Bruce K Beck

Biography

Bruce K Beck is both a writer and an accomplished chef. He is the author of PRODUCE: A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE LOVERS’ GUIDE, which was called “gorgeous” by The New York Times, “a dazzler” by Bon Appetit, and “the most spectacular food book of the year” by The Boston Globe. His next book was THE OFFICIAL FULTON FISH MARKET COOKBOOK, which was called “invaluable” by Jacques Pépin, and “a treasure” by Irene Sax of Newsday. And Rex Reed said, “. . .you’ll love this book. It’s like a movie!”

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Books

Spring Tales
Series: Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series, Book 4. Pre-release—available May 15, 2024. Price: $4.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Welcome to SPRING TALES, Book Four of Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers revisit the seven sets of charming characters we first met last summer, as they strive to build better lives and stronger relationships during the magical season of rebirth and renewal.
Winter Tales
Series: Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 33,810. Language: English. Published: October 1, 2023 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Welcome to WINTER TALES, Book Three of Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers get to revisit the seven sets of handsome couples they first met in summer and grew to love even more deeply in autumn. Seven sets of narrators and the people who love them as they navigate their lives in the winter wonderland that is New York City.
This Is God's Country
Series: Bruce K Beck's Tolerance Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 42,670. Language: English. Originally Published: April 1, 2019 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Two baby boys are born on the same winter day in a small city in North Carolina. On opposite sides of town. When they meet—at university, not in their hometown—they fall in love and start planning a life together. Kit, the white boy, is rich; Gabriel, the black boy, is poor. Can they make their relationship work? Can they build a productive—and safe—life together? Not back home, they decide...
You're Sure to Fall in Love
Series: Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 36,580. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2017 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Our narrator hopes to maintain his new relationship with the talented musician Bobby James, who is handsome, charming, and twenty years his senior. But then everything seems to change when they head off together to spend the entire summer of 1976 in the sexual candy store that was Provincetown, Massachusetts. In no time at all our narrator is greeted by a rival—the dangerous Jake Holman; a...
Love Obsessed
Series: Obsession Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 42,230. Language: English. Originally Published: April 1, 2020 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
If the narrator, Oliver Hartmann, hadn't been walking through Central Park one glorious October afternoon, he'd never have caught the ball. Nor would he have caught the heart of the man whose young son lobbed the long-distance pass. But Oliver was there, and accepting a new romance seemed almost as easy as letting the ball fall into his arms. Too easy? Surely Oliver had earned a chance to mend...
It's Their Way
Series: Bruce K Beck's Tolerance Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 46,620. Language: English. Originally Published: August 1, 2020 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
IT'S THEIR WAY is the latest offering in Bruce K Beck's Tolerance Trilogy. The narrator, Chef Justin Alexander, is very good at running a kitchen, but less successful at love. When he meets Cole, the man of his dreams, he finally seems ready to shed the darkness of his childhood and move forward into the light. But a residual stain—the curse of American racism—rears its ugly head and derails...
Summer Tales
Series: Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 45,860. Language: English. Originally Published: December 15, 2021 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Welcome to Book One of my new Four Seasons Series of short story collections. In SUMMER TALES, you meet seven sets of characters I find irresistible—so much so that I decided to stay with them for the coming seasons. You'll discover a handsome collection of New Yorkers and the people who love them, all striving to build satisfying lives in the Big City while the summer sun blesses them. Welcome...
And Love Endures
Series: Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 39,690. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2018 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
After a decade-and-a-half in a solid relationship, our narrator begins to feel his life with Bobby is in a downward spiral. As his relationship with his precious mate becomes increasingly difficult, he has to make some choices: Can he heal Bobby? Can he heal himself? Can they go on together? And, if not, then what could life possibly become? Old friends—and new friends—help our narrator find...
Love and the Epidemic
Series: Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 48,190. Language: English. Originally Published: May 1, 2018 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When the New Year gets off to a rocky start, our narrator begins to wonder just where things are headed. Surely he and Bobby, his mate of ten years, are standing on solid ground. Or are they? Can they continue to live and love as they've been doing? As the AIDS epidemic swirls all around them, and loss becomes the new normal, will their comfortable life survive? Will their friends survive? Will...
Giving Thanks
Series: Holiday Novella Series, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 28,200. Language: English. Originally Published: August 1, 2021 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Gallerist Tim Hart has recently faced the sudden death of his long-term partner—with uneven success. Sure, he can keep his gallery running and keep his dog cared for. But what about the possibility of a bright future which includes new love? Tim is not so willing to consider that—until he realizes that the hot young guy who has been working for him may be the one to help him find healing. Now...
Holiday Novella Series Box Set
Series: Holiday Novella Series. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 98,730. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2021 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
If a lot can happen in a New York minute, imagine a New York year!  Readers can now join the heroes and heroines (plus a few villains) of all four stories in the Holiday Novella Series, starting with Christmas and coming full circle to Thanksgiving and beyond.  Each book has its own narrator, and yet the rich tapestry of interwoven lives unites the four stories.
My Easter Miracle
Series: Holiday Novella Series, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,710. Language: English. Originally Published: March 1, 2021 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When photographer Ken Garda flies to Montana to photograph a celebrity wedding, he has no expectation that his heart—and his life—will turn upside down. But when he meets the videographer assigned to assist him, Ken develops a keen interest that goes well beyond photography. Assistant Matt Flowers welcomes the flirtation, but he—like Ken— is unprepared for the depth of feeling he's about to...
Opera Obsessed
Series: Obsession Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 40,630. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2019 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When narrator Julian Harcourt, on his way to the Met Opera, is knocked down by a taxi in front of Lincoln Center, he has no expectation that a handsome young man—a tenor—will help him up. But Stuart Kreisler happens to be right there. And then they both have to decide if a friendship will follow. Will Julian be swept off his feet—figuratively, this time? Or does the universe have quite...
Independence Daze
Series: Holiday Novella Series, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,620. Language: English. Originally Published: June 1, 2021 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
INDEPENDENCE DAZE is the third in Bruce K Beck's Holiday Novella Series. Narrator Jerry Darnley has been nursing a broken heart for years, so he is slow to consider a new romance. Slow until he meets a very cute, very energized young guy named Seth Greenly, who upends all of Jerry's polite notions of dating and sex. Jerry might be able to just enjoy his new fling, except that he has also...
A Buckskin Christmas
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,240. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2020 by Bruce K Beck. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
When editor Dan Blackwell invites writer Caleb Bromley to stay in his back bedroom, Dan already anticipates that his heart will be in danger. When Caleb turns out to be even handsomer than his photo suggested, and when he exhibits quiet charm and good nature, Dan is head-over-heels. How will he get his work done? Dan wonders. And how will he survive a few months with a straight beauty right in...
Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy Box Set
Series: Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 125,010. Language: English. Originally Published: March 23, 2020 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
For the first time, readers can follow the adventures of Bobby and Sunshine over decades—in one volume. From the raucous 1970s, to the terrifying 1980s, to the sobering 1990s, and beyond. Savor all three volumes of Bruce K Beck's Love Trilogy, and experience the evolution of lives and loves, friendships and foibles, growth and guilt, with lust and loss in equal measure. And resolution, of course.
Autumn Tales
Series: Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 39,890. Language: English. Originally Published: September 1, 2022 by Bruce K Beck. Categories: Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Welcome to AUTUMN TALES, Book Two of the Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers get to follow the seven sets of handsome couples from SUMMER TALES, and the people who love them, as they all experience the wonder that is Autumn in New York. Welcome to deepening romances, commitments made, difficult choices, jealousies, plans and surprises, passion and purpose in equal measure...
Such a Good Man
Series: Bruce K Beck's Tolerance Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 43,930. Language: English. Originally Published: December 1, 2020 by Audacity Books. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Narrator Paul Cornell thinks he is sailing smoothly toward his fortieth birthday when the sudden appearance of an old flame rocks his boat. Paul knows he has never forgotten George, but he is still unprepared for the rush of emotions and the waves of disruption that follow their chance meeting. An attorney for a staid old New York City church, Paul is unused to drama in his life, until George...
You're Sure to Fall in Love--The Cookbook
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,070. Language: English. Originally Published: September 19, 2017 by Audacity Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » Essays
YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE, indeed, with this slender volume written by Bruce K Beck as a companion to his delightful new novel. THE COOKBOOK gives readers step-by-step instructions for preparing all the dishes that appear in the story. Inspired by summer in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but suitable for many locales and occasions, these are dishes with big flavors that are sure to please...
Ink Obsessed
Series: Obsession Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 41,060. Language: English. Originally Published: August 1, 2019 by Bruce K Beck. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
A large, beautiful tattoo piques the narrator's interest one day at the gym. And then he realizes the tattoo is but one feature of the young man who wears it. He decides the rest is even better. Clement Tyler is forty-two when readers first meet him. And the object of his obsession, Dominick, is in his early twenties—and most likely straight. Clem is a comfortably affluent self-employed...