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Of Sunlight and Stardust Kindle Edition

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*2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist in Gay Romance After the death of his wife, Tanner Rowe takes a step toward making her dream come true and buys the house with the dilapidated barn she’d been inexplicably drawn to in the picturesque Upper Peninsula. But after a year, he still can’t get past his grief long enough to make the repairs he’d promised. Recently out of prison, Cole Lachlan has little to his name. Homeless, broke, and without many options as a felon, Cole heads to Red Bluff with hopes of a second chance. There he meets Tanner, whose loneliness mirrors his own, and soon Cole is trading room and board for rebuilding the burned-out barn on Tanner’s property that hasn’t been touched in seventy years. Turns out, the barn holds more secrets than either of them could have imagined. After unearthing a hidden journal from 1948, Cole and Tanner spend their evenings poring over the pages, reading about a young man pining after his best friend. The deeper they delve into this forbidden affair from the past, the more Cole and Tanner’s own relationship shifts—from acquaintances to friends…to undeniable attraction. But as they begin to deal with the newness of falling in love in the wake of Tanner’s loss and Cole’s past, they also become more determined to unravel the mystery of the young lovers who’ve captured their hearts, the rumors about the fire, and what really happened that fateful night.

*TW: Homophobia
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Christina Lee is also the author of Before You Break. She lives outside of Cleveland with her husband and son--her two favorite guys. Reading has always been her favorite pastime, so creating imaginary worlds has become a dream job.




Riley Hart is the girl who wears her heart on her sleeve. She's a hopeless romantic. A lover of sexy stories, passionate men, and writing about all the trouble they can get into together. If she's not writing, you'll probably find her reading.

Riley lives in California with her awesome family, who she is thankful for everyday.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HHKN646
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Christina Lee and Riley Hart; 1st edition (September 18, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 18, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.7 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0C6VZK2HY
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2018
    There are some books that fill your heart to bursting point and every time you think of them, your heart flutters a little. They are those books that you cannot help but recommend to every one of your friends, and over time, they become some of your favourite re-reads. Riley Hart and Christina Lee’s latest collaboration is every bit as beautiful as I’ve come to expect from this excellent duo, and from the very first page, I was besotted. A tender story of love that both heals and breaks the heart, and told through two very different narratives, braided together, but separated in time—one set in the present, and the other told through letters from many years before—a novel like this gives voice to all the forgotten love stories that could not be, and all the ones that wouldn’t have been possible had times not changed. I loved this book so much, I never wanted it to end.

    Set in a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the small-town setting is crucial to understanding the full story. We meet Tanner Rowe a year after the death of his beloved wife, just as he moves into an old farmhouse with a half-burned-down barn. A college professor, Tanner is a man with no family, a man who’s only ever loved one person in his whole life, and whose untimely death has left a deep sense of emptiness and loneliness in his heart that nothing can dispel. The farmhouse was once his wife’s dream for a new chapter in their life together, but it has now become just a constant reminder of all the ways he’s failed her in life, and every moment inside it only serves to feed his guilt.

    𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵… 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮… 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

    Cole Lachlan has spent the past four years of his life in prison, and even though months have passed since his release, his new felony record has prevented him from finding work anywhere. At every turn, employers have turned him down for job opportunities, leaving him homeless and with very little to his name. He arrives in the picturesque town of Red Bluff, Michigan wanting to make a new life for himself, but his hopes for a fresh start begin to sour as he fails to find a job time and time again, making his living situation progressively worse as days go by.

    𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

    When Tanner and Cole’s paths suddenly cross, they are just two men drowning in desperation and loneliness who recognise those feelings in one another, and when Tanner hires Cole to restore the old barn on his property, thus putting a roof over his head, they begin to forge a hesitant friendship that offers them both comfort and inner peace.

    “𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
    “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱?” 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
    “𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱,” 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦.
    “𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵…𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. “𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦,” 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥.

    But in the midst of it all, Cole discovers an old journal hidden in the old barn, telling the tale of a forbidden love from a long-ago era, and as they begin to read together about a young man named Tom falling in love with his best friend Charlie, Tanner and Cole’s friendship begins to change in a myriad of ways, their growing attraction leading to the possibility of something infinitely more. And once they give in, their hearts latch onto each other with growing intensity and emotion, falling in love easily and without hesitation.

    𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦.

    But as Tanner and Cole delve deeper and deeper into the mystery of the barn fire and the events leading to it, we watch two beautiful love stories unravel in the very same place, but several decades apart, providing a searing comparison between those times, and all the ways society has moved forward over the years. Riley Hart and Christina Lee’s knack for telling intimate, human stories with a greater meaning is marvellous and rare, and while their every love story fills us with joy and wonder, there is a subtle but thoughtful social commentary permeating their novels that is both perceptive and optimistic. This is one of those beautiful reads that stays with you, and squeezes your heart all over again every time you revisit it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2025
    Beautiful...simply beautiful. This tale is fierce! Tanner and Cole are drawn together. as if a thread is pulling them inevitably towards each other. A haunting, sexy creation of love and the human condition. I highly recommend this crazy ride especially if you believe inn fate and second chances.😘
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
    Pro tip: Maybe don’t try to finish this story at 3 o’clock in the morning while your partner is sleeping because you’re going to have to figure out how to ugly cry on mute. 😅

    The second I read the synopsis, I knew this story was going to get me, but I did not expect it to rip me to shreds the way it did. This is truly a magical and emotional book, with one of the most unique plots I’ve found in a while (one heck of a feat in the MM romance genre, imo).

    I would probably rate it a 3.75, overall. I got lost more than once, trying to figure out who was talking or being referenced when the authors would stick with just “he/him/his” vs. names or clearer descriptors, like “the other man” or something like that. It was distracting enough that I would have to reread paragraphs or flip back to a previous page to catch myself up again. I also wish we had just a little more build-up for Tanner and Cole. I didn’t fully buy into their affections initially because it felt incomplete, if that makes sense. I got there eventually, but I just needed a little *more*.

    Overall, though, I absolutely would recommend this book. I think it’s incredibly important, especially today/in the current political climate, for us in the lgbtq+ community to remember those who came before us, even, maybe especially, those whose stories may never get to be told; celebrate how far we’ve come, the progress we’ve made, and the wins we’ve achieved; and keep pushing forward in honor of those who never got the chance and are no longer with us. It’s also just plain beautiful and the prose is downright lyrical at times, and it ends with a feeling of so much hope that I was just about bursting with it.

    I’m really grateful for this story, even if I did almost throw up from crying during the last like 20% lolol (I feel a lot, okay?)
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2018
    You know it’s a sign of an incredible book when you wake up still thinking about it and start crying all over again. And you’re crying in the shower as you’re getting ready for work. And you’re crying on the drive into work and cursing the lack of sunlight that would allow you to put your sunglasses on so you could hide your tear filled eyes from all the other commuters. And you’re sitting at work trying to hold it together so you can write a review that even kind of makes sense. If you haven’t figured it out by now, this book was incredible, it was beyond incredible really. It’s unique and breathtaking and it’s going to be right there at the top of my favorite reads at the end of the year.

    Of Sunlight and Stardust is so beautiful and stunning and heartbreaking and all the best things you want in a book. It had me all up in my feelings from the start and I’m still not over it yet- this is another book that will be staying with me, that I’ll constantly think about. Tanner and Cole stole my heart from the minute I met them. They both have been through so much in their lives, they’re each damaged in their own way and fighting the loneliness that threatens to overtake them. But the moment they first set eyes on each other there was an instantaneous and unexplainable connection between them. A connection that only grew the more time they spent together.
    And it was just so lovely watching these two men fall in love and heal each other.

    Ms. Lee and Ms. Hart have written a story that touched me deeply. As I got towards the end I kept putting the book down every few minutes, because I did not want to let these characters go. I wish I could carry Tanner and Cole with me all the time.
    I really hope no one spoils anything about this story because it’s so special and people need to experience this journey for themselves.
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  • Hayden V.
    5.0 out of 5 stars E-book.
    Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2024
    Great product.
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    Reviewed in Mexico on December 13, 2023
    Una historia llevada con sentimiento y personajes que a pesar de sus vivencias llevan coraje en el corazón. Del ayer al hoy.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Oh... wow *breath*
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 1, 2021
    If you are reading this looking for opinions and trying to decide if this book is worth reading....
    IT IS! GO FOR IT!
    Goodness! This is a master piece. I'm an emotional wreck right now! The characters backgrounds and feelings run deep and the story grows at a steady pace, calm but intense in so many ways... I just can't fully explain. It's sad, beautiful, inspirational, mysterious, romantic, hot.... Really so good!!! Seriously... I couldnt stop reading until it finished and by the end I was nearly sobbing.
  • Frost
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbound
    Reviewed in France on December 2, 2024
    Beautiful story yet tragic. I usually empathize with characters, but the way I did which Cole and Tanner, never. I will try to stay as vague as possible in order not to spoil. But there is a moment in the book were until that point I carried the same hope as Tanner and Cole... and was as devasted to learn the truth. I tell myself it is a fiction, a very well written one. They are million books about homophobia, this one though... it is a fiction, only it truly happens, people being harrassed, disowned or worse so so worse. Like the book says, only because of human nature to love another one, but not the one society deems right. Whether because of gender, skin colour or even the person you live not living in the same town as you.

    Furthemore, this book is also about the journey of trying to get back on your feet after life threw you some nasty curveballs, about being forgiven and forgiven yourself for past mistakes. About living on when everything has been lost.

    I am still shaken by this story, it has a happy ending but yeah it... I can't say more, no spoilling here.

    Authors, Thank you for this Beautiful yet tragic story. I really hoped and shaked along Tanner and Cole, they really deserve their happiness after everything and I don't know how to describe your talents for coveying this through words. It think was masterfully well written. I was spellbound. Thank you so much.
  • JMG
    3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable but gave goosebumps
    Reviewed in Spain on August 24, 2023
    It was a great read. I loved the journal entries.
    It felt predictable, you could feel the connections, but thats not a bad thing, this is not a thriller so seeing it coming makes it even more sensible.
    Liked it.

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