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Then the Stars Fall

By: Brandon Witt
Narrated by: Andrew McFerrin
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The death of his wife four years earlier left Travis Bennett a shell of the man he used to be. With his dog by his side, Travis raises his three children, manages his business, and works as a ranch hand. But every day, every minute, is an aching emptiness.

Wesley Ryan has fond memories of the small Ozark town of El Dorado Springs. Seeing it as a safe place to put his failed relationships behind him, Wesley moves into his grandparents' old home and takes over the local veterinary clinic. An early morning visit from Travis and his dog stirs feelings that Wesley seeks to push away - the last thing he needs is to fall for a man with baggage and three kids as part of the package.

Life, it seems, has other plans.

©2014 Brandon Witt (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press
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  • Categories: LGBTQ+

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Wonderful story with great writing

This was an absolutely wonderful, really well written story. This is my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. This story is based in a small town and is the story of Travis, a widower who is still mourning and in love with his wife after four years. Wesley is the new openly gay vet in town, who retreats to the small town of fond childhood memories to forget a cheating ex boyfriend. When they first meet it is definitely not love at first sight. In fact, since Travis calls Wesley the “f” word and is very hostile to him. I just thought, how the hell will the author convince me these two belong together; I didn’t really like Travis. It was a long road, but in the end, I was convinced. The narrator does an amazing job and really brought these two and all the supporting characters to life. This is a multiple POV book. A little angst, a little drama and a lot of love. My only nits were the overuse of the “f” word; giving POVs to minor characters; and, the fact that Travis seems to bring up his wife so much, it is somewhat distracting from his relationship to Wesley. Overall, well worth a credit..

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Sweet Romance

This was my first experience with Brandon Witt (certainly not the last just finished Shattered Door) and it was a great pleasure to be lost in his phenomenal writing style. Combined with the narration of Andrew McFerrin, I entered the world of Travis and Wesley and felt as if I was a part of that world. Witt provided excellent insight into each character, regardless of status in the story. I could feel the vial, antagonistic hate permeate from the 'evil' character and I could feel and relate to the struggles of both protagonists. Such intense skill and storytelling made this a tale in which I lost myself and related to journey of the characters. Certainly would recommend and am anxious to Witt's talents again as well as those of McFerrin's.

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Good story missing something

The missing part is the Romance or the feeling of falling in love - that part is very understaded and it is the Reason the book dosnt get five Stars.
Liked the Way the main character talks to his dead wife and the fact that the kids are a Big part of the story.

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A love story!

This book was a m/m love story but one of the first that I have listened to that didn't have any explicit love scenes. Most have a few or some are all about the sex. This book concentrated on feeling and relationships of the men with family and friends.

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Travis and Ryan were really cute together

This story featured a bisexual widower and a veterinarian who had no problem declaring his sexuality.

I won’t give a synopsis because many reviews have done a great job with that already. I just want to say that I liked Travis Bennett as he was trying his best to raise three kids after the death of his wife. He really struggled with her loss and accepting his sexuality but I loved that he worked his way to Wesley Ryan. Travis didn’t take attraction to Ryan lightly. Travis agonized about it until he made up his mind to submit to it. I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook as Travis gave his best effort in romancing Ryan. It was endearing and cute. I found the secondary characters, Mason, Wendy, the in-laws etc to be entertaining.

All the characters were flawed, but that’s what made this book so good to me. It was complicated but real, especially given the fact that they lived in a small town. I also liked that we finally saw that the deceased wife knew about Travis and didn’t reject him for being attracted to me as well.

I think the author did a great job of not overloading the book with sex but gave a lot of varied emotions throughout the book. I will definitely read this author again.

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Wonderful love story

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This is a beautiful love story with a host of individual characters with whom I fell in love. The story is well written and the narration just awesome. I loved all of the different, distinct voices and personalities portrayed. Travis and Jason are my two favorite characters but I loved Wesley's vulnerability and would love to hear the stories of Wendy, Mason, Avery and Caleb as they grow and change. I even loved the "out there" Iris. I can just see her in those mumus! El Do reminds me of the small town in Kansas where I lived for a few years with my partner, and our son. Our rainbow stickered car eventually just fit in.

Although it sounds like a painful story, I can't wait to read The Shattered Door (why isn't it available as an audio book as well?). Keep it up Mr. Witt. You write em and I'll read em. (or listen to Mr. McFerrin bring them to life!)

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Sweet, sweet story with fabulous narrator

Wesley moves back to the small town of El Dorado after a break up, but there is no hiding he’s a city boy. He drives a yellow Miata convertible with a rainbow dog sticker and everyone in town knows just what that means. He is faced with prejudice and sometimes violence, but he stays in town to be close to a family that was once good to him.

Travis is heart broken, he just lost his wife to cancer, his dog is sick and he has 3 kids to raise. He doesn’t want to be attracted to the “swishy” Wesley, so he’s a jerk at first, but later, he begins to think Wesley might just be exactly what he needs to heal.

The town finds out about their romance and makes life rough for both the couple and their family. Prejudice like this just doesn’t die an easy death and they drive a wedge between Wesley and Travis that has to be overcome before they can really be together.

The kids in this story are great, and (blessedly) easy going about a new love interest for dad, even though it’s a man. Wendy, Travis’ sister is also amazing, and helps to keep things running smoothly when times get rough.

There is an amazingly happy ending after a lot of hard work and some devastation, and our pair finally settles in to life HEA.

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This is an amazing book. It is sad, realistic, funny, sweet, tender and somewhat sexy. The love scenes are fade to black, and that may turn some people off, but the emotion is there and the love story is incredible.

I loved the setting and the pragmatism shown by the “country folk” and really appreciated the truly bi-sexual nature of Travis. He absolutely loved his wife and mourns her deeply. But… he is absolutely attracted to (and later in love with) Wesley and that is also part of who he is.

I highly recommend this book for the romance and the writing.


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Andrew McFarrin really did an amazing job with this amazing story. He handles the emotion well, I loved the difference between Travis and Wesley – striking and perfect! – he handles the female and children’s voices well and overall really impressed me.


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A very worthwhile Read

This is so much more than a gay love story. I definitely recommend! Also,The voice actor is one of the best I've encountered.

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Loved it!

This is by far one of the best books I've listen to. Worth the purchase(or credit).

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Amazingly real

I loved this book. It has such complex and realistic characters and isn't just focused on the sex, as so many gay novels are. I really enjoyed the tension at the beginning between Travis and Wesley, and then how love grows from their undeniable attraction.

The supporting characters were also complex and realistic and added to the story in many ways. Andrew McFerrin's narration is great too. He is able to do many voices and unlike a lot of male narrators, is able to make women sound realistic also.

An excellent novel.

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