The Powell Legacy Series

  The Powell Legacy Series —including the award-winning novels Simon Says , Simple Simon , and Simon’s Mansion —is an LGBT literary saga that explores the intertwined lives of the Powell family across generations. From their Civil War-era heritage in small-town Arkansas to the struggles of modern life, the series delves into themes of identity, love, redemption, and the cost of uncovering buried truths. At its heart is Simon Powell, a man caught between the weight of his family’s legacy, the beliefs he’s left behind, and the personal struggles that threaten his future. Blending memory and imagination, these novels invite readers into a world of resilience and transformation—where history echoes into the present and the discovery of truths long avoided redefine how we see ourselves.

  I've created an Introduction I am going to add to each of my Simon novels: Simon Says, Simple Simon, Simon's Mansion, and the one I am working on now. poebooks.net Some stories are born from memory; others grow from imagination. The Simon Powell novels live somewhere in between. Simon’s journey begins in the shadow of my own—a young man searching for meaning, caught in the web of an all-encompassing belief system, and later grappling with the fallout of leaving it behind. His struggles with faith, identity, addiction, and reinvention are rooted in my experiences. Much of what Simon recounts about his time in the Unification Church, his work on Reverend Moon’s legal defense, and the eventual unraveling of his life in Los Angeles reflects my own history. Like Simon, I was an insider—a believer who dedicated years to a movement that shaped me and then shattered me. Much of what Simon recounts about his time in the Unification Church and his work on Reverend Moon’s legal defense ...