New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author
SINS OF SEVIN
(A standalone)
Release date 9/21/2015
A Contemporary Romance novel
Penelope Ward
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a
new forbidden STANDALONE romance!
NOW AVAILABLE!
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Blurb
What happens when the one you want is the only one you can't have?
My name is Sevin.
Homeschooled and sheltered by my ultra-religious family, I was always taught that lust was a sin.
Elle was the girl who'd been carefully chosen for me.
After a long-distance courtship, I'd be moving into her family's guesthouse so that we could get to know each other in the months before the wedding.
Boundaries were set: no inappropriate touching, no kissing, no sex before marriage.
I'd accepted those rules and my fate.
Until I met the one I wanted to sin with.
That was when restraint became a problem...especially since THE ONE wasn't Elle.
It was her sister, Evangeline.
You know what they say about best laid plans.
My name is Sevin, and I have sinned.
Told in alternating points of view, Sins of Sevin is a full-length standalone novel.
Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language.
Only appropriate for adult readers
age 18+.
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5 Star Review by Jennifer Hagen
If you have a top book for 2015 sitting in the number one
position, move it down a notch because once you have finished Sevin you will
want him sitting at the forefront! Sevin
is a perfect combination of every male character Ms. Ward has written. He has
the most beautiful soul I have ever read, but yet at the same time my heart
broke into small pieces for him. How can
a book strip you into shreds but yet warm you from the inside out?
Sevin is 19 years old when his father dies and he is left
with his stepmother and half brothers.
He has never felt like he belonged in the family alongside the blonde
boys and he with his black hair – and that is just a visual difference. The biggest differences come from
within. Sevin strays far from the
religious beliefs that his stepmother follows.
He is so far from the religious path his stepmother envisions it is best he leave home. He has moved to Kansas where the promise of a
future his father was planning has come to fruition. The only stipulation to this new future is
that he court Elle, a beautiful blonde whose aspirations are to be a wife and
mother. Sevin is okay with this because
he has no desire to fall in love as he saw what his mother’s death did to his
father. No way is he going to fall that
madly in love with a woman where the loss of her would cause irreparable
damage. Oh how he will want to eat those
words as he does fall madly in love…only it isn’t with Belle, it is with her
sister, Evangeline.
I’m not a huge fan of instalove, but in this case it was
undeniable that Sevin and Evangeline had an strong connection to each other
when they first met. Their similar
personalities were palpable on the page and you just knew that a physical
connection was eminent. It really is
unfortunate that he was on his way to meet Elle when he and Evangeline had
their first meeting alongside the road.
How do you fight what fate has in store for you? Do you go the route you thought was the safe
planned out way, or do you trust fate and follow your heart? Fate may have a plan, but sometimes fate can
be a fickle bitch and even though she has your life planned out, sometimes she
will take you on the long road with lots of detours truly testing you to see
how strong love is.
“I have to
leave. These feelings aren’t going away,
so I have to go away…because I can’t have you.”
“Look at me. Can’t you f*cking see that you already do?”
“What?”
“You have me,
Evangeline. You. No one else.
From the moment we met, it’s been you.”
Here is where the fickle bitch steps in. Just when Evangeline and Sevin have a plan in
place, fate adds her own twist to the love story.
“I would never
choose this.”
Life is full of choices.
Some choices we make in the spur of the moment while others we
overthink. It doesn’t matter the length
of time it comes to reach a decision because once a choice is made and acted upon, the damage
has been done. In this case the damage spans
5 years. I love stories where it takes years to resolve
their differences or misunderstandings.
It gives the second chance at love a high angst reading rather than to
make it predictable. There was nothing
predictable in this story, other than me knowing I was going to LOVE it after
completing the first chapter.
Sevin is a character that will hold your thoughts even
after you have finished the book. He
will earn so many tears from you…be certain to wear an absorbant soft cotton
tee to wipe your tears away.
Sevin does so many
good things for everybody that he loves that he ends up sacrificing his own
happiness. Elle, Evangeline, and Rose
are all recipients of his love and sacrifices, while only one holds the title of his
unconditional love. Sevin has lived a
thousand lives in such a short amount of time and he deserves a lifetime of
happiness. I said it at the beginning
and I’ll repeat myself…Sevin has the most beautiful soul of anybody I have ever
read. He can be vicious in his words but
he only does that to protect himself.
How was it
possible to hate someone and love them at the same time?
He is scared to give himself to Evangeline once
again. She once had his heart and
obliterated it. Sevin isn’t the only one
who has had it rough in the last 5 years.
When Evangeline left, she left with nothing. She left everyone and everything behind in
order for her to start fresh. She didn’t
want the past finding her. Was that a
mistake? Indeed it was, but at the time
it was her only option. Evangeline is a
free spirit and as much as I wanted to be mad at her for the decisions she
made, I couldn’t. Evangeline has been
sheltered from the ways of the world by her parent’s religious beliefs. She knows nothing else. I had to feel sorry for her when I really
wanted to be mad at her. And poor
Sevin…he wants to be furious at her but he loves her too much.
“I haven’t
forgotten the pain of you leaving or the broken heart you left me with. But you’re also the only one who can heal
it. There might have been times when I
thought I hated you. But the fact is, I
could never hate you more than I love you.
You’re the love of my life.”
Love hasn’t been easy for Sevin and it’s not going to be
easy for them even down the road.
Constant reminders of what he has lost will continue to haunt him, but
with a simple declaration he can heal the wounds that would threaten to break
anybody apart.
“You are enough.”
Oh how I loved this book!!! Sevin’s story is one of love and redemption,
forgiveness and second chances, but the one thought that stays with me is
unconditional love. Ms. Ward has never
disappointed me with her writings, but she raised the standards for all her
future writings with this latest release.
I hope you love Sevin as much as I did.
Excerpt
SINS OF SEVIN EXCERPT
Copyright © 2015 by Penelope Ward
He quietly followed me into the dining room, carrying the flatware. The tension in the air was thick as he walked behind me around the oval table, setting down silverware after each plate I’d put down. It was like some weird game of musical chairs where awkward silence replaced the music. The hairs on my back stiffened. We weren’t saying anything, but it was as if I could feel the weight of a thousand words along with the heat of his body so close behind me.
When I noticed he’d just put a fork where the spoon was supposed to go, I switched it. “The forks go on this side, actually.” My hand was shaking. I couldn’t believe how little control I had over myself.
Noticing my nerves, he suddenly placed his hand over mine and whispered, “Stop.”
Chills ran through me. My heart started to beat faster. My nipples hardened. I hated my body for responding to him with equal amounts of fear and lust.
I turned to him, his hand still over my knuckles. It felt like I couldn’t breathe as he just looked at me.
My mother’s footsteps caused Sevin to move his hand off mine with lightning speed.
Mama entered, and we continued setting the table as if our stolen moment hadn’t happened.
Meet Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 10-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode Island.
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