The Temptation of Adam

A Novel

by Dave Connis

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Pub Date Nov 21 2017 | Archive Date Nov 29 2017

Skyhorse Publishing | Sky Pony Press

Teens & YA

Description

Adam Hawthorne is fine. Yeah, his mother left, his older sister went with her, and his dad would rather read Nicholas Sparks novels than talk to him. And yeah, he spends his nights watching self-curated porn video playlists. But Adam is fine. When a family friend discovers Adam’s porn addiction, he’s forced to join an addiction support group: the self-proclaimed Knights of Vice. He goes because he has to, but the honesty of the Knights starts to slip past his defenses. Combine that with his sister’s out-of-the-blue return and the attention of a girl he meets in an AA meeting, and all the work Adam has put into being fine begins to unravel. Now Adam has to face the causes and effects of his addiction, before he loses his new friends, his prodigal sister, and his almost semi-sort-of girlfriend.

Adam Hawthorne is fine. Yeah, his mother left, his older sister went with her, and his dad would rather read Nicholas Sparks novels than talk to him. And yeah, he spends his nights watching...

Advance Praise

“An honest, emotional, funny, romantic, dark, hopeful, musical gem of a novel. I know that’s a lot of adjectives, but it’d be a disservice to leave any out.” —Adi Alsaid, author of Let’s Get Lost and Never Always Sometimes

“The Temptation of Adam is the sort of novel you finish and immediately wish you could read again for the first time. It’s profound without being preachy, funny without pandering, and thoughtful in a way that few debut novels manage. Dave Connis is a writer to watch.” —Bryan Bliss, author of Meet Me Here

“On the surface, The Temptation of Adam is the story of a teenaged boy with *teenage-boy* problems, but the true brilliance of this novel lies in the way it uses heartache, humor, and music to reveal LOVE as both Healer-of-Wounds and Kick-in-the-Pants toward greatness. Highly recommend.” —Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin

"Dave Connis's The Temptation of Adam confronts a difficult topic with honesty, humor, and heart. The friendships and love that form amongst the misfit cast of teens trying to —Page 2 of 2—

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overcome addiction are an important reminder of our power to destroy or give hope to those tangled in our messy lives." –Randy Ribay, author of An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes