In June 1966, ACLU attorney Eron Lassiter attends his uncle’s wedding and makes an unsettling discovery. Though Eron had bowed to family pressure and planned a potential marriage, his long-ignored attraction to other men roars to life when Garrett Emerson, the bride’s nephew, captures his attention.<br><br>After serving in the Korean War and going to college later than his peers, upwardly mobile Garrett now works as a loan officer at a local bank. For his girlfriend -- fiancée in her mind -- Garrett can’t climb fast enough. But none of that matters to Eron, and maybe that’s why Garrett’s so drawn to him.<br><br>Together, can Eron and Garrett find happiness amidst the pervasive culture of propriety, honor, and expectation of the 1960s?

Need Your Love

“His father has two brothers, George and Grant.” Allen nodded across the room where another older man that looked like George Lassiter sat. “Since he doesn’t have any kids of his own, George treats Eron like a son.”


Allen shrugged. “She does what she can.”


Garrett scanned the room until he found Eron sitting with his date. Garrett racked his brain to remember her name. Mary something. Mary Catherine? Mary Gayle? No, Mary Ellen. That’s right.


Eron glanced over at him for a brief moment, and nodded. Earlier at the church, and again at the bar, Eron had peered right through him with his gorgeous blue eyes. Eron took a drink, his eyes twinkling over the top of his glass.


Garrett tore his gaze away. His face grew warm and the sweat gathered in his armpits. As flattering as Eron’s attention was, he couldn’t stand it.


Chapter 4