Tag Archives: romance novels

New ebook cover for The Opposite of Drowning

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Racheline Maltese

I like to call The Opposite of Drowning our best-loved but least discovered book. We’ve recently updated its ebook cover from the one we’re still using on the paperback to something that’s on-trend (illustrated) and reflects the publishing house and … Continue reading →

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Miles from Nowhere – coming July 16, 2024

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Racheline Maltese

Now that That Special Something is out in the wild (ebook, paperback coming soon), it’s time to announce our next book: Miles from Nowhere. Having spent the height of the pandemic working in the ICU, Amber Lee Molina is ready … Continue reading →

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INK AND ICE wins 4th Annual IAP Adult Fiction Prize for New York State!

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Racheline Maltese

INK AND ICE has been named the winner of the NYS Indie Author Project contest in Adult Fiction. As a regional contest winner, we’re now under consideration for the Indie Author of the Year Award, which will be announced in … Continue reading →

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A Queen from the North is coming to audio!!!

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Racheline Maltese

Erin and I have been looking to get some of our titles into audio for some time, but the proposition was always complicated — in part because so many of our books require such specific voices, but we finally found … Continue reading →

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Great Review for AFTER THE GOLD at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books!

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Racheline Maltese

It’s been a really good week for our figure skating novels (they are linked, but are each full complete romances with an HEA about different couples, they do not have to be read in order). Not only did Ink & … Continue reading →

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INK AND ICE Now a Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Romance!

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Racheline Maltese

In my first year of college, in DC, I worked at Lambda Rising, one of the great gay bookstores of all time. I worked in the warehouse, shipping books in plain packaging to queers in far-flung places. This was 1990, … Continue reading →

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Ink and Ice… a sequel to After the Gold

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Racheline Maltese

Ink & Ice, available August 25, 2020. Now available for preorder. Growing up on an isolated island in the middle of Lake Erie, Aaron Sheftall learned to skate as a young child when extreme weather would cut his off his … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of Drowning preview

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Racheline Maltese

With the release of The Opposite of Drowning, our workplace romance about publishing, food, international travel, and the drowned city of Ys, less than three weeks away, we thought it was time to give you a preview. While this isn’t the … Continue reading →

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After the Gold on sale… for reasons

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Racheline Maltese

Erin and I each started skating after we wrote a figure skating romance. Then I broke my arm…. Broken arm for me, means price break to $2.99 for you til I’m back on the ice. Aside from writing being our … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of Drowning now available for pre-order!

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Racheline Maltese

If you like May/December romances about publishing industry snark, food trucks, late night talk show hosts, European travel, and apps about competitive extreme dog grooming, this book may be for you. Includes: M/F central romance with a bisexual hero, M/M … Continue reading →

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