Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Jeff and I have a lot of holiday goodness to share with you in this review packed episode. We kick it off with the gay Christmas movies, Lifetime’s The Christmas Setup and Paramount Network’s Dashing in December. In books, I review Fake Boyfriend for Christmas by Sean Ashcroft, Operation Fake Relationship by Jay Northcote and two titles from E.J. Russell, The Probability of Mistletoe and A Swants Soiree. In addition to the holiday merriment, we sing the praises of the just released Ryan Murphy adaptation of the broadway musical, The Prom.

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With more than 10 years of experience as an audiobook narrator, Sean Crisden has voiced a number of books and series from authors like TJ Klune, RJ Scott, Adriana Herrera and countless others. Sean talks with Jeff about how he got his start, what he loves about romances and who some of his favorite characters are. Sean also shares how he keeps his creative well full, and that he just might have a romance of his own in the works.

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Jeff and I love the holidays! There are so many great seasonal stories and movies. We’ve been watching and reading a lot. In this episode we discuss Hulu’s Happiest Season and Hallmark Channel’s The Christmas House. We also review Hearts Alight by Elliot Cooper, Holidays in Blue by Eve Morton, Gifts for the Season: Winter & Christmas M/M Charity Anthology, and Party Favors by Erin McLellan. Jeff also gives a shout out to American Ballet Theatre’s male/male pas de deux Touché, which recently premiered.

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For the last Listener Favorite episode of our fifth anniversary year, we present Suzanne Brockmann. Suzanne, along with her family, has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ inclusion in romance fiction. In this look back at interviews from 2017 (which featured her, her husband Ed Gaffney and her son Jason T. Gaffney), Suzanne discusses her efforts to get gay characters in some of her early work, including the groundbreaking addition of FBI agent Jules Cassidy to her Troubleshooter series, and the historic gay wedding she brought to readers in All Through the Night (which happens to be our Big Gay Fiction Book Club selection for December). We also hear from Suzanne, Ed and Jason about how the family creates projects like the California Comedy books and movies, such as The Perfect Wedding.

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Author Gillian St. Kevern joins us to talk about the latest in her Read by Candlelight series, The Christmas Party. She discusses the origins of the series and what attracts her to telling gothic tales. Gillian also shares what got her started writing, as well as details on her other series: Thorns and Fangs and Deep Magic. She’s also got a couple book recommendations too.

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Jeff and I get into the holiday spirit with the wonderful heartfelt romance, The Christmas Deal by Keira Andrews.

As always, in this deep dive discussion there are spoilers ahead. If you’ve read this delightful Christmas-set fake boyfriend romance, we’d love to hear what you think in the comments.

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