Will: Cal is a tattooed nice guy who happens to have struck it big in the lottery.
But I have to say, even in these opening moments, I also dearly love Fiona and the fact that they’re kind of making this little Christmas pact, and she’s going to become an awesome friend as this goes along. But that thing right there tells you a lot about his current mental state. There’s a lot of things going on with Archie that we’ll unwrap as we get into this story. And the thing that struck me, and just made me go, awww, and wanted to wrap Archie in a hug was this little internal dialogue of his own saying that “he was a misfit for no reason.” Jay does a great job of setting up who Archie is and kind of where he is in his life. Jeff: So much about Archie came through in this very opening chapter. On the walk home, Archie sees a gay couple kissing outside a bar and dreams of having someone, anybody like that in his life. Neither of them are looking for a relationship, and since she is, in fact nice, they decide to be friends at the very least for appearances sake, to keep their matchmaking parents off their backs. His mom tries to set them up with Fiona, a nice girl from a nice family. Will: So 21 year old, Archie is fresh out of uni and is decidedly bored at his sister’s high tone engagement party. If you’re in a position to help the podcast grow and would like more information simply head on over to /biggayfictionpodcast.Īnd you’re going to want to make sure to stick around after our discussion, we are pleased to bring you an excerpt from the audiobook of “A Boyfriend for Christmas” with narration from Hamish Long.
Patrons held keep this podcast running and fund the transcription of the episodes, making sure that this show is accessible to all readers and listeners. On the Big Gay Fiction Podcast Patreon page members get early access to the book club episodes and author interviews, as well as an exclusive monthly bonus episode that can’t be heard anywhere else. It’s because of them that we’re able to bring you podcast episodes every single week with interviews from your favorite authors, and reviews of some of the best books our genre has to offer. Jeff: Before we start our deep dive discussion of this month’s book, we’d like to quickly thank the members of our Patreon community. Will: This is the Big Gay Fiction Book Club episode for the month of December, and this month’s pick is the virgin meets tattooed bad boy holiday romance, “A Boyfriend for Christmas” by Jay Northcote. I’m Will, and with me as always is my co-host and husband, Jeff. Will: Welcome to episode 353 of the Big Gay Fiction Podcast, the show for avid readers and passionate fans of gay romance fiction.
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