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Big sales at Dreamspinner and Torquere Press!

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

For the rest of August, use code BTS2015 at TorqerePress.com to get 35% of everything in your cart.  This means you can get the entire Love in Los Angeles series to date (books 1 – 3 and the novelette Evergreen) for … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night (Love’s Labours 2) — Out now!

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

And it’s release day! If you pre-ordered from Dreamspinner, you can go to your Dreamspinner account and download it now. If you pre-ordered from elsewhere you should have an email from that distributor. If you haven’t snagged it yet: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Twelfth-Night-Loves-Labours-Book-ebook/dp/B0139K6ZVA … Continue reading →

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35% off Midsummer & Twelfth Night at DSP website

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Dreamspinner Press is having a 35% off sale on all contemporary titles in its store August 5 – 9, which means you can get Midsummer (Love’s Labours 1) for $2.59 vs. the usual $3.99 and pre-order Twelfth Night (Love’s Labours … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Summerstock: Fantasy vs Reality

Posted on July 15, 2015 by erincmcrae

Midsummer is an M/M May/December gay-for-you summer romance, set at a summer stock production of deep in the Virginia woods. Racheline and I often write stories about how stuff works behind the scenes, so we’re particularly excited about this backstage … 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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