Winner - IndieReader Discovery Award for LGBT Fiction
Finalist - ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year (Gay & Lesbian Fiction)

In Simple Simon, the second novel in William Poe's Powell Legacy Series, Simon Powell begins the difficult work of confronting the truth.

Newly sober and under the guidance of a perceptive rehab counselor, Simon is encouraged to tell the story he's spent a lifetime trying to forget. From a boyhood shadowed by shame to his years as a rising leader in Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, Simon clung to the illusion that faith could cure him of his sexuality-and his sense of unworthiness.

But the deeper he digs, the more cracks appear in the righteous image he once projected. While serving the Church in Los Angeles during Reverend Moon's high-profile legal troubles, Simon is pulled into the city's vibrant nightlife. There, he meets Lyle-a street-savvy hustler whose raw authenticity forces Simon to reckon with the life he's denied himself.

Told with stark honesty and literary grace, Simple Simon is a story of spiritual disillusionment, sexual awakening, and the slow, hard path toward self-acceptance. As Simon prepares to leave rehab, he knows one thing for certain: the road ahead will require more than sobriety-it will demand truth, courage, and the strength to build a life of his own choosing.