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

I can’t remember to this day the wake that followed the funeral. Was there laughter and tears? Were pictures passed around of Tuck, divulging his smile and red curls in high school? Did some of those pictures tell stories of girlfriends that he had kissed, but never had long dating relationships with because he was gay? Were there stories of Tucker Martini that friends and family cried over when discussed? Did someone mention how he enjoyed playing the piano? Did someone else talk about how he liked to go for long walks on Lake Erie’s beach? Who whispered that he was a happy man, in love for maybe the first time in his life with a writer from Pennsylvania?


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