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

Johnette clomped out of one of the bedrooms, her eyes glazed, the first sign of early onset boredom. “There’s no room for us to live here.”


Sandra perked up and put on her salesperson smile. “Oh yes, you could. The basement is completely finished with living quarters for the innkeepers.”


“This place gets better and better.”


“You call us living in the basement better. Better than what? A tent in the park?”


“You have to see the place as an investment.”


Johnette shook her head before she raised her nose and made for the stairs. “I see this as a dusty dump.”


Garrett shook his head. “Thank you for your time, Sandra. I have some calls to make before I sign anything. I’ll give you a call mid-week, if that’s all right.”


“Absolutely. Call me any time.” Sandra pulled a business card from her purse. “This number rings to my home office.”


They joined Johnette at the foot of the stairs.


Chapter 63