Devil by Sierra Simone Priest Interconnected Standalone Series ( Book 4) -528 Pages 4.46 Star Rating - 4/5 Spice Rating* 6 Top Tropes: Dark Romance Reverse Age Gap Forbidden - Teacher / College Student Stalking Obsessed MMC Dub Con Blurb: From USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes an all-new standalone romance in the Priest universe. Birdie Cooper has nothing left.Just one moment of weakness seven years ago—and she lost her job, her church, her only friend. Now she's working nights at a gas station to scrape together a living and a way to care for her sister, completely alone and separated even from the art that gave her life meaning.Ryan Bell has never forgotten his first obsession.He's been trying to find the tremblingly shy lecturer from his senior year of college after she abruptly disappeared after their first and only kiss. So when he comes upon a statue of Lucifer carved in Ryan's own likeness, two things become starkly apparent.One: he knows how to find her now. And two: he's been haunting Birdie Cooper's memory as much as she's been haunting his.Ryan can't offer love—or even an apology—but he can offer her a bargain, one crafted first and foremost to free him from his punishing obsession with her. If Birdie agrees to be his in every way for a single year, then he'll pay for her mother's care for as long as she's alive. And what does Birdie have left to lose anyway? The forbidden fruit is her only chance at salvation.Unfortunately for Birdie, she might just be the only chance for his... * star ratings are based on Goodreads at the time the book was added to our shop - spice ratings are the opinion of Heatwave Books and can vary from person to person.
