Rick Bettencourt: 4 books

Carolyn Sohier, the Greta Garbo of divas, is giving a once in a lifetime concert that Tim can’t afford to attend. Tim—an overweight, twenty-something virgin—regrets lending the hunky bag boy at the grocery store money that could have bought him a ticket. Tim needs to call in his debts, but money isn’t the only thing holding him back.

A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday AnthologyONE NIGHTSTANDby RICK BETTENCOURTDoug’s not good with one-night stands, yet in the early hours of Christmas Eve, he returns home with Kirk—a good-looking guy he met at the club. Nestled together in the kitchen of his New England...

Three Gay Coming of Age Shorts that Read as Individual Narratives or as One Story The stories include:  Wacky Packages, a gay young adult story (1970s style)  How's he supposed to feel when his mom tells him it's wrong to think his best friend is so handsome?  It's the 1970s...

When Jon finds out his former husband has escaped from prison, the quiet life he's since created in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts--with his new boyfriend and daughter--shatters. Painting with Wine is a gay-thriller set in the cold, dark winter of New England. Let the intensity of this story warm you. It's a love story gone wrong--and a discovery gone right.