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Ómorphi

Book 1, Elpída Series

by C. Kennedy

Omorphi - C. Kennedy
Part of the Elpída Series series:
Editions:Kindle - First Edition
ISBN: 9781627980074
Pages: 480
Paperback - First Edition
ISBN: 9781627980067
Pages: 480
Kindle (French) - First Edition
ISBN: 1634772210
Pages: 554
Paperback (French) - First Edition
ISBN: 978-1634772211
Pages: 554

Όμορφη
Όμορφη. Ómorphi. Greek. Meaning pretty
Pretty. adj. /pritē/ Pleasing by delicacy or grace
High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. He’s a star athlete, has great friends, and parents who love him just the way he is. What’s missing from his life is a boyfriend. That’s a problem because he’s out only to his parents and best friend. When Michael accidentally bumps into Christy Castle at school, his life changes in ways he never imagined. Christy is Michael’s dream guy: smart, pretty, and sexy. But nothing could have prepared Michael for what being Christy's boyfriend would entail.
Christy needs to heal after years of abuse and knows he needs help to do it. After the death of his notorious father, he leaves his native Greece and settles in upstate New York. Alone, afraid, and left without a voice, Christy hides the myriad scars of his abuse. He desperately wants to be loved and when he meets Michael, he dares to hope that day has arrived. When one of Michael’s team-mates becomes an enemy and an abuser from Christy’s past seeks to return him to a life of slavery, only Michael and Christy's combined strength and unwavering determination can save them from the violence that threatens to destroy their future together.
For all who endure, may your freedom and happiness increase every moment of every day.

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Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
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Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 2
Romantic Content: 4
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 3 Age: 18-25
Tropes: Coming of Age, Coming Out / Closeted, Families/Raising Kids, Find Love and Come Out, First Time, Hurt / Comfort
Word Count: 178000
Setting: Upstate New York
Languages Available: English, French
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:

Rainbow Awards - Runner Up

Ómorphi is a multi-award winning book, including a Rainbow Award Runner-up.

"Hauntingly beautiful, a book that you never wanted to end because you were so much a part of the characters lives. When you finish the book you want to know more, to pick up the phone and call Christy. Magically written, the voices and setting of the story were so clear you lived each moment with the characters."

"This book and others like it are the reason I put so much time and effort into judging for the Rainbow Awards. Flawless from start to finish, written with such deft prose that as a reader one cannot help but be pulled deep into the psyche of the characters. I love Christy, Michael, Jake, all their friends and family. Hell, I even love Uncle Smitty. Their world is filled with unspeakable horrors and oceans of pain, but for the chance to sit quietly at their sides on a sunny afternoon, I’d definitely take my chances. Wow."

About the Author

Cody is a best-selling, award-winning author who lives, most of the time, on the east coast of the United States. Raised on the mean streets and back lots of Hollywood by a Yoda-look-alike grandfather, Cody doesn’t conform, doesn’t fit in, is epic awkward, and lives to perfect a deep-seated oppositional defiance disorder. In a constant state of fascination with the trivial, Cody contemplates such weighty questions as If time and space are curved, then where do all the straight people come from? When not writing, Cody can be found taming waves on western shores, pondering the nutritional value of sunsets, appreciating the much-maligned dandelion, unhooking guide ropes from stanchions, and marveling at all things ordinary. Among many other awards, Ómorphi was a runner up in the 2014 Rainbow Awards, Slaying Isidore's Dragons was a finalist in the 2015 Rainbow Awards, and Elpída won a 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Young Adult Fiction. Cody does respond to blog comments and emails because, after all, it is all about you, the reader.