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

“On the weekends I help my dad’s friend at the flea market.”


“That sounds interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever thought about buying something second hand.”


“They just don’t make stuff like they used to,” Garrett said. “For some, it’s a way to afford quality furniture.”


Eron rested his arm upon the back of the bench, the touch inviting against Garrett’s back. Neither man said anything as another group of golfers went by,


“That feels good,” Garrett said. When Eron didn’t move his arm out of the way, Garrett gingerly put his hand on Eron’s knee.


Eron stilled. “So you’ve felt it, too?”


Garrett pulled his hand back. “What? What are you talking about?”


“Listen. I don’t know what’s going on and apparently you don’t either, but all I want to do right now is kiss you.”


Frozen with panic and the frankness of Eron’s words, Garrett stared, his mouth open.


The cockiness and bravado drained out of Eron’s face. “I’ve never done anything like this,” Garrett said.


Chapter 6