My Favorite Uncle

Martin Dixon's carefully-constructed, peaceful life is turned upside down when his super Christian eighteen-year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces he's gay.

Martin's first impulse is to send him back to his parents.

But when he discovers that Carter has been in a mental hospital to cure his gayness he realizes he's stuck with the boy.

Unfortunately, the two get on each other's nerves, each driving the other to distraction.

Independently, however, they each arrive at the same conclusion.

The other would be much less annoying if he only had... a boyfriend.2014 Rainbow Award Runner Up Gay Contemporary Fiction