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 could get a job with a law firm and he was sure that Garrett could get a job at another bank. He could commute to work for a bigger firm but if they were going to move, why not do something they truly wanted to do? Owning an inn had only ever been a pipe dream, but with his experience with law and Garrett’s banking experience, they could make it work. With determination and love, their success was all but guaranteed.


Amplified with plenty of courage and determination, Eron answered. “For the first time in a long time, I think I do.”


The real estate agent opened the door. Garrett pushed Johnette over the threshold by the small of her back. She wheeled around and wrinkled her nose at the musty, moldy smell.


Chapter 62