Love and Cowardice — John Roman Baker

Rich in period detail, cultural references, and with many passionate encounters, the Nick & Greg Books by John Roman Baker are unique in popular gay literature. The series follows the lives of two lovers Nick & Greg from their first teenage encounter in the 1950s through decades of social and sexual revolution. Love and Cowardice is the fifth book in the series. It's 1973, and although gay liberation is part of the texture of Nick's life, he cannot feel the same enthusiasm for it as nineteen-year-old Nathan. Meeting Nathan ends a dry season in Nick's life, and soon there is news of Karel and Bart and, most important to Nick, Greg. Nick enters this new dance of desire, and the roundabout turns, but in a decade of so many desires, will it spin out of control?