Sunshine and Shadows By K.C. Wells
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Tropes: Friends-to-lovers
Released: September 10, 2020
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 202 pages
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
From kids to adults.
From BFFs to lovers.
Except life is never that simple.
Jamie:
Oh My God, Stephen Taylor grew up to be gorgeous.
He called me feather-brain like he did when we were kids, and it was like he’d never left.
Except back then I wasn’t in a wheelchair.
Come on, Stephen. I haven’t changed. I’m still that glass-half-full kid you remember, honest.
Please, be different? See past the freaking chair?
Of course, what would make it goddamn perfect would be if you turned out to be gay, as well as tall and beautiful.
Hey, a guy can dream, right?
Stephen:
Oh my God, he hasn’t changed.
He’s still full of sunshine like he was as a kid.
He wants to know what life was like in California, but there’s only so much I can share.
I’m not going to tell him what I’ve been through. He doesn’t need to know I have lousy taste in men.
Why couldn’t just one of them have been like you, Jamie?
Because I could so fall in love with a guy like you.
Only one thing wrong with that – you wouldn’t want a guy like me
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Such a sweet story, I loved it!
Sunshine & Shadows is a wonderful story and I’m so glad that KC wrote this book. If this subject has been tackled in a romance, with as much depth as she did in this book, I haven’t run across it.Friends-to-lovers is tied with second chance for my favorite romance tropes. Although Stephen and Jamie didn’t have a romantic relationship when they were parted (they were only kids), the story still has that second chance feel because of them reconnecting after 13 years apart.
I love the way the subject matter was treated and at the same time I was so sad for Jamie because guys he had a date with couldn’t see past the chair to give him second date. Stephen is still recovering from a string of abusive relationships that have caused him to have no self-confidence when it comes to dating. Fate brought them back together again and they were perfect for each other.
The personality K.C. Wells gave Jamie was perfect. It kept the serious parts of the story from becoming too somber without taking away from the seriousness of the subject matter. I shed a few sad tears while reading this but there were far more happy ones shed – my favorite kind of story!
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Spicy
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
K.C. Wells lives on an island off the south coast of the UK, surrounded by natural beauty. She writes about men who love men, and can’t even contemplate a life that doesn’t include writing.
The rainbow rose tattoo on her back with the words ‘Love is Love’ and ‘Love Wins’ is her way of hoisting a flag. She plans to be writing about men in love – be it sweet and slow, hot or kinky – for a long while to come.
K.C. started writing gay romance in 2012, and at the time of writing this, (July 2020) she has sixty books published. Judging by the outlines in her Plot Bunnies folder, there’s a lot more to come…
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