Hot Under His Collar

Product Description

He’s forbidden fruit and she’s a rule follower, but their connection is something to believe in. 

Father Patrick Dooley joined the clergy to fulfill his mother’s dying wish. While it once gave him purpose, he not so sure it’s his calling anymore. But it’s all he’s ever known and he’s not sure what he wants to do with his life if he decides to leave the priesthood. How can he reconcile his faith with his growing desire to live a different life?

Sasha Finerghty was content to admire Patrick from afar while she dated men who were perfect on paper and wrong in real life. But with Patrick’s church in need of funding to keep a community program afloat, she’s just the girl to solve their fundraising problem. Spending more time together only fuels Sasha’s crush on him, who finds a kindred soul in her.

The more Patrick gets to know Sasha, the easier it is for him to see a future unfolding for them. But it will take a leap of faith to turn their friendship into something more, and neither of them are quite ready to make the jump.

Review

One of Buzzfeed’s Best Books of July

“Christopher offers up an achingly introspective and heartfelt examination of faith, how we define what we’re allowed to want, and the meaningfulness of love as a vocation. In spite of some fiery love scenes, what is striking about
Hot Under His Collar is how pure, how decent it all feels. It’s provocative, but only because it dares to imagine a vision of faith that leaves room for all the corners of one’s heart.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Delightful, playful, and sparkling with keen, observant humor, Christopher’s signature crisp storytelling sings in this forbidden-yet-sweet romance. 
Hot Under His Collar is a walk on the wicked side, yes–but it’s also a story as tenderly told and complexly layered as it is gleefully fun.  Five forbidden stars!”
—Sierra Simone, USA Today bestselling author

“Andie J. Christopher made my Fleabag-loving heart sing with her edgy, witty, and heartfelt take on forbidden romance with a priest. Her scintillating and droll prose will hook you and keep you on your toes. If you like your romcoms naughty and deft,
Hot Under His Collar is the book for you
.”—Sarah Smith, author of Simmer Down

About the Author

USA Today bestselling author
Andie J. Christopher writes edgy, funny, sexy contemporary romance featuring heat, humor, and dirty talking heroes that make readers sweat. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Stanford Law School, she grew up in a family of voracious readers, and picked up her first romance novel at age twelve when she’d finished reading everything else in her grandmother’s house.

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Chapter One

Most people made the mistake of assuming that Sasha Finerghty was a nice girl. This was understandable because she tried to be kind to others, but she’d quit trying to be nice about a year ago. Before that, she’d always followed her mother Moira Finerghty’s rules for comportment for girls. First, one must always be pleasing to the eye. Keep ugly emotions, dark circles, and pimples well-­concealed, and—­most important—­never do anything that could cause Moira a moment of embarrassment in front of the Ladies Auxiliary Board.

That last one was the kicker. Moira was embarrassed by anything that didn’t fit her extremely precise and exacting—­yet constantly shifting—­standards for behavior. Moira believed that not only was perfection possible, ­it was the least her daughters could do for her.

Of course, she still looked the part of “one of those nice Finerghty girls.” She was all perfectly pressed sheath dresses and Mary Jane heels with no scuffs. And she never told anyone that she had started experimenting with simple carbohydrates, sleeping until noon, and binge-­watching Lucifer all day.

That would be like a fluffy black kitten going around and telling everyone that she was a ferocious panther. No one would believe her. Even her be