num_pages: 266
description: **2019 Lambda Literary Award finalist in Gay RomanceAfter the death of his wife Tanner Rowe takes a step toward making her dying wish come true and buys the house with the dilapidated barn shed been inexplicably drawn to in the picturesque Upper Peninsula. But after a year he still cant get past his grief long enough to make the repairs hed 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 Tanners property that hasnt 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 Tanners own relationship shiftsfrom acquaintances to friendsto undeniable attraction. But as they begin to deal with the newness of falling in love in the wake of Tanners loss and Coles past they also become more determined to unravel the mystery of the young lovers whove captured their hearts the rumors about the fire and what really happened that fateful night.TW: Homophobia
language: English
title: Of Sunlight and Stardust
publisher: Christina Lee and Riley Hart