John Lyonel, a
long-time theater professional and teacher, heads to Virginia to play Oberon in
the Theater in the Woods’s production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, intending
to focus on his work. John is recovering from the tragic loss of his family and
needs a break. The last thing he expects is to become captivated by Michael
Hilliard, the professional actor playing Puck, especially since John has never
been attracted to men, let alone one so much younger.Grab your copy of Midsummer now from Dreamspinner Press.
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Michael breaks
off from a conversation and wanders back over, then drops into John’s lap as
easily as he had the night before. It’s comforting, the way a cat would be, and
John gladly wraps his arms around Michael’s waist again and decides not to
worry about figuring any of this out right now.
“You can stop
staring now,” Michael declares to the fire at large, when they start attracting
eyes. “Or I can give you all individual recommendations for who you should be
staring at. And some of you might not be entirely happy with what I tell.”
He gets a couple
of whoops for that, a lot of laughter, and not a few glares. John chuckles, and
dips his head to kiss Michael on the shoulder before he even thinks about it.
Michael turns
his head. For a moment John thinks Michael’s going to kiss him. And while that
is far more ridiculous than John has ever had any intention of being in public,
he’s not sure he wouldn’t welcome and return anything Michael did.
Michael just
smiles, though, small and unexpectedly intimate, before he leans up to whisper
in John’s ear. “Follow me in five minutes.”
Racheline Maltese is a queer writer living a big life from a
small space. She flies planes, sails boats, and rides horses, but as a native
New Yorker, has no idea how to drive a car.
A performer and
storyteller focused on themes of celebrity, gender, desire and mourning,
Racheline has a journalism degree from The George Washington University;
studied acting and directing at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School (New
York City) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney, Australia); and
is a proud SAG-AFTRA member.
She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their two cats.
Erin McRae is a queer writer and blogger based in
Washington, D.C. She
owns several pieces of paper from distinguished universities, including a
Master’s degree in International Affairs from American University, which
qualify her to have lengthy and passionate discussions about the microeconomics
of Tunisia. She also engages in lengthy and passionate discussions about
military history. She likes trenches.
Erin
is a
cofounder of Avian 30, a literary collective dedicated to narratives with magical
and sexual realism. She delights
in applying her knowledge of international relations theory to her fiction and
screen-based projects, because conflict drives narrative.
She
lives in Washington, D.C. with her partner and their two cats.
Where to find the authors:
Erin’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/erincmcrae
Erin’s Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Erin-McRae/e/B00M7A0SVC
Goodreads
Links:
Racheline’s
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1015335.Racheline_Maltese
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Congrats on the release! I love the cover.
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