The Poison Daughter, by Sheila Masterson | Free Audiobook
24 August 2026
Devil: A Forbidden Romance in the Priest Collection
Seven years ago, a single moment of weakness cost the narrator everything: her job, her art, and her only friend. Now she works nights at a gas station, scraping together a living so she can care for her sister, and she has never felt more alone.
Then Ryan Bell's face stares up at her from the front page of the newspaper. He was her college student once, the man who ruined her life, and now he is untouchable. In a fit of fury and grief, she carves a statue of the devil and gives the devil Ryan Bell's face, leaving it for the world to see.
She should have known better. Ryan uses the statue to hunt her down, find her, and offer her a deal that demands her soul. One year of her, all of her, and he will make every problem disappear. She knows he will break her heart again, the way he did before, but how can she refuse when it is her only chance at salvation?
I have listened to every book in Sierra Simone's Priest Collection, and Devil might just be the most dangerously romantic of them all. Megan Wicks and Jacob Morgan deliver a full duet narration that makes the back-and-forth of this deal feel electric, and I found myself holding my breath during every single scene between them.
What makes Devil work is that it is not really about the sin, even though the forbidden professor-student history is baked into every line. It is about a woman who has lost everything and the man who holds the one thing she refuses to lose: the freedom to protect her sister. Ryan Bell is a ruthless, confident force, but Simone gives him just enough softness that his pursuit of her never tips into cruelty. He wants her, and he is willing to ruin himself to keep her, and that tension is what carries the book. It is also what makes this entry feel distinct within the Priest Collection, because Ryan is driven less by faith and more by sheer, possessive want.
The heroine is the heart of it. She has been broken, humiliated, and pushed to the edges of her life, and watching her claw her way back through anger and art is genuinely moving. Her decision to carve the statue feels like an act of survival rather than revenge, which is a small twist on the trope that I appreciated. She is not a victim waiting to be saved; she is a woman making a terrible, knowing bargain, and her voice is what keeps the whole thing grounded even when the plot gets operatic.
The narration is where the duet really shines. Jacob Morgan gives Ryan a low, deliberate growl that makes his every threat sound like a promise, while Megan Wicks brings a worn, defiant warmth to the heroine that makes you feel her exhaustion and her stubborn hope in the same breath. Because the story is told from her point of view, Wicks carries the emotional weight, and she handles the long interior monologues beautifully.
It is not perfect. The middle stretch spends a little too long circling the same emotional standoff, and if you prefer your heroes to show their hand sooner, Ryan's opacity can feel frustrating. But the final act pays it off with a resolution that felt earned rather than rushed, and the audiobook's sound design adds a subtle atmospheric layer that suits the dark, gothic tone.
You do not need to read the rest of the collection to enjoy this one, but if you already love the Bell family, this is a treat. If you have listened to Priest, Sinner, or Saint, you will love seeing Ryan finally get his own story. And if this is your first Sierra Simone book, this is a strong, standalone place to start.
Step into a world where a single bad decision can cost you everything, and the man who ruined your life is the only one who can save it. The heroine of Devil has spent seven years building a fragile new life around her sister, and then Ryan Bell walks back into it with an offer she cannot refuse. This is Sierra Simone at her most magnetic, a dark, forbidden romance that pulls you in from the very first chapter.
Megan Wicks and Jacob Morgan bring the tension to life in a full duet performance that runs more than sixteen hours, so you get both sides of every charged bargain. With a free listening trial, you can start the story today and decide for yourself whether to trust Ryan, and you can cancel in just a few clicks whenever you like.
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