Tanner finds himself alone and with a house that he bought because he promised his late wife Emma that even if she was gone he'd buy the house that captured her heart and live out their dream for her. He's felt lost in the year since she died not knowing what to do with himself besides spend the year grieving and moving to the house his wife loved with a fixer upper of a barn that was half destroyed a long time ago and was never fixed or torn down. He doesn't know what's next for him except that being there helped him feel closer to Emma, and that helped, but he still felt that loneliness that she once saved him from when they met. Until he meets Cole. Cole is freshly released from jail and homeless, just looking for a place to go and start his life over. The only person he ever had in his life died while he was in jail, so he was alone in the world and with a record to boot, so getting a job isn't easy. But then he meets Tanner, and he's given a chance. Tanner offers Cole a job fixing up his barn, and in turn, Cole can stay there, and Tanner will provide him with a meal 3 times a day. Cole is a proud man determined to make it on his own and agrees to stay as long as he can earn his keep. Finally, Cole seems to be able to breathe a bit easier than he has in a long time. As Cole is fixing up the barn, he stumbles upon a loose floorboard where he finds an old journal by a man named Tom who used to live in the home Tanner bought. Together, Tanner and Cole start to read about the tale of two men who were best friends and also fell in love at a time it was dangerous to love someone of the same sex. The more passages they read and the more time they spend together unconsciously easing each other's loneliness and their hearts, the more they can feel a shift in the friendship they started to forge. Tanner isn't gay, yet he's started noticing Cole in a way he never has with another man before. There's definitely attraction there and a deep sense of connection he's never felt before. They understand each other and make each other happy. This book really puts into perspective how cruel life can be simply for loving someone of the same gender. As Cole and Tanner read about the beautiful love unraveling in the pages of Tom's journal and the way he and Charlie had to hide it from the public because it wasn't safe is so heady that I think it helps Tanner come to terms with the way he starts to feel for Cole than when they'd first met. It spurred him to live his truth and his love for Cole, for the people who would never get to do the same. For Tom and Charlie. I'll definitely admit I ugly cried through the last parts of Cole, Tanner, Tom, and Charlie's story. Tom and Charlie's story should be taken as an example that love that deep will never be wrong and it deserves to be fought for even if ugly people think differently. It was a story in a story of love, loss, and the hope that things will keep changing and we're no longer condemned for a love others view as wrong. These men will stick with me long after I post this review and give me the courage to fight for myself and others who are like these wonderful men.
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