Philadelphia by L.B. Winter

Paul Garrison is in love with a boy he can’t have. When he met Jamie Campbell at a program for “sexually confused” teenagers, the connection between them was undeniable—or it would have been, if they weren’t meeting at the one place where their feelings for each other were totally doomed.
After a heartfelt affair and a sudden betrayal, Paul becomes convinced that his highly religious family will never accept his true identity. He runs away to Philadelphia—but then, something amazing happens: As he learns to accept himself, they learn to accept him, too. His journey of self-discovery, bolstered by the support and love of friends new and old, brings him to a healthy and happy place, and when he begins his freshman year of college with his best friends at his side, he’s finally ready to accept himself for who he is.
Life hasn’t been as kind to Jamie. Reeling from the lies he told to Paul and unable to forget him, Jamie descends into deep denial, telling his family and friends that he is no longer gay. He marries, but when his wife discovers that his attraction to men has not subsided, he finds himself without a family, a church, a job, or a home. He is at rock bottom when his path crosses Paul’s two years later, and he clings to the hope that Paul offers. Yet his self-hatred and toxic attitudes take their toll on his former lover. As the young men recover from the traumas they have both suffered, will they be able to recover their faith in each other?