Hoyt Ford likes clean cut skinny boys with good hair. so when his senses tell him he's falling for a big butch lumberjack he tries to run from the feeling, and straight into the furry arms of Mato, an actual bear he meets in the woods.
A club manager meets Carol, a principled small-town waitress who becomes his trusted right hand. Their friendship turns intimate, exploring swinging, coke-fueled fantasies, anal, and gloryhole thrills. Taboo confessions deepen their bond, but life pulls them apart. Years later, he reflects on the trust, sin, and lasting ache she left behind.
Sharon and Mike are now living in Cliff House and find the diaries and writings of Sharon's uncle in a trunk in the attic. This is the story of Uncle Jeremiah, from his birth in 1920's London, through the war, and after, until as an old man he writes it all down in 2000