num_pages: 350
description: When tailor Marvin Gottschalk abandoned New York City for the brash boomtown of silent-film-era Hollywood he never imagined hed end up on screen as Martin Brentwood one of the fledgling film industrys most popular actors. Five years later a cynical Martin despairs of finding anything genuine in a town where truth is defined by studio politics and publicity. Then he meets Robbie Goodman.Robbie fled Idaho after a run-in with the law. A chance encounter leads him to the film studio where he lands a job as a chauffeur. But one look at Martin and hes convinced hes likely to run afoul of those same lawslaws that brand his desires indecent deviant sinful.Martin and Robbie embark on a cautious relationship cocooned in Hollywoods clandestine gay fraternity careful to hide from the studio boss a rival actor and reporters on the lookout for a juicy story. But when tragedy and scandal rock the town igniting a morality-based witch hunt fueled by a remorseless press the studio brass will sacrifice even the greatest careers to defend their endangered empire. Robbie and Martin stand no chance against the firestormunless they stand together.
language: English
title: Silent Sin
publisher: Reality Optional Press