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Isobel Starling

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M/m Romance, Romantic Comedy/thriller, M/f Romance

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AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF GAY ROMANCE.

Born in Germany, Isobel Starling spent most of her twenty-year professional career making art in Ireland. Now she writes full-time and runs her publishing company, Decent Fellows Press.

The 'Shatterproof Bond' series is an Amazon Gay Romance bestseller. Isobel has just completed her 17th book.

The Shatterproof Bond series is narrated by Gary Furlong. "As You Wish"(Shatterproof Bond #1) won the Audiobook Reviewer Award 2018 for Romance, it was the ONLY M/M Romance in a finalist list of M/F Romance.

"Illuminate the Shadows" and "Return to Zero", "Counterblow" and "Top Hat" are all available as audiobooks.

The first THREE books of "Shatterproof Bond" will be trans ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 2,146 ratings · 850 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	As You Wish (Shatterproof Bond #1) 3.75 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Counterblow (Shatterproof Bond #4) 4.33 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apple Boy (The Quiet Work #1) 4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illuminate the Shadows (Shatterproof Bond, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Zero (Shatterproof Bond, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silken 3.55 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back Where He Belongs 3.56 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shatterproof Bond Series Boxset 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Thing by Isobel Starling (Goodreads Author), Gary Furlong (Narrator) 3.99 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Crush 3.32 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Apple Boy Paperback and goodies

Hello everyone.

I am so delighted that Apple Boy charted at #4 in the Amazon LGBT Fantasy chart on release day. Thank you to those who purchased a copy or are reading on Kindle Unlimited.

I'm publishing the paperback of Apple Boy next Friday 22nd Feb. It is such a beautiful book and I am so happy to have a copy in my hands.

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Series by Isobel Starling

Shatterproof Bond (5 books)
by

Isobel Starling (Goodreads Author)

3.95 avg rating — 1,277 ratings

Pretty Boy (2 books)
by

Isobel Starling (Goodreads Author),

Gary Furlong (Narrator)

3.92 avg rating — 130 ratings

The Quiet Work (1 book)
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Isobel Starling (Goodreads Author)

4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings

Dick and the Sidekick (1 book)
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Isobel Starling (Goodreads Author)

3.64 avg rating — 91 ratings

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Isobel Starling and 3 other people liked Alycia Luster's review of Apple Boy (The Quiet Work #1): "Loved it!!! I shall eagerly await more for this series. I’m hoping for at least one more Adam and Winter book. So cute together!"
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Isobel Starling added a status update: Gary Furlong and Isobel Staring are finalists in the Audiobook Reviewer Awards - Romance Category for "As You Wish". Out of the five books on the finalist's list, they are the ONLY M/M Romance. You can vote here: https://audiobookreviewer.com/abr-lis...
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Isobel Starling made a comment on The Rebuilding Year available in audiobook " Congratulations! "
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Isobel Starling and 7 other people liked Kaje Harper's blog post: The Rebuilding Year available in audiobook " Audible has released the audio book of The Rebuilding Year - I hope you enjoy this amazing interpretation of the story by Gomez Pugh. He did such a wonderful job of rendering the voices and narration exactly as I envisioned them. <3 (When I get..." Read more of this blog post »
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“Sei la luce della mia vita." (You are the light of my life) he whispered softly. Declan steadied his partner. He was getting pretty damn good at Italian, "La mia luce brilla solo per te." (My light shines only for you.)”
― Isobel Starling, Counterblow

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“I know who I am when I'm wi' Sam. When I wake up in his arms, I'm so at peace I don't wantae get out of bed. He makes me laugh until I cry, he always cares for me, no matter that I'm a maudlin, moody control freak. I look at him, and fer the first time in my life, I'm home - Declan Ramsay (Illuminate the Shadows- Shatterproof Bond #1)”
― Isobel Starling, Illuminate the Shadows

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“I don't have te let ye come. Coming is a privilege, not a right- Declan Ramsay to Sam Aiken. (Illuminate the Shadows- Shatterproof Bond #1)”
― Isobel Starling, Illuminate the Shadows

tags: gay-romance, humorous, m-m-erotic-romance, m-m-romance, role-playing

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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

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“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."

[The New Statesman, February 25, 1933]”
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tags: faithfulness, popularity, populism, principles, standards, writing

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“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible”
― Vladimir Nabokov

tags: ink, invisible, pages, writing

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“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
― Emily Dickinson

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