Lorimer Real Love
3 total works
"At seventeen, Adam has suspected for a while that he might be gay. When a confrontation with his devout parents forces him to reveal his true feelings, they send him to a Christian camp, warning him that there will be no room in their lives for a gay son. The last thing Adam expects is to meet someone at camp who he is deeply attracted to. But Paul is committed to his Christian faith, so Adam tries to bury his attraction by concentrating on his art and his new friends. When it becomes clear how unhappy other campers are, Adam and Paul begin to seriously question what the church tells them about love. And with so many people trying get Adam to change who he is, Adam has to figure out on his own what kind of life he wants and who will be part of it" --Back cover.
After a fight at school leaves him expelled, Jorge starts training to become a pro wrestler, and finds that he has the talent to make it a promising career. At the first wrestling show Jorge attends, he meets Thom, who is from a politically active upper middle-class family -- and opposites attract. Sparks fly between Jorge and Thom and before he knows it, Jorge has his first boyfriend. But when he adopts a flamboyantly gay "bad guy" wrestling persona, Thom calls him out for promoting homophobia. Jorge reacts violently, as he feels he's losing everything that means anything to him. Can he find a way to be true to himself -- as a wrestler, as a gay guy and as Thom's boyfriend?
