Category Archives: Starling

Doves Blog Tour has begun!

Posted on January 22, 2015 by erincmcrae

In addition to the five (five!) blog posts we have going up in various places today, we’re actually starting out this morning with a thing we wrote for Starling. But The 13 Benefits of Collaborative Writing are just as true for Book … Continue reading →

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Starling: A New Year’s Eve Excerpt

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

It’s New Year’s Eve and three weeks away from the release of Doves, book 2 in the Love in Los Angeles series. Below is an excerpt from a New Year’s Eve party that takes place relatively late in Starling, the first book in the … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Women of Love in Los Angeles, Part 6: Beth Keane

Posted on December 3, 2014 by erincmcrae

And we’re back, with more phenomenal women from Love in Los Angeles. When we started venturing into the M/M romance space, we were told again and again that people who read gay romance don’t want women in their books, as love … Continue reading →

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Holidays: Liam

Posted on December 2, 2014 by erincmcrae

While we don’t usually think of Starling as a holiday book, the reality is that Thanksgiving and Christmas loom large in it, with one of Alex’s major growing up moments happening in a thoughtful moment after attending midnight mass at … Continue reading →

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Thank you

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

About a year ago, Erin & I got the yes from Torquere on Starling. It was Thanksgiving weekend, she was at a bar in Rochester, and we’d finally decided enough time has passed beyond the deadline Torquere promises a response … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sundries: Sales, New releases, and More

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

From now through midnight November 27, 2014 EST, everything in the Torquere store is 20% off with code thankful2014. This includes Starling and “Lake Effect.” Torquere is also offering a number of free reads at present, so it’s a great … Continue reading →

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New Sale: Evergreen to Torquere Press

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Evergreen is an 11,000+ word novelette that will be out as part of Torquere’s Santa’s Little Kinksters anthology, coming on December 17, 2014. You’ll be able to buy it on its own or with the other stories in the anthology. Currently digital-only … Continue reading →

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Want a Sneak Peek at Chapter 1 of Doves?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by erincmcrae

Did you read Starling? Do you want to talk about it? Was that preview in the back of the book for Doves not enough to tide you over until January? For the next week, if you leave a review on Starling, we’ll give you an … Continue reading →

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Starling and its unlikely, accidental alpha hero

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

The character we were most worried about the reception of in Starling is currently the one people most often mention as their favorite. Victor is enigmatic, cantankerous, and often unpleasant. He’s also asexual, a fact which is the subject of significant … Continue reading →

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10 things we learned about Starling now that it has readers

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Today is the 1 month birthday of Starling.  Erin is off in the woods on holiday and almost entirely out of touch, and I’ve been deep in the weeds with my non-writing life, although we have some more exciting announcements … Continue reading →

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