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"Common Threads in the Life"
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Common Sons
by Ronald L. Donaghe Our price: $18.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 400
ISBN: 0-595-09708-1
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Chosen for iUniverse Star Program

Joel's rural life of high school and farming in Common, New Mexico, is changed forever when Tom comes to town. The son of a preacher, Tom reaches out to Joel in friendship, and their bond to each other becomes as tight as brothers. Joel's openness to his own feelings and acceptance of himself (a healthy trait instilled by his loving parents) allows him to explore some new and confusing feelings he has for Tom. His confusion clears, however, after a reckless drinking bout ends with a very public kiss from Tom. But Tom's torment of sin and self-incrimination are far from over. Common Sons, the first in a series entitled "Common Threads in the Life," is a moving tale of self-discovery, love, and finding the courage to come out and come to grips with the truth in the face of hatred and adversity.

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The Blind Season
by Ronald L. Donaghe Our price: $19.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0-595-18976-8
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The long-awaited sequel to Common Sons is finally here! More in love with each other than ever, after five years together, Joel Reece and Tom Aen decide it's time to start a family of their own—and that's where the trouble starts.

After being together for five years in the small town of Common, New Mexico, Joel and his 'husband' Tom decide to start a family. The only problem is they're both men. Knowing that two gay men will never be able to adopt, they decide to find a surrogate mother to carry their child. They do not bargain, however, for the beautiful and determined Sharon Minninger¡ªa runaway from a Mennonite community near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico¡ªwho offers to carry the child. Her influence on their lives is far more than they every dreamed. Nor do they expect the backlash against their decision to be fathers to be as virulent as it is from some of the less open-minded citizens of the small southwestern New Mexico town. But they do have powerful allies in what comes down to a battle over the child that is eventually born.
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The Salvation Mongers
by Ronald L. Donaghe Our price: $13.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 268
ISBN: 0-595-09835-5

A broken-hearted and enraged Kelly decides to pose as a recruit at Lion’s Mouth Christian Ranch to discover why his beloved William committed suicide after experiencing religious conversion. In the isolated high mountains of the desert, where there is no way out, Kelly soon discovers the awful truth. But can he resist the powerful brainwashing or survive long enough to tell others? Or will he inevitably lose his own self-destiny in this deadly game of religious salvation?
Book Four
The Gathering
Coming in 2004

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