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 stayed in the attic mostly, writing. That’s all I could do, I realized, unable to function normally in the real world. I finished my mystery, put it aside to cool down, and thought about starting a second one, which was probably going to be about Miss Kitty, Tuck, and his baby grand. Night after night I stayed up thinking, crafting the twenty-five s of the mystery, being nocturnal. And during the daylight, I slept. Between shifts, I critiqued novels, making money, but just enough to survive. Some days were longer than others, but each was painful, a heavy weight on my shoulders, and my mind. Death was so close I could feel it touching me, but fended it off with some heartfelt pushing, willed to live…barely surviving.


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