Unholy Yearning: A Forbidden Gay Romance Novel

Lynn Burke

Jan 2022 · Sinful Natures Book 2 · Lynn Burke

About this ebook

A Multiple Partners Workplace MM Contemporary Romance Novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Lynn Burke

As a Christian counselor, I strive for integrity in helping guide others in God’s will for their lives.

 

Until a young man walks into my office for premarital counseling—the stranger who ensnared my soul eight months earlier with his bewitching green eyes.

 

Levi Townson.

The one whose addictive, luscious mouth I can’t cleanse from my memory.

 

My hunger for another taste of him should assure me of my need for a savior, not shepherd me down the rabbit hole toward depravity.

 

Levi’s yearnings mirror mine, the kind that dominates my will. Incinerates and leaves me powerless against my sinful nature.

 

But if we fall from grace, neither of us will escape unscathed.

*Warning: this MM title contains multiple partners/multiple pairings including MF and also infidelity

Ratings and reviews

Zeke and Levi are the cutest. Levi with his number obsession and Zeke being a great man that he is. Levi doesn't think he deserves anyone except his fiance Lily because he hides that he truly is gay. Zeke thinks he isn't as good as he is because of his past. They have their struggles and they have a hard time overcoming them. Their love story takes you on a journey and it is beautiful to watch.

☆☆☆☆☆ Unholy Yearning was a deeply emotional and angsty read. Lynn Burke certainly knows how to take a complicated subject and approach it with grace. Eight months ago, Zeke and Levi attend a concert where a passionate moment is shared without names. Neither have been able to forget that moment. Zeke is a Christian counselor and he’s devoted to helping others discover God’s will for their lives and where to go from there. He’s shocked when the guy from months ago, with the gorgeous green eyes walks into his office for premarital counseling. His name is Levi. He’s planning to marry his best friend from childhood, Lily. Zeke can’t forget the way Levi felt and he yearns for another taste. It turns out, they both yearn for the same thing. Their sinful natures take control. If they fall from grace neither will escape unscathed. Again, this was a deeply emotional story. Levi was sweet and innocent. Marrying Lily meant he was following what he’d always been taught. I have a

Unholy Yearning is the second book in Lynn Burke’s Sinful Natures series. I enjoyed the first one, Unholy Cravings quite a bit as well. Those characters do pop up a few times, but you can read either one of these stories as a standalone. I was raised in an agnostic household, and this kind of indoctrination is way outside my wheelhouse. These characters have had their beliefs drilled into them from birth. “God will provide”, “God’s will”. Past, present, and future. I had to resist judging these characters, and put my preconceived ideas aside, and just let the story flow. Levi is young and incredibly naive, but he has an endless supply of faith in Zeke. Zeke, who is flawed beyond description. Zeke of the incredibly poor decisions, who disappoints Levi over and over… This is one amazing journey: mentally, emotionally, and spiritually for all three of these characters. I say three, because Levi’s fiancée plays an important role in the story, and there are some romantic scenes between the three of them. Levi’s courage to face his fears, and discover who he truly is, is admirable. I loved this character for his straightforwardness and his honesty. Zeke, on the other hand, already knows who he truly is, and is doing everything he can to turn his back on it. Following the path he’d “set in stone” for himself, leads to him making some wild decisions. But hey, it’s his journey to take too, right? These characters have a rocky road to travel in their quest for finding themselves. Struggling between the path laid out for them by God and their parents, and what they know is the path which will give them true happiness. Unholy Yearning is an intense and emotional story, and I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat.

About the author

USA Today Bestselling author Lynn Burke is a CrossFit and coffee addict. Her three spawn and two fur babies dictate how often she can be found hunched over her Mac, typing as fast as her fickle muse cooks up hot stories.