Outside In

by Sean Patrick Brennan

Inside the walls of a modern-day Roman Catholic monastery, 21-year-old Cody Johnson is doing his best to fit in, even though something within him is trying desperately to come out. Tackling a variety of issues from sexuality and depression to temptation and young love, Outside In is a nonstop adventure filled with twists and turns at every corner. Never before has the struggle between sacred vows and secret desires of the flesh been so personally felt or so viscerally explored. Cody is a young monk who hopes to avoid any trouble with his Novice Master, but while lying in bed one night, he hears a sound he never in a million years expected to hear inside a monastery. Two other monks have just come back from a walk, and the kiss young Cody overhears from his bedroom awakens something deep inside him, a part of him he thought he had vowed away forever.

228 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2016

About the author

I've been a monk, a Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol deputy, and a GLBT activist. I have a degree in English literature and theology from Manhattan College. I've published seven books, edited novels for others, and am writing my next book now. My partner Andy and I have been together for 17 years, and we own a beautiful little home in Malverne, NY.

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