An Excerpt from Breaking Ground by Marie Corbett on the subject of the Strictures of Catholicism

An excerpt from Breaking Ground:

She told Deb what had happened.  “He’s the most gorgeous man - I mean, gorgeous,” said Carmel. “And he wanted to make love to me, and I wanted to stay, but if I stayed, I’d have to make love to him...

“Crumbs, Carmel, if you both really like each other, what’s the problem?”

“Oh, you know. I’m a practicing Catholic. It’s a mortal sin. I could go to hell.”