Sin's Apprentice

by Aishling Morgan

Poor young Ysette is an orphan. Having been raised in a strict and cloistered nunnery, she is sent out to have her obliging nature taken advantage of again and again. First she is to learn the bizarre sexual byways of witchcraft. Then, travelling as a Sin Eater, she is tasked to remove the sin that men contain within their seed. Finally, she is taken by an elderly and perverted priest before finding her redemption. A novel of sex, superstition and religous punishment, inspired by the classics of SM literature.Part of the Scarlet Gothic series. Other titles include Scarlet Vice and Whipping Girl.

Genres: Erotica

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

"You can have me for as long as your money burns."

This is a quote from notorious nineteenth century courtesan Cora Pearl, or so I am led to believe by the magazine article which inspired the story The Rake, originally published in the early 'nineties. It was one of many, the product of years of reading and writing, purely for private entertainment, but The Rake was expanded to become a novel, and when asked for a pen name I chose Aishling Morgan. More precisely, I had a few minutes to make my choice and quickly came up with something that sounded vaguely Celtic, vaguely romantic and might be male of female. As it turns out, Aishling is very rare indeed as a male name, but then at the time I had no idea that The Rake would be the first of many books, more than thirty in all.

Aishling Morgan is not my only pseudonym by any means, and I've now had over 100 books published, mainly novels, but also short story collections and a little non-fiction. Aishling Morgan is the name I use for my most imaginative work, done for the love of writing and of erotica, which has been my metier since long before I'd considered it as a profession. I've also been involved with the UK fetish scene since the early days, which has provided plenty of background knowledge and inspiration.

The Aishling Morgan books are diverse, with a wide variety of settings and characters, while I aim to provide sufficient plot to make each story worthwhile in its own right. Their erotic content is also highly diverse but tends to focus on power play and exotic sex, sometimes very exotic, and always an integral part of the story.

Reviews

[Lenny Nero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having been orphaned and raised in a cloistered nunnery, Ysette is released for self abuse and is let loose upon the world, or rather, the world is let loose on her. She is sold to a witch, who wants to use her status as a virgin in a magical rite to extend her life, saved by a high ranking nun(Lalage from "Whipping Girl", now a high ranking nun) and put to work as a "sin eater"(use your imagination), taken in by two hunters who use her in a scam on unknowing villagers, and finally adopted by a priest who has bad intentions toward her. Of course all of the adventures she has involves heavy doses of whippings and her being taken advantage of.

This is the second book in Morgan's Scarlet Gothic trilogy and while not as over the top and outrageous as "Whipping Girl", it still packs a punch. Morgan has created a medieval world where religion and it's repression of sexuality seems to be the cause of most people's misfortune, especially the female protagonists of his books. Although there wasn't as much naughty nun action as the first book in the trilogy, I'm still going to recommend it to fans of Morgan's and to fans of de Sade.