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When prize-winning reporter Sybilla Sumner checks into a monastery for a silent retreat, romance is the last thing on her mind. She plans to spend five meditative days surrounded by the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley--and apart from her famous husband and their crumbling marriage.
James Fitzmaurice-Kelly isn't looking for romance either. He's the Archbishop of Dublin, and has maintained a vow of celibacy for decades--even as he's publicly questioned the church's teachings. But as Sybilla and Fitz continue silently crossing paths, an undeniable charge builds between them, one that could see them abandoning their vows.
In this sophisticated, sexy, and soulful love story, novelist Sally Quinn explores the boundary between flesh and spirit, restraint and ecstasy, and asks what we're willing to sacrifice in the name of passion.
About the author
Sally Quinn is a longtime journalist at the
Washington Post, a bestselling novelist, and a Washington, DC insider. Her religion website "On Faith" ran in the
Washington Post for seven years. She is the author of
We're Going to Make You a Star, Regrets Only, Happy Endings, The Party, and
Finding Magic. She lives and works in Georgetown.
