About the Book

After a bitter and humiliating breakup, Charlie Vernon lives not-quite-alone in his Capitol Hill town house. He kept Mamie, the cockapoo that he and Freddie adopted together, but he’s just arrived home to find he’s been visited by thieves…and they’ve taken Mamie.

For the next thirty-six hours, he and his family of choice—a pair of rhyming lesbians, a Georgia-born man who might be married to a sex addict, and the hostess of DC’s hottest Drag Bingo—will band together to search for Mamie. What’s at stake isn’t just a beloved dog, but whether Charlie will be brave enough to love anything or anyone, ever again.

“Eric Peterson's endearing debut novel shows us how one man's streak of bad luck can blossom into a big, beautiful, and rollicking queer family. Loyalty, Love & Vermouth is the toe-tapping, feel-good book of the season.”

– Ann McMan, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The Big Tow

“Eric Peterson’s debut novel is a heartwarming and charming tale of love, loss, community, and self-discovery featuring man’s best friends of the two- and four-legged kind. A delightful read.”

—Michael Nava, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Lies With Man