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

Relax. Eron hasn’t done anything like that in a long time.


Two hours into the trip, Eron reached over and rested his hand on Garrett’s inner thigh. “You okay?”


He took his eyes off the road for a brief moment. Garrett peered into his deep blue eyes and saw no malice.


How can I be mad when he looks at me like that?


Garrett’s anger floated out of the car window. “I’m fine. I’ve looked forward to this for a long time.”


“Good. Me, too.” Eron assured him with a pat on the leg.


When they arrived in Provincetown, Garrett helped Eron navigate the streets with the map they’d brought.


“Do you need any money?” Garrett asked when Eron got out of the car.


“Let’s settle up later? I want to get checked in and take a nap first. You coming?”


Chapter 36