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

He grabbed his cigarettes and sat in the chair by the open window. Eron rolled back over on his stomach, mooning Garrett in the process. He didn’t mind. He didn’t want to do anything with Eron’s ass, but it was sure nice to look at.


The stuffy room wasn’t the only reason Garrett had woke. They had spent the last sixty hours in pure bliss, and now in just a few more, they would head back to reality. Garrett inhaled deeply. It did little to comfort him.


After their dance at the bar, they finished their drinks and returned to the room for the night. They had played another round of golf by themselves and went to the beach, but skipped out on the Sunday afternoon tea and other activities. The unspoken dread of returning home started to linger between them.


Chapter 46