Abby and Jenna and Sierra review “Priest”, a smutty, Catholic romance novel

This week, we read Priest by Sierra Simone

This novel follows a Catholic priest in small town Kansas who meets Poppy — a high-end stripper trying to escape her horny past — and they spark a very strong connection. 

Abby Williams, who can never take communion the same way ever again, and Sierra Marshall, the expert in all things romance and smut, join me today to talk about sex and faith. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Why Jenna’s face gets progressively more red the longer this recording goes on. 
• The “WTF” factor that set in just 20 pages into this book.
• Why if you’re new to romance and smut…just please skip this book and come back to it. It is an expert level book. 

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you either siding with Sierra or siding with Abby…nobody’s right or wrong, just VERY different tastes. 

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• DRINK: Whiskey, Communion Wine
• TV SHOW - Derry Girls (Father Peter Conway), Gossip Girl (New HBO Series), Fleabag (Season 2)
• BOOK - Birthday Girl,  Fifty Shades of Gray, Misadventures with a Professor 
• MOVIE - Fifty Shades of Gray, Spotlight, Magic Mike, Moulin Rouge

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