Tim loves drama and plays. Fired from the grocery store because he got caught with a hotter-than-Hades bagger, Tim Benton is down on his luck. While he's obsessed with getting tickets for a once-in-a-lifetime show, he can't keep his mind off Javier, the bad-boy who's straighter than the arrow piercing his heart.

TIM ON BROADWAY is a coming of age gay romance, played out in New York City, Maine, and Salem, Massachusetts. It explores ideas about one’s place in the world, and will having you laughing, crying, and cheering for Tim. His office antics will entertain and humor you.

Magical realism at its best: A diva, psychic happenings, and a real Salem witch help Tim to find himself along the way.

This is a stand-alone novel with about 75,000 words and was nominated for a 2014 Lambda Literary Award in gay romance.

Praise for TIM ON BROADWAY
“…in the so-called gay genre it's among the best that I've read in a while, and what a nice reward for those of us who spend a lot of time searching for something worthwhile.”-Bill M.

“…a refreshingly different style.” –An Amazon Customer

"Rick Bettencourt steps into an enlarging spotlight of fellow LGBT writers - a circle stage front that includes such names as David Sedaris, Edmund White, Felice Picano, Robert Rodi, Michael Cunningham, David Leavitt, Alan Hollinghurst, Colm Tóibín, et al - and comes on very strong with this new book TIM ON BROADWAY." --Grady Harp, Literary Aficionado