{"product_id":"necessary-sins-9781733167604","title":"Necessary Sins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family's secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner's wife.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joseph Lazare and his two sisters grow up believing their black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother--until the summer they learn she was an African slave. While his sisters make very different choices, Joseph struggles to transcend the flesh by becoming a celibate priest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Then young Father Joseph meets Tessa Conley, a devout Irish immigrant who shares his passions for music and botany. Joseph must conceal his true feelings as Tessa marries another man--a plantation owner who treats her like property. Acting on their love for each other will ruin Joseph and Tessa in this world and damn them in the next.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Or will it?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e NECESSARY SINS is the first book in the sweeping Lazare Family Saga that transports readers from the West Indies to the Wild West, from Charleston, Paris, and Rome into the depths of the human heart. Passion, prejudice, secrets, and a mother's desperate choice in the chaos of revolution echo through five generations. If you enjoyed THE THORN BIRDS or the novels of Sara Donati, dive into Elizabeth Bell's epic historical fiction today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bell, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire-Voie Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733167604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.09d","brand":"Elizabeth Bell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749851607115,"sku":"9781733167604","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_f5ae5b63-2544-4458-a790-85cac565de4f.jpg?v=1597798351","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/necessary-sins-9781733167604","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}