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’d doubled his caseload to keep himself busy. More often than not, he canceled his dinner date with Mary Ellen, but always took her to Bensonhurst on Saturday night. For the time being, it appeased her.


When the Danburys finally replaced the pin and moved to the next hole, Eron stood and practiced his shot. Again, he remembered enveloping Garrett’s in his arms and coaching him on his swing. Garrett brought out the best in him. Around Garrett, he wanted to be benevolent and gentle.


“When are you going to get married, or at least propose to her, Eron?”


Uncle George’s words echoed in his head as he gave the ball another good smack and watched it disappear into the clear sky and fall halfway down the fairway. Normally, he could depend on George to leave him alone when it came to Mary Ellen or any other woman he had dated in the past and Eron knew why. But not lately.


Chapter 61