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

“You’ve given me a lot to think about.”


When he glanced at George, his uncle had dozed off. He kissed the top of George’s head and let himself out. On the way home, he turned off the heat in the car and rolled the window down. There were still a few warm days left before the end of fall.


The more he thought about what George said about happiness, the more confused he became about the situation, except that Mary Ellen wasn’t the right choice for him. The answer lay in his feelings for Garrett.


Although George assumed Eron spoke about a different woman, George’s advice hit it’s mark. What about Garrett made him happy? Was it love or just lust?


At first, he’d enjoyed playing around, the hunt, the chase. Garrett kept his distance for a time, but when he broke down his defenses, that’s when the magic happened.


Chapter 53