Temptations - Tapa dura

Cloistered in a monastery to research his latest book, a hotshot journalist is beguiled by the unchanging rhythms of monastic life and is torn between the spirituality he has just discovered and the worldly when he meets a captivating woman. 10,000 first printing. $10,000 ad/promo.

eshing, almost curious study of one very modern man's investigation of the spiritual life."
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Joseph is a well-known journalist who lives a very public life. Yet in is way he is a devout Catholic, drawn to the cloistered life of a Trappist monastery he had visited years before on a story. He's hoping to write a book about the hidden souls there, but his visits with the charismatic Father Columban begin to waken his long-dormant spirituality. Then he begins to hear stories about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the recent death of a young, aspiring monk. And as he struggles between the sacred and the profane, Joseph begins to wonder which is worse....
From the Paperback edition.