<div>When marriage gets in the way of attraction, something&rsquo;s got to give Perry Langham grew up an outsider looking in. He wanted to join Manhattan high society, be invited to those parties, wear those clothes, and drive those cars. He is a man with only one endowment, and he pledges to use it to achieve his dream by any means necessary. He finally gets the opportunity he has always wanted when he is swept into the world of millionaire Billy Vernon&mdash;a place where anything seems possible. In order to keep the fun going, Perry marries Billy&rsquo;s beautiful young daughter Bettina. And that&rsquo;s when the wheels fall off. Billy can&rsquo;t reconcile his attraction to young men with his new marriage, and he goes down a dark path from which there may be no return. Based on the true story of a high-society murder case that drew international attention to its story of shocking crime and outrageous sex, The Good Life is Gordon Merrick&rsquo;s posthumous final novel, cowritten with his partner, Charles G. Hulse&mdash;a fitting cap to an illustrious career. </div>

The Good Life

<div>In the follow-up to the gay romance bestseller The Lord Won&rsquo;t Mind, Peter and Charlie&rsquo;s marriage is put to the test when a young Frenchman enters their lives After a decade together in a steady, happy relationship, a trip to the sun-baked Mediterranean is exactly what Peter and Charlie need. Peter, now an art dealer, and Charlie, an artist, travel to the Riviera to attend to some business. However, once there, they meet a man who pushes their fidelity to the breaking point&mdash;and past it. In this, the second novel of the bestselling Peter &amp; Charlie Trilogy, Gordon Merrick picks up with the couple&rsquo;s lives a few years after The Lord Won&rsquo;t Mind and in smart and scintillating fashion explores the ways the years can twist and warp a relationship. When their trip continues on a yacht through the Greek islands, Peter creates what he hopes is a good plan to mend their cracked bond, but instead may have created something that will rip them apart forever. </div>

One for the Gods

<div>A four-month New York Times bestseller: This classic gay love story is as gripping and sexy today as when it was first published. Charlie Mills always played the role of the good grandson, and his grandmother rewarded him for it handsomely in the form of all the gifts, money, and attention a boy could want. Entering college in the late 1930s, Charlie just has to keep doing what his grandmother expects of him in order to continue to receive her gifts. He has to find a nice girl, get married, and have a few kids. Then one summer, he meets Peter Martin. Peter is everything that Charlie has ever wanted. Despite all the obstacles, Charlie immediately craves and pursues Peter, who happily obliges him. As they grow closer, Charlie is forced to choose between two options: complying with the expectations of society and family, or following the call of true love. In this, the first book of the Charlie &amp; Peter Trilogy, Gordon Merrick creates an enduring portrait of two young men deeply in love, and the tribulations they endure to express themselves and maintain their relationship. </div>

The Lord Won't Mind

<div>On a steamy trip to Bangkok, anything can happen, and a man can be whoever he wants to be In order to get away from a stream of meaningless flings, Gerry heads to the Far East, down to the sweltering shores of Bangkok, to get some time for himself. He&rsquo;s searching for a love that is truly real&mdash;one that will last. When he receives a cordial invitation written on heavily crested stationery, he is thrust into a passionate journey from which there will be no recovery. The sender of the invitation is international playboy and gossip-paper fixture Ernst von Hallers. Born to a family of incredibly rich industrialists, Ernst cuts a truly dashing figure. Traveling the world on his boat, with a collection of attractive young men at his call, Ernst represents everything Gerry is not, while acting the part of someone Gerry wishes he could be. When Ernst brings Gerry into his life, both men must look within themselves and each other to truly see what pleasure and love are. </div>

Now Let's Talk About Music

<div>Sometimes feelings that you think you shouldn&rsquo;t have are more than just a quirk Rod has thrown himself into the life of the bohemian Parisian painter. His output as an artist flows readily from his brush as he breezes through brief dalliances with women on the Left Bank, seeking pleasure and satisfaction before anything else. Rod has his youth, his money, his art, and an active sex life&mdash;everything he could want. At least, he thinks so. Until he meets an attractive male model who will forever change him and the way he thinks about love. At first, Rod assumes their trysts are simply a quirk, a twist on the rendezvous he has had with girls throughout his time in Paris. However, as they spend more and more time together, Rod realizes that this feeling isn&rsquo;t a quirk: It&rsquo;s who he truly is. </div>

The Quirk

<div>In the final chapter of the bestselling epic love story of Peter and Charlie, the two men are forced to fight for their relationship like never before For two men with the looks of Adonis and Narcissus, it&rsquo;s no surprise that Greece was the destination for a romantic getaway. Once there, however, the two men fall into the beds of others, with the duplicitous Martha striving to steal Charlie away from Peter after he has a moment of infidelity. For the final installment of the Peter &amp; Charlie Trilogy, Gordon Merrick widens his focus on the couple to include the village in which they&rsquo;re staying, creating a web of deceit and lust that comes to a head in unexpected and satisfying ways, while the love between Peter and Charlie is tested repeatedly with the emergence of a passionate young man named Jeff. The bond between these two has spanned the years and the globe, but it could well meet its end here on the lush Greek shores. </div>

Forth into Light

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Lord Won&rsquo;t Mind comes the story of a man whose marriage of convenience will never keep him from taking what he truly wants Before he has even hit his twentieth birthday, Walter Makin has already earned a red-hot career on the stage and a reputation as a Boy Wonder. From afar, he is truly a man who has the whole world at its knees and a bright future ahead of him. Still, he has one weakness&mdash;other boys. Set in the 1940s, An Idol for Others follows Walter&rsquo;s internal turmoil as he tries to follow society&rsquo;s norms by marrying Clara, a wealthy, forceful heiress who is as enamored of Walter&rsquo;s status as she is of his body. In spite of Walter&rsquo;s efforts to refuse what he truly wants, he finds comfort again and again in the beds of other men&mdash;men who understand themselves and what they want in ways Walter can only dream of. However, when he meets and falls for a beautiful young writer, he can&rsquo;t deny who he is any longer. Now he must tell the world, regardless of the consequences. </div>

An Idol for Others

<div>St. Tropez offers all the pleasures a growing boy could want&mdash;as well as all the danger <a>After the Wall Street crash and the onset of the Great Depression, Stuart Cosling wants something different than his typical American life, so he takes his sizable fortune and beautiful, young French trophy wife and moves to the undiscovered paradise of St. Tropez. Here he has the home, the vineyard, and the precocious son he has always wanted. Within a few years, his status on the island grows from that of new arrival to local celebrity.</a> Their son, Robbie, grows up. By his teenage years, he has become a terribly handsome man, and while on a cruise, he learns the pleasures that manhood can bring. Now Robbie is impelled to chase that feeling and try to find the love that he deserves. Perfect Freedom has all the hallmarks of Gordon Merrick&rsquo;s finest work: scenic locales, beautifully rendered characters, and outrageous emotion oozing from every page. </div>

Perfect Freedom

<div>After fleeing his past, one man finds that the present has its own dangers For Lance, things always came easily. With looks to die for and a family fortune propping up everything he did, he tended to come out on top, no matter the circumstances. He had it all: a perfect marriage and a distinguished career in the navy&mdash;and the notoriety that came with it. But it all fell apart when his true desires came out and drove him down a self-destructive path to the small Central American town of Puerto Veragua. Here he takes whatever and whomever he wishes, living a life devoted solely to cheap thrills, pleasure, and desire. However, when Robbie Cosling, a young man with a past of his own, arrives, they create a love that will change both men&rsquo;s lives forever. The sequel to Perfect Freedom, The Great Urge Downward continues Robbie Cosling&rsquo;s journey of discovery and love as he learns he must risk it all in order to have a shot at true passion. </div>

The Great Urge Downward

<div>A passionate love story unfolds between two young men in the 1930s in this &ldquo;wildly sexy&rdquo; New York Times bestseller and its two sequels (The Advocate). The Peter &amp; Charlie Trilogy&mdash;with its explicit sex scenes and positive affirmation of coming out&mdash;is &ldquo;one of gaydom&rsquo;s great guilty pleasures&rdquo; (The Advocate). All three groundbreaking works of gay fiction are collected here, including The Lord Won&rsquo;t Mind, which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for sixteen weeks. The Lord Won&rsquo;t Mind: Charlie Mills wants to be a good boy. That way, his grandmother will give him all the gifts and money he could want. But remaining in her good graces as he heads off to college means finding a nice girl to marry. He wasn&rsquo;t counting on Peter Martin stepping off a train and into his life. The passion between the two men is undeniable, yet making it last will come at a great price&mdash;and there are those who will do anything to make them pay. One for the Gods: It&rsquo;s ten years later, and Peter and Charlie are shipping off to the sunny Mediterranean for a little business and a lot of pleasure. While traveling from Saint-Tropez to Athens to Mykonos, they meet a sexy French playboy who&rsquo;s eager to make waves. Suddenly, Peter and Charlie find themselves on a voyage of self-discovery that could change their relationship forever. Forth Into the Light: It&rsquo;s no surprise Peter and Charlie&mdash;two men with the looks of Adonis and Narcissus&mdash;have chosen a Greek island for their home. But their lives are far from tranquil: The village is rampant with deceit and lust; beguiling Martha is plotting to steal Charlie away from Peter; and passionate, young Jeff repeatedly tests the couple&rsquo;s fidelity. The tale of Peter and Charlie&rsquo;s love has spanned years and the globe, but it could all come to a crashing end on these lush shores.</div>

The Peter &amp; Charlie Trilogy

<div>Five pulp novels of passionate romance between men from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Peter and Charlie Trilogy. An Idol For Others: In the 1940s, Walter Makin&rsquo;s stage career is red-hot&mdash;but so is his insatiable hunger for men. He marries an heiress to cover up his secret, but a handsome young writer makes him feel ready to risk the consequences. The Quirk: A bohemian painter in Paris&rsquo;s Left Bank, Rod has his youth, his money, and an active sex life. That&rsquo;s all he thinks he needs, until an attractive male model enters his life. Now Let&rsquo;s Talk About Music: After a stream of meaningless flings, Gerry takes time for himself on the sweltering shores of Bangkok. He finally wants a love that&rsquo;s real. But then Ernst, an international playboy, sends him an invitation. Perfect Freedom: The son of a wealthy American father and a French mother, Robbie Cosling grew up in Saint-Tropez. But after the handsome young man discovers pleasure in the arms of a man, he ventures off to find the love he deserves . . . The Great Urge Downward: In this sequel to Perfect Freedom, a dark path led Lance Vanderholden to a small, Central American town where he devotes himself to cheap thrills. Then a young man&mdash;also with a storied past&mdash;comes along and changes his life. </div>

Gordon Merrick

Books By Gordon Merrick (11 Books)

The Good Life

One for the Gods

The Lord Won't Mind

Now Let's Talk About Music

The Quirk

Forth into Light

An Idol for Others

Perfect Freedom

The Great Urge Downward

The Peter & Charlie Trilogy

Selected Novels

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