Fiction critic Micah Berk makes a point to spend as much time as possible with neighbor and pianist Tuck Martini. During twenty days of a particularly hot August on the shores of Lake Erie, the two men fall head over heels in love.<br><br>A year later and life has unexpectedly changed for Micah. He meets and falls hard for Carl Bascoe, an irresistible and dark-haired carpenter. Carl is witty, romantic, and the sweetest guy along the lake.<br><br>What happens when events from Micah’s past mix with those in his present? What will Micah do when various ties between his twenty days with Tuck and his current days with Carl begin to unravel? Will Micah finally experience the true meaning of endless love?

20 Days of Tuck

Sleepless, after two hours crawled into three hours of critiquing a short novel called The Desperate Affair, a literary piece by Rosamond Franklin that read like desperatedrivel, I climbed into bed, stared up at the ceiling, and couldn’t get the pianist out of my mind. My hands discovered the bare private parts between my legs, caused some swelling to occur, and…


I imagined that Tuck was the type of a man who could make my mind and body relax, positioned next to me on the bed, and cuddled against my side. Didn’t I want to test that theory, letting him manhandle the private parts between my thighs with his mouth or hand, willing me into a state of tiredness and sleep? I thought so. And such a good thought it was.


Chapter 10