Books


Strange Bedfellows
Author: Rob Byrnes
Published: September 18, 2012 by Bold Strokes Books
Main Character: Grant Lambert, Chase LaMarca, Lisa Cochrane, Mary Beth Reuss, Jamie Brock, Paul Farraday, Nick Donovan, Austin Peebles, David Carlyle, Margaret Campbell, Constance Price, June Forteene, Catherine Cooper Concannon, Kevin Wunder

If politics make for strange bedfellows, perhaps no bedfellows are stranger than Grant Lambert and Austin Peebles.

Austin Peebles is a professional politician with a problem: a prominent rightwing blogger has come into possession of a compromising cell phone photo of the congressional candidate… an image that could derail his campaign.

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Holy Rollers
Author: Rob Byrnes
Published: November 15, 2011 by Bold Strokes Books
Category: Crime Caper
Main Character: Grant Lambert, Chase LaMarca, Lisa Cochrane, Mary Beth Reuss, Jared Parsells, Paul Farraday, Dr. Oscar Hurley, Rev. Dennis Merribaugh, Constance Price

When Grant Lambert and Chase LMarca -- partners in life and crime -- learn that $7 million in not-so-petty cash is hidden in the safe of a rightwing mega-church, they assemble a team of gay and lesbian criminals to infiltrate the church and steal the money. But this Gang That Can’t Do Anything Straight quickly finds its plans complicated by corrupt congressmen (and their gay aides); an “ex-gay” conference; an FBI investigation; and—most jarring for these born-and-bred New Yorkers—life in the northern Virginia suburbs. And then there is Dr.
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Straight Lies
Author: Rob Byrnes
Published: April 1, 2009 by Kensington
Category: Crime Caper
Main Character: Grant Lambert, Chase LaMarca, Lisa Cochrane, Mary Beth Reuss, Jamie Brock, Jared Parsells, Romeo Romero, Ian Hadley, Paul Farraday, Will Whitcomb, Henry Lemmon

Grant Lambert and Chase LaMarca are a pair of small-time crooks who stumble upon the secret of one of the world's biggest gay icons: He's not really gay... and there's a videotape to prove it.  It seems simple: All they have to do is steal the tape, blackmail the star, and collect the cash.  But when the video is left in a New York cab, Grant and Chase have to wheel and deal with a sleazy tabloid editor, a lesbian real estate agent, a kinky Internet stalker, and an alluring boy toy to finally get to the cash behind not-so-straight lies.


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