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

“Thank you,” she said quietly when they arrived. “I really did have a lovely time. I love your Aunt Susan.”


Garrett pulled up to the curb in front of her house. He jumped out of the car before she reached for the door handle herself and let her out. Johnette’s father was still a bit old-fashioned when it came to his daughter. He was raised by a man who used to help women get in and out of a wagons and buggies. Garrett walked her up to the first step and gave her a peck on the cheek.


Garrett ached as he drove to his own apartment. Even his head hurt with confusion, but he held out hope that he’d indeed see Eron Lassiter again.


Mary Ellen talked incessantly the entire drive home. Her whiny voice made Eron’s head throb. He wanted to be alone to sort out everything going on in his head.


What kind of a screwy thought was that?Eron Lassiter did not normally think about things like this. Quick deliberation and eloquence had made him into the lawyer he was today.


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