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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · 10d

𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐞, 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

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#mmromance #gayromance #lgbtqromance #genderfluid #indieauthor #indiebooks #buydirectfromauthors #buydirect

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 21

I loooove his art!

Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 19

‪Only $.99

𝐀 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫…⁣
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Author Store: readerlinks.com/l/5000085
Amazon: readerlinks.com/l/4995493

Heal Me is a contemporary romance about bad decisions, past trauma, and loving someone including their flaws.

#mmromance 🏳️‍🌈📚🎧 💙📚 🌈📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 📚💙

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 18

Now through September 20th, these books will be $.99. Happy Reading!

readerlinks.com/l/4995493

So pick up Heal Me for $.99, and if you don't have the audio yet, you can get that whispersynced for $5.05.

#mmromance 🏳️‍🌈📚🎧 💙📚 🌈📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 📚💙

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's Bisexual Awareness month, and today is the audiobook birthday for Choose Me, which features a bisexual MC.

It's a low-angst, brother’s best friend, contemporary MM romance about flawed but devoted families, taking chances, and sweet cinnamon roll Vikings.

readerlinks.com/l/4989081

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Red background with the Choose Me audiobook cover in the center. Under the cover is a red heart. above the cover is "Happy Audiobook Birthday!"

The cover is a blue sky background and dark forest. The cover wording is Beck Grey A Love in the Pacific Northwest Novel. Choose Me, narrated by Gary Furlong

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Aug 26

The 2nd Annual Year of Queer Lit Bookblast is live!

This year, you’ll find over 300 queer books—all either FREE or just $0.99—available now at www.yearofqueerlit.com

Double-check the price before you purchase, just to be sure you’re getting the deal.

#mmromance #queerbooks 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 📚💙 🌈📚 💙📚

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Aug 26

open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom

We have seen this song and dance before.

open.substack.com

Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Aug 20

Did you know I have an online store where you can buy my eBooks, audiobooks, and paperbacks directly from me? It cuts out the billionaires and allows me to sell my books in bundles so you save even more and I get to keep more of the royalties.

Check it out! store.beckgrey.com/collection/b...

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Aug 7

*A small-town photographer who’s given up on love
*A smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts
*Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.

The Great Maple Mistake is a low-angst, small-town contemporary LGBTQ romance.

readerlinks.com/l/4793381

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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · Jul 30

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 22

Oooh yes to all of that!

Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 22

What's your favorite trope? What's the one thing that guaranteed makes you fall in love with a book? Seriously, I want to know.

For me, I love a good fake date or idiots in love. Make it low-angst and I'm sold.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

A small-town photographer who’s given up on love

A smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts

Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.

The Great Maple Mistake

readerlinks.com/l/4721375

💙📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 🌈📚 #mmromance #lgbtq #lgbt #LoveInMaplewood #lowangst #highspice #romance

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 18

It's Friday and we've come to our final Love in Maplewood book release. Lee Blair's Don’t Clause a Scene is a low-angst, small-town story about an introvert & extrovert finding a groove, secrets—so many secrets—and a well-meaning town that cares maybe a little too much.

geni.us/mw-dcas

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 4

The Great Maple Mistake is available in Kindle and Kindle Unlimited right now, so grab your copy!

A small-town photographer who’s given up on love meets a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts.

Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.

readerlinks.com/l/4793381

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 2

Two more days! I'm so nervous!

Release day is July 4th - Pre-order now!

A small-town photographer who’s given up on love meets a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts. Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.
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readerlinks.com/l/4793381
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💙📚 🌈📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 #mmromance

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 1

Even if you're going through some bad times. Be kind. Maybe you'll be able to recognize when someone is trying to be kind to you.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 1

not networking. I was trying to do something nice for someone I like to follow on social media. I'm terribly sorry your in a bad place. excuse me for trying to lighten your load. offer rescinded.

Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm happy to add to your distraction technique if you enjoy low angst queer romance set in a fictitious small queer town in Vermont. If you do, DM me.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Great Maple Mistake will be live THIS Friday! Preorder now!

readerlinks.com/l/4793381

A small-town photographer who’s given up on love.
a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts.
Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist.

💙📚 🌈📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 #mmromance #queerbooksky #LGBTQ

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Reposted by Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · Jun 30

New releases:

www.queeromanceink.com/coming-soon/

Featuring:

The Great Maple Mistake
Beck Grey
MM
Contemporary

A Period of Adjustment
Ellie Thomas
MM
Historical

Unclaimed
Charity Parkerson
MM
Paranormal

#GayRomance @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social @elliethomas.bsky.social @charityparkerson.com

A Period of Adjustment cover - Ellie Thomas

The Great Maple Mistake cover - Beck Grey

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's Friday, which means it's time for the next release in the Love in Maplewood series!

books2read.com/ScoopMeUp

Check out Scoop Me Up, the latest in this multi-author, low-angst queer series set in the fictitious town of Maplewood, VT.

#mmromance 💙📚 🌈📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 #queerbooksky #bookseries #pride

graphic has a white square border with multicolored tiny stars and circles and a rainbow heart in the bottom left corner. On top of this is a solid medium blue background. In the center of that is the cover of the novel Scoop Me Up by Riley Long which has a row of green leafy trees and a beautiful pink and orange sunset in the background. In the foreground is a white male presenting person with black hair and black, short, facial hair. They are smiling and looking directly at the camera. They are wearing a black tank top and have their arms crossed over their torso. Around this cover and written across the blue background are arrows pointing toward the following words: Single Dad, Domestic Bliss, Non-binary rep, Queer awakening, Instant Attraction, Small Town, Low Angst, Teacher.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Love Audiobooks? Love saving money? Buy the Love in the Pacific Northwest Books 1-3 Audio Bundle directly from me and save!

readerlinks.com/l/4566776

🏳️‍🌈📚🎧 🌈📚 💙📚 💙📚🌈 🌶️📚 #mmromance #queerbooksky #pride #romancebooks #spicybooks #diverseromance #representationmatters #gayromance #lgbtqia #lgbtq+

green stone background. Top text: love in the pacific northwest audiobook bundle 1-3. There are three white smartphones showing an audiobook app, each featuring the cover of Beck Grey's first three audiobooks in the Love in the Pacific Northwest series. Save Me is a Second Chance at First Romance, featuring forced proximity and a low-medium angst level. Embrace Me is an Office Romance story featuring hurt/comfort, disability rep in the form of a Deaf main character, and has low-medium angst. Choose Me is a Brother's Best Friend story featuring hurt/comfort, disability rep in the form of a main character with severe social anxiety, and anther main character with family trauma induced PTSD. This story is low-angst.

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Beck Grey 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @beckgreyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hi Ciara. This was the first year for Pride LitCon, but the organizers are already planning for next year, over the same weekend and I believe it may even be at the same location. I’m sure there will be more info as we get closer to the next event. <3

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