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Sentenced to Christmas

By: Marshall Thornton
Narrated by: Dana P. Rowe
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A charming and wacky enemies-to-lovers rom-com from the two-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Romance.

When gay activist Gage Hammond is accused of burning down a patriotic Christmas tree that stands in front of a conservative radio station, the judge sentences him to learn the true meaning of Christmas: Hammond must join buttoned-up prosecutor Cal Cutler and his family for the holiday. There’s just one problem—okay, maybe a lot of problems. But at the top of the list: Cal’s in the closet and it’s not even his family!

©2023 Marshall Thornton (P)2025 Marshall Thornton Contemporary Romance Romantic Comedy Winter Christmas
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Someone has torched a corporate Christmas tree outside the radio station of a notorious right-wing commentator. Social worker / gay activist Gage Hammond has confessed and when he appears before the court for a plea deal, the right-wing judge stipulates that Gage spend Christmas with a good Christian family. Gage must show the court he understands the true meaning of Christmas before the judge will sign off on the deal. Given his lawyer is Jewish, the judge selects prosecutor Cal Cutler’s family for the assignment. Only Cal has been living a lie and he’s deathly afraid of Gage discovering his secret.

This was a completely whacky gay romcom, entertaining without any steam. Cal and the right-wing characters aren’t morally decent, but Gage and the family he stays with are thoroughly good people. This has a lot of political content and a bunch of right-wing tropes and conspiracy theories, like “the War on Christmas”, are canvassed in a very amusing way. I thoroughly enjoyed the offbeat characters, the story, and politics of it all, but I’m glad I don’t live in the US if these views are commonplace. You can skate through and just enjoy the farcical nature of it all but it does bring home some important messages. 🎧 Dana P. Rowe did a great job of all the zany characters. The only downside was the sound quality but I adjusted to that pretty quickly.

What a fun and whacky festive romcom!

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