Tag Archives: Love in Los Angeles

Interview at The Hat Party

It’s always a joy to be interviewed by the lovely Raine O’Tierney, and Racheline and I were thrilled to be back at The Hat Party to talk writing, teenage pep talks, and what we’d do if we inherited a dachsund … Continue reading

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Doves now available in paperback!

That’s right! If you were waiting to get your hands on a real dead-tree copy, you now can! The price right now is $18.95, which is a couple bucks more than Starling, but that’s because it’s 60 pages longer (it clocks in … Continue reading

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Doves: Dark, Stormy, but with a 100% chance of HEA by morning

Now, when we say Doves is dark, we don’t mean angsty, or pain and sadness for pain and sadness’s sake. We also don’t mean that Doves doesn’t have a happy ending. It does, with multiple HEAs for multiple couples. But the … Continue reading

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Writing Women in M/M Romance

As Racheline and I were writing Starling (Love in Los Angeles, Book One), we were surprised when people kept telling us that readers of M/M romance don’t want women in gay romance books. Not in platonic relationships, and certainly not … Continue reading

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The Music of Doves: Jangly, Angry, and Glam Rock

We listen to music constantly when we write, to the consternation of our officemates, who have to deal with the eighties rock at 11:30 at night. We also build a lot of of playlists for our stories. Some of those … Continue reading

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Doves Gets 4 Stars from Carly’s Book Reviews!

As the characters work through their relationships, insecurities, strengths, weakness, successes, failures and flaws DOVES tells a story of human nature in its rawest form. The unique presentation and complex story-line is the hook that drew me into the drama … Continue reading

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Consent: About more than just words

Doves (Love in Los Angeles 2) isn’t a BDSM book despite the ropes on the cover. It is, however, a book about consent — in life, in love, and yes, in the bedroom. And while we all know what consent … Continue reading

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“Needs more glamour,” and the reality of life in the television industry

  One of the first notes we got from our editor on Starling, book 1 in the Love in Los Angeles series was, “Needs more glamour.” After all, this is a series about fame and the backstage lives of people in the … Continue reading

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The magic of food: when a grilled cheese is not just a grilled cheese

In some ways, I’m not a cook at all. I don’t own any fancy tools, I don’t use cookbooks, and I rarely plan meals out in advance. But I am the person who will look into the refrigerator and make … Continue reading

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Long-term monogamy: keeping it hot

Keeping long-term relationships hot and interesting is a challenge.  You know this if you’re married, you know this if you’re divorced, and you definitely know this if you read a lot of romance. In some ways, it’s simpler to make … Continue reading

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