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Library Journal’s Best Indie Ebook 2017 for A Queen from the North

Best Bisexual Romance Rainbow Award 2017 for The Art of Three

Bi Writer of the Year 2017 Finalist for The Art of Three

2018 Imadjinn Awards Best Romance Novel Finalist for A Queen from the North

Author Archives: Racheline Maltese
Tremontaine 2.8: A Rushing of Wings
Writing and editing on season 2 of Tremontaine wrapped the same day as my episode of the season (“A Rushing of Wings,” written with Paul Witcover) went live. Our episode features a road trip, a highwayman, a rescue attempt, and a … Continue reading
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Re-release news: Off-Kilter and Sample & Hold
We’ve continuing our re-release adventures thanks to our rights return from Torquere (need details on why that happened, please check Writer Beware) “Off-Kilter” is our sweet (no cursing, no sex, some kissing) M/M (with an F/F b-plot) Scottish dance story! It’s … Continue reading
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On recent U.S. events
It’s been an absurdly long week around here, the election and its ramifications being a major, but non-exclusive, component of that. Right now, we’re both working hard on the things we need to do to protect ourselves, our families, our friends, … Continue reading
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Tremontaine at Lady Jane’s Salon in NYC
I am a late addition to this Monday’s Lady Jane’s Salon lineup! I’ll be joining K.M. Jackson and Suleikha Snyder as Ellen Kushner and I read from Tremontaine. November 7, 2016 7-9pm at Madame X 94 West Houston Street, … Continue reading
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12 Free Romances — because we all need a break!
While we hope that everyone in the U.S. will remember to vote, we know you absolutely need a break from the current political bleakness. With that in mind, we’ve teamed with 12 other romance authors to offer free books through … Continue reading
Apparently, I have to be outraged on the Internet today
Today, this appeared on the Internet: https://caferisque.blogspot.com/2016/10/labels-by-cardeno-c.html E(dited)T(o)A(dd): The author has apologized on the original post to commenters and has stated that the way they (and I) took the post was, thankfully, the opposite of their intent. I am choosing to … Continue reading
New releases and sales!
Vampires! We’ve re-released Snare, our weird off-the-grid, NYC as a vampire prison island M/M/M romance. Currently. it’s available in ebook only from Amazon (and a part of KU if you’re into that sort of thing). You can grab it at https://www.amazon.com/Snare-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B01MA5O2RO Shifters! … Continue reading
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Tremontaine S2 launches!
It’s the first day of Tremontaine S1, with Ellen Kushner’s episode “Convocation.” All eyes are on Duchess Diane Tremontaine at the Convocation, an annual soiree that opens the Council of Lords. With her mad husband exiled to the country, Diane is … Continue reading
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Tremontaine Season 2 launches October 19!
That’s right…it’s back. In a city that never was, sex, scandal, and swordplay combine in a melodrama of manners that takes readers to a world inspired by Elizabethan London, 18th century Paris, and 1980s New York City. Sexuality is fluid, … Continue reading
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GfY and the Love’s Labours series
There’s an important, ongoing discussion in Romancelandia about “Gay for You” books. That is, M/M romances where one or more of the main characters has never been attracted to men before. But things happen and our hero makes an exception … Continue reading