Necessary Sins by Elizabeth Bell

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/221801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Necessary Sins Series: Lazare Family Saga, Book 1 Author: Elizabeth Bell Narrator: Dallin Bradford Format: mp3 Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins Release date: 05-12-22 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 28 ratings Genres: Southern Publisher's Summary: Joseph Lazare grows up believing his black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother, and he’s shocked to learn she was an enslaved African. At 13, Joseph allows racial prejudice to limit his future and chooses the seminary. At 23, he is ordained “a priest forever”. When he meets Tessa Conley, a devout Irish immigrant who shares his passions for music and botany, Joseph’s ordered world cracks at its foundation. He must conceal his true feelings as Tessa marries another man—a plantation owner who treats her like property.