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Hattie Crisell's avatar

LOVE the cover! And yes, you are a bit of a nun-botherer

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Nun-botherer 😂😂😍

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KJ's avatar

Woohoo! I can't wait for this! I am also here for any time you decide NOT to rein it in! :)

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Tor Freeman's avatar

😂 haha thank you, that’s definitely good to know!!

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Kevin Ward's avatar

The cover is beautiful!

More nun-bothering: the Sister Pelagia trilogy by Boris Akunin!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thanks Kevin! And oooo I’ll look that out!!

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Jim Medway's avatar

Are you self publishing this? Can’t wait to buy a copy x

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Yes! Hoping to send it off to print this week. Thanks Jim! x

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Ben Norland's avatar

Excellent! Looking forward to it.

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Emma Carpendale's avatar

Yes!! I loved Mr Rose, would get so excited when you realised each new instalment! Can’t wait to see it in print, it’ll be a perfect Christmas present - for me!! 😁

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thank you Emma!😁

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Hannah Meltzer's avatar

Have you read Matrix? It's perfect for botherers of nuns and lovers of romps!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

I hadn't heard of it! I just looked it up - I went to a Lauren Groff reading while I was in Florida! Thanks Hannah, I'll look it out!

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Psit Jewellery's avatar

I really enjoyed reading it on instagram and I'd love to get it printed too! Can I order it online from somewere? Thought bubble is a bit far from Greece...

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thank you! Haha yes it is a bit far - I'll have copies in my online shop once it's printed, and can post to you - I'll post here when it's ready!

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Ben Norland's avatar

Excellent. Can I preorder now?

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thanks Ben! I hadn't the wherewithal for preorders, but will post about it here as soon as I've got my copies!

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Nanette Regan's avatar

Fantastic! I loved watching Mr Rose being tempted in 2021! Virginia Andrews covers always looked so enticing and dramatic but I never dared read one (too many nuns in my childhood!)

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thanks Nanette! Virginia Andrews isn't nuns, but lots of repressed passions, and passions that would've been better repressed! Very enticing rubbish!! 😂

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Nanette Regan's avatar

Hahaha! I know Virginia Andrews isn't nuns! It was a Catholic guilt gag about how I couldn't possibly dare to read something as racy as Virginia Andrews - despite how tempting the covers! Love your cover for Mr Rose, it's going straight on my Christmas wish list!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Darn it Nanette I stepped on your joke, sorry!! 😂 And I like it!! That makes sense, they ARE too racy for anyone steeped in nuns! (And they're too crap!)

Thank you, I hope you will enjoy it!

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Luke Newell's avatar

Hooooray!!

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Clementine's avatar

Virginia Andrew, I’ll try 😁

Random nun fact: There are Belgian sweets called Fesses (or Cul!) de nonnes… tried to order some but were unsurprisingly out of stock.

Beware when googling ‘fesses de nonnes’

I can’t paste the pic here (too sexy for substack?)

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Tor Freeman's avatar

No Clem!! save your one life's precious hours and avoid Virginia Andrews!!😆 I just googled "fesses de nonnes" and was shown a revolting-looking pastry covered in cream goo - is that it?? Are those the bums? 😂

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Clementine's avatar

I think not- I thought of those, rather cute and tempting… (forgive me father for I have sinned…)

https://elisabeth.be/fr/shop/friandises/culs-de-none-2/

Ok, I steer clear of VA! Thanks for saving my euros and my time 😌

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Tor Freeman's avatar

They look absolutely delicious!!! I WANT CULS DE NONNES STAT!! x

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Ruby Wright's avatar

Can’t wait for this Tor. Mr Rose was my highlight of 2021!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thank you Ruby!! x

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Jane Porter's avatar

I can't WAIT to meet Mr Rose!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Thanks Jane!😁

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Helen Stephens's avatar

Oh I was a HUGE Virginia Andrew’s fan too. I had to read them under the bedcovers in case my parents found out. Have you watched the 1980’s film of Flowers in the Attic? It is brilliantrashy!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Haha yay Helen! I never saw the film, but watched some of the TV films with Heather Graham as the mum - soooo painful 😆 Did you do the Heaven series of books too? And were you an Anne Rice fan?

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Helen Stephens's avatar

I didn’t read the Heaven series, I only read what I could get my hands on at school, I guess the Heaven series wasn’t being passed around. This is the film I was talking about, so bad it is brilliant! https://helenstephens.substack.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=rm2gf

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Tor Freeman's avatar

Heaven was similarly revolting and also with a helping of incest. Amazing, will follow the link to see!!

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Hattie Crisell's avatar

Loving the word brilliantrashy!

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Ella Beech's avatar

Love love love it Tor!! I LOVE Mr Rose and can’t wait to own my own copy!

And what about the Christopher Pike and Lois Duncan books!? Our love for trashy thriller horror was immense!! I don’t know if you remember, but I wrote my DISSERTATION for A-Levels comparing the first Heaven book with Jane Eyre!! The cringe!!

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Tor Freeman's avatar

YES!! YAAAY Christophe Pike and Lois! Els I always do laugh when I remember that about your dissertation!!! What did you get, I can't remember??

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Ella Beech's avatar

Haha!! I’m not 100% sure, but I think I got an A! So I must have written well about it! I wish I could remember where my old school work is! I’m sure it is hanging around somewhere!

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