David Knight has been plagued by dreams his entire life, only to have all memory of them vanish when he awakens. Now the dreams are coming with more frequency, and they seem to be drawing him to the Amazon. A scientist with a PhD in ichthyology and a dedication to learning all he can about lungfish, whose existence dates back to the Devonian era, David is determined to see what the Amazon holds. His hopes seem about to be answered when Dr. Carlos Avila contacts him. It seems the Brazilian archeologist discovered the remains of a previously undiscovered species on a tributary of the Amazon, and he’d like nothing better than for David to join the expedition to see if more of the creature can be found. Of course David leaps at the opportunity and flies to Pesadelo Bay to join the mismatched team. Once there, he discovers not only does Dr. Avila have his own agenda, but a former conquest as well as a friend who’d saved his life years before are part of the team and are engaged to be married. Meanwhile, the need to sail up the Amazon to find what ... or who ... is calling him there has become more and more pressing, and David must decide which is the most important -- learning what Dr. Avila really is searching for, or finding the answer to his dreams?

Lagoon of Dreams

As I grew older, I learned boys didn’t marry boys. But they could have sex with each other


Something held me back, though, and I was eighteen before I acted on it.


I’d thought I was so clever, concealing my sexuality from my parents. As it turned out, they’d known almost as soon as Justin and I made love that first time. Years later, I learned Father and not Justin’s sister was the one who had informed Justin’s parents. Fortunately, it had been their own idea to send their son away from my influence. If Father had been behind that as well, it would have destroyed what relationship we had.


Shortly after the last time I saw Justin, after my onetime boyfriend left for a college out of state, the pressure began: I had to find a girl to date if I wanted to marry eventually and have a family.


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