Father - Review
Father: Men of the Cloth – Tristan
Forbidden Priest Romance # 1
By Lark McCaffrey
August 24th, 2018
NO WAY IN HELL IS HE AN ORDAINED CATHOLIC PRIEST.
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… Biker, cage fighter, Russian mafia hitman, maybe. Man of God, not so much. Because of the tat‑sleeves or six-pack? Pierced nipple, perhaps. Is it the sun-streaked blonde hair and granite-hewn features making you doubt? It’s okay, I get it. Priests don’t typically come packaged in six-foot-two frames of shredded muscle. They don’t have panty-melting smiles or bedroom eyes the color of an ocean squall. They don’t make you think fallen angel.
No ma’am, I’m not anyone’s idea of a cleric, lookswise or otherwise. I think about sex a little too much. I’m not always good about following the rules. I drop F-bombs. I have a temper. And yeah, have shamefully broken a few vows. Would it also surprise you then to learn that despite all of the above I truly love God and the Church? That I received my calling when I was just nine? That I’d planned my life for the priesthood yet almost gave it all up for a woman?
Now just so we’re clear… This isn’t going to be some sappy romantic rendering of forbidden love à la The Thorn Birds. Sorry to disappoint. As for those expecting a smutty one-handed read about a hot holy father sporting junk as huge as his ego, apologies again. My name is Tristan, aka Father Cleary, and whatever else you may think this story is about… I respectfully suggest you think again.
*Advisory for strong language and sexual content.
Note: Father is the first book in the stand-alone series, Men of the Cloth
How explicit is the sex scenes 3.5 / 5
Story 4 / 5
Overall: 4 / 5
Father is the first book in the Men of the Cloth series as well as the debut novel from author Lark McCaffrey. This book tells the story of Tristan (Father Cleary) and Kadence. Before Tristan went to seminary school, the two dated and were engaged to be married. Then something terrible happened which tore them apart. Now, eleven years later Kady returned home and decided it’s time to fill him in on what actually happened. Although, Tristan is now an ordained Catholic priest and he doesn’t want to hear any of her excuses.
This was the first story that I have read that involved a priest, and I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to go. Although, I do love reading taboo love stories, so I took a chance. I am so happy that I did because Father is a great story. There were a couple surprises along the way, and I was definitely on the edge of my seat.
Father is a gritty love story, and Tristan is definitely not the perfect priest. He’s a real bad boy, which made this second chance love story really fun to read.
Lark got her BA in Drama but wound up working in health care instead of on stage. Now she pens romance novels. On days when she isn’t writing, she’s reading or running and ignoring the laundry. She lives in the magical Emerald City with her awesome long-suffering husband and two of the gassiest French Bulldogs on the planet.
For info on the Men of the Cloth series, please drop by her website. Anytime, day or night.
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