In Sunshine or In Shadow

By Josh Lanyon

Keir and Rick are cops. Partners, best friends, and -- for a brief time -- lovers. But Rick thinks its too risky allowing yourself to fall in love with your partner, and Keir has had to accept that. Accept it and move on. In fact, he's traveling all the way to Ireland on his first solo vacation in years. Rick may just find out that green is the loneliest number.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Josh Lanyon
• Release date: Dec 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9780984766949

Josh Lanyon

Author of nearly ninety titles of classic Male/Male fiction featuring twisty mystery, kickass adventure, and unapologetic man-on-man romance, JOSH LANYON’S work has been translated into eleven languages. Her FBI thriller Fair Game was the first Male/Male title to be published by Harlequin Mondadori, then the largest romance publisher in Italy. Stranger on the Shore (Harper Collins Italia) was the first M/M title to be published in print. In 2016 Fatal Shadows placed #5 in Japan’s annual Boy Love novel list (the first and only title by a foreign author to place on the list). The Adrien English series was awarded the All-Time Favorite Couple by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group. In 2019, Fatal Shadows became the first LGBTQ mobile game created by Moments: Choose Your Story.She is an EPIC Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist (twice for Gay Mystery), an Edgar nominee, and the first ever recipient of the Goodreads All-Time Favorite M/M Author award.Find other Josh Lanyon titles at www.joshlanyon.comFollow Josh on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads.

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In Sunshine or In Shadow

Josh Lanyon

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

In Sunshine or In Shadow

Chapter One

"It’s a little awkward," Keiran said, and his gaze — a green that was almost gray — dropped suddenly to the little bowl of peanuts on the table between them. His blond eyebrows knitted together in a little scowl; very important to select exactly the right peanut, apparently.

Rick’s mouth quirked indulgently. They’d been partnered in Homicide for nearly five years, and he could be forgiven for thinking he knew Keir pretty well by now. One of the things he knew was that Keir preferred whole peanuts; he had an annoying habit of cherry picking the perfect peanuts out of any dish. Another thing Rick knew was that Keir had a tendency to over-think things. Not in the field, fortunately. Nothing wrong with Keir’s instincts or reflexes, but get three beers in him and he started brooding, and next thing you knew, he was spouting stuff from some half-forgotten philosophy course he’d taken in college.

Reviews for In Sunshine or In Shadow

[aahickman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a great short read. It made me smile in the end although I wasn't sure it would during the reading.

I liked that the characters were already established as friends and work partners when they were introduced, it did away with that sense of insta-love that always makes me a little uncomfortable. We got a great slice of them as a couple and what was driving them apart.

The end left me sighing in happiness!

[gaycitylgbtlibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

One of the best gay romance writers publishing today, this is a collection of Lanyon's short stories. (Karen)

[Ariam · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I found it surprisingly emotional for such a short read, maybe because there was so much backstory between those two. I would have liked to hear a bit more about how in the world Rick managed to make his decision- cause like, maybe some things were lost in translation, but he didn't seem to be making up his mind the last time we hear his pov. But oh well, still a lovely read ?