Tag Archives: m/m romance

Room 1024 and the Pleasure of Process

Posted on July 9, 2015 by erincmcrae

Today Erin & I are celebrating the release of Room 1024 our novelette set at a gay men’s leather conference. Promoting this story is a little weird — if we lead with “responsible non-monogamy” that leaves out some key elements of the … Continue reading →

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Getting in over our (and our characters’) heads

Posted on July 8, 2015 by erincmcrae

Room 1024 is about two couples negotiating their lives and partnerships within the familiar — to them — structure of BDSM relationships. But as much as BDSM provides Cam and Noah, and Lou and Stephen, a framework for their responsibilities … Continue reading →

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Room 1024: A Book With an HFN

Posted on July 6, 2015 by erincmcrae

Most of what my co-writer, Racheline Maltese, and I write can be pretty fairly classified as an HEA. We like finding new and creative ways (and subverting some old ones) to give our characters their well-earned Happily Ever After. Which … Continue reading →

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Why we write characters who are kind of jerks

Posted on July 1, 2015 by erincmcrae

While Room 1024 was in production, our editor pointed out a place where one of the main characters, an older dom named Lou, came off as kind of a jerk. “Well, she’s not wrong….” Erin said. “Man, we always write … Continue reading →

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BDSM: SSC vs RACK

Posted on June 30, 2015 by erincmcrae

We’re going (ever so slightly back in time), with some posts we wrote about Room 1024 when it came out and that we haven’t yet put up on the blog here. To start: our guest post on Mychael Black’s blog, about … Continue reading →

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RainbowCon: Come Meet Us in Tampa!

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

In less than one month, Erin and I will be in Tampa for RainbowCon running from Thursday July 16 – Sunday July 19th. We’ll be in the dealers room with paperbacks of Starling, Doves, Phoenix, Best Gay Romance 2015, Bitten by Moonlight, … Continue reading →

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Phoenix now available in paperback!

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

The paperback is now in stock at Amazon.com US, and should appear on the international site and with other retailers shortly.  Thank you for your patience and enthusiasm! http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix/dp/1610409272

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Coming Soon — Plaid Nights and “Off-Kilter”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Our first thoroughly PG story will soon become available from Torquere Press. “Off-Kilter” is a short M/M romance involving an incompetent wingman, a ridiculous seduction plan,  and Scottish Country Dance. Because “Off-Kilter” will also be available as part of Torquere’s … Continue reading →

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Phoenix is here!

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Yesterday was release day for Phoenix (LiLA 3) and we couldn’t be more thrilled that it’s out there in the world. Sometimes the end of everything… Now happily married to writer and producer Paul Marion Keane, television star J. Alex Cook’s … Continue reading →

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9 things from the first two LiLA books you’ll want to remember heading into book 3

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

With less than two weeks to go until Phoenix (LiLA 3) comes out, we thought we’d tease you with nine key things from the first two books that are worth remembering as you head into book 3. 1. Paul’s sister 2. Liam’s … Continue reading →

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