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Coming Soon: Sample and Hold

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

On August 12th, we’ll actually have two new releases — Twelfth Night (Love’s Labours 2) from Dreamspinner Press and “Sample and Hold” as both an individual title and part of the First Timers anthology from Torquere Press. The full anthology … Continue reading →

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RainbowCon Roundup!

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Erin and I are just back from RainbowCon and trying to catch up with everything in the many lives that we both live.  But I wanted to get down some quick thoughts about what we learned from the event, while … Continue reading →

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May/December Relationships and power dynamics: flipping the scales

Posted on July 17, 2015 by erincmcrae

Power dynamics are often a huge issue in May/December relationships. For some readers, that’s the draw. For others, it’s a turnoff. For us, with Midsummer, which features a couple with a 17 year age difference (they’re 25 and 42), it … Continue reading →

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RainbowCon sales!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Various publishers we work with are providing discounts on our titles now through Sunday July 19, 2015 to celebrate RainbowCon. Here are the deals: Order any of our Torquere Press ebooks directly from Torquere and get 25% off using code … Continue reading →

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“Off-Kilter” and Plaid Nights now available!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Whole Anthology: In Plaid Nights, men in kilts are as varied as they are hot. Whether they’re caber tossers, rugby players, Highland warriors, country dancers, or time-traveling vampires, they’re up for surprises and sexy good times. Rob Rosen starts us … Continue reading →

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The Appeal of May/December and summer romance

Posted on July 16, 2015 by erincmcrae

The May/December trope is one that Racheline and I keep coming back to. Sometimes, it happens almost accidentally; as cowriters, we are sixteen years apart in age, and having characters with a large age gap between them lets there be … Continue reading →

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Location, Location, Location

Posted on July 14, 2015 by erincmcrae

In most of our books, Racheline and I set the action in real, tangible places. Often, we write with Google Maps open in one tab and Wikipedia in another, double-checking street names and population demographics. For Midsummer, our process was … Continue reading →

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Midsummer interview with Tempeste O’Riley

Posted on July 13, 2015 by erincmcrae

Tempeste was kind enough to interview us on her blog about Midsummer. We had a ton of fun talking about our books and our process. What makes your stories different from other authors out there? Everything we’ve written to date is … Continue reading →

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So Racheline used to be a dominatrix

Posted on July 12, 2015 by erincmcrae

In the early 2000s I worked as a dominatrix for about 18 months.  Doing the work as a pro didn’t really suit me, but I did learn a tremendous amount about myself, my kink, and other people and their desires … Continue reading →

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Personal connections to the BDSM culture

Posted on July 11, 2015 by erincmcrae

When I suggested writing Room 1024 to Erin, I thought it would be easy. After all, I’m intimately familiar with both BDSM activities and culture, and, despite being a chick, had a lot of mentors in the gay leather scene … Continue reading →

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