title: He Won't Commit: sex - love = heartache
author: Miranda Wise
description: About the Author: Randa Wise lives in Northern Virginia. She is author of Jonathan's Summer, His Rib For Eternity and Coretta Johnson. She continues to thank her readers for their support and will be releasing a fifth novel. Randa appeared on Worlds Apart TV based in Central Pennsylvania with her coauthor, Ricky Waller of His Rib For Eternity. If you would like to share your feedback with her, you may do so by contacting her at: rwisebooks@yahoo.com. Peace!
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  Bonds born of love are stronger than those born of blood.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Philip’s life is in limbo. He can’t leave the house where he was taken when he
  was rescued from Oscar, the man who raped him until he got pregnant with a
  boy. He isn’t sure he wants to anyway. He and Myron are safe there, and for
  the first time in his life, he has friends, people who care for him. He even
  has a crush on Abel, one of the council members, but he knows nothing can come
  of it. Abel has his life in hand. He has an important job and no reason to be
  interested in Philip, not with the kind of baggage Philip comes with.
  
  
  Abel has had a crush on Philip since the first time he saw him. He hasn’t told
  him anything, because he knows it’s not the right moment. Philip’s son is only
  a few months old, and neither of them can leave the Bishop house. Abel can’t
  help but hover close, though, helping with Myron when Philip needs him to—and
  falling deeper in love with him as the days pass.
  
  
  The council is 