God’s Army to Purge Homosexuality

B. Alan Bourgeois
Wizard Consulting and Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780979628801
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/08)


In February of 1977, a group who calls themselves “The Army of God,” took responsibility for bombing a gay night club.  This group is known for bombing abortion clinics.  For some reason, they seem to think that people that are gay are responsible for abortions.  I find this interesting because people that are gay can’t get each other pregnant.  “God’s Army to Purge Homosexuality” is a fictional story written with this incident in mind. 

Charles MacDougale is secretly gay.  He has kept this secret through his 35-year marriage.  He is very well connected and has tremendous influence over the Republican Party.  Keeping his sexuality a secret, he privately helps fund support for homosexual groups.  When a radical anti-abortion group starts bombing gay bars, he hires Nicole, his bodyguard, and Brent, a private investigator, to go undercover to discover who is responsible.  Nicole and Brent pose as a married couple to infiltrate this group.  What is interesting about this is that they are both homosexual and in spite of their attractiveness, they have no relationship interest in each other. 

As Nicole and Brent go undercover, they have to deal with some very unsavory characters who appear to be fine upstanding citizens on the surface.  As they do their undercover work, more bombings occur that affect them personally and a tragedy strikes close to home.  This makes the situation even more dangerous for the duo.  It also helps them to grow personally because they develop a deeper friendship with each other. 

I really found this book to be interesting.  It is very scary to know that there are radical groups in our country that feel that it is okay to kill people for their cause.  Wanting more information about the real incident that happened, I investigated on the Internet and learned a lot.  In addition to gaining knowledge, I also really enjoyed the story.  Bourgeois definitely has a talent for developing complex plots and creating interesting characters.  Having read tons of romance novels, I really enjoyed the way that he developed the relationship between the two characters.  They bonded into a real friendship that was not marred by sexual tension.  They also developed a better understanding for each other's differences. 

“God’s Army to Purge Homosexuality” is really a good book; however, it is not for people who are anti-abortion or anti-homosexual.  Everybody else will find this book compelling, and refreshingly different.

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