed. Everything is about to begin.
Dear Tiffany Reisz,
HOW DO YOU KEEP ONE UPPING YOURSELF? Every. Single. Time. Every single book in this series has me hungry for the next one. And you'd think with that excitement for the next one that I'd be completely nuts to doubt that it'll be equally impressive; you'd think I'd not be so skeptical. You'd think that by now I'd know that no matter what direction you go in with these characters it's always the right one. But nope. Every single new book in this series I think...I'm not so sure...what is she doing?...where is she going?... I loved the last one so much, how can this one eve touch it?...and before I know it I'm completely 100, 000% sucked in and loving the one I'm reading more than anything that came before. I guess I'm flaky that way? I am. I totally am.
Obviously I'm saying all of this because when I started The Saint I honestly had a moment when I thought--why are we reading this? We already know their history; how could you take what we already know and make it something I'll want to read for pages and pages? How is going to their past moving them forward? Um. Let me pause here to say that I'm a dumbass and as noted above, within pages of The Saint I was completely engrossed. The story of Nora and Soren and Kingsley was so much more than the snippets we'd seen from the previous novels. So many of the pieces of their puzzle started clicking into place and connections that eluded me before all started to make sense. The Saint made me fall more in love with these three characters and feel so much more protective of them and their stories. And while this novel didn't necessarily further the plot of their current day stories much (although it did definitely move it forward), I found that knowing their back stories was much more satisfying and provide much more insight than I would've guessed. Finding out more about Nora's relationship with her mother and father and how Kingsley and Soren introduced her to the life we all know she eventually led was at times emotional, amusing, provoking, and enlightening.
The Saint was so much more than I anticipated; I love when a novel gives me things to ponder and The Saint offered me many opportunities to question, mull, and imagine and I truly cannot think of a better way to spend hours of my day. So thank you, Tiffany Reisz, for giving me the gift of your imagination and your character's thoughts and word views. Now I feel a Beethoven binge coming on...
Sincerely,
Us
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SYNOPSIS:
Revisit the fifth book in Tiffany Reisz’s fan-favorite Original Sinners series, where Nora Sutherlin, Manhattan’s most famous dominatrix, was merely a girl called Eleanor…
Rebellious, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn’t want to break. She’s sick of her mother’s zealotry and the confines of Catholic school, and declares she’ll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Marcus Stearns—Søren to her and only her—and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Eleanor is consumed—yet even she knows being in love with a priest can’t be right.
But when one desperate mistake nearly costs Eleanor everything, it is Søren who steps in to save her. When she vows to repay him with complete obedience, a whole world opens before her as he reveals to her his deepest secrets that will change everything.
Danger can be managed—pain, welcomed. Everything is about to begin.
“I worship at the altar of Tiffany Reisz! Whip smart, sexy as hell—The Original Sinners series knocked me to my knees.” —New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James
Originally published in 2014
Rebellious, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn’t want to break. She’s sick of her mother’s zealotry and the confines of Catholic school, and declares she’ll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Marcus Stearns—Søren to her and only her—and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Eleanor is consumed—yet even she knows being in love with a priest can’t be right.
But when one desperate mistake nearly costs Eleanor everything, it is Søren who steps in to save her. When she vows to repay him with complete obedience, a whole world opens before her as he reveals to her his deepest secrets that will change everything.
Danger can be managed—pain, welcomed. Everything is about to begin.
“I worship at the altar of Tiffany Reisz! Whip smart, sexy as hell—The Original Sinners series knocked me to my knees.” —New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James
Originally published in 2014
