The Low Road Author:James Lear Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped gets a gay makeover in this witty, hardcore picaresque novel set in 18th-century Scotland. Against the dramatic backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion, The Low Road follows wealthy naif Charles Gordon as he leaves home to navigate a treacherous world of political and sexual intrigue. With his ... more »good looks and irresistible endowments, Charles finds plenty of men willing to lend a helping hand -- and more. When he's not busy bedding a sexy stable hand, or a pack of horny pirates, or a regiment of lust-starved troops, Charles finds himself plotting to free the man he loves from jail, even if it means donning crinolines and a bonnet!
Author James Lear expertly interweaves spies and counterspies, scheming servants and sadistic captains, tavern trysts and prison orgies, into this delightfully erotic work that can take its place alongside his acclaimed novels The Back Passage, Hot Valley, The Palace of Varieties, and the Lambda Literary Award finalist The Secret Tunnel.« less