I’m wicked through and through. My mother has always told me so.

There’s an awful fever inside me. It builds, growing worse every time I attend church on Sundays and hear the deep, commanding voice of the handsome, mysterious town preacher. The way he watches me makes me shiver. Only he can put out this fire inside me. So if I’m as much of a temptation as my mother claims, it’s time to find out if she’s right.

My baptism is next week. I’ll be touched by the preacher for the first time.

Little do I know, once he touches me, he’ll refuse to let go…