Rachael

#Amquerying friends - Beware ⚠️
I got likes from 2 different “agents” on separate platforms who turned out to be scammers. Truly noxious stuff.

Querying is exhausting enough without predatory behavior like this.

Always research agents & their agencies before you hit submit. (1/2)

A haunting dark romantasy about sisterhood, sacrifice, and the dangerous alchemy of turning trauma into power strong enough to break a god.

🔥Slow-Burn
☠️Depraved Gods
❣️Found Family
🥀High-Stakes
📝Professionally Edited

An Enchantment of Ravens X One Dark Window

#PosterPit #Q #A #NA #SPF #F #R

The ritual demands death. Desire refuses.

🌙Wild Women
🌹Star-Crossed Lovers
🔥Slow-Burn
🖤Gothic
💀Dark Secrets
🩸Blood-Soaked Magic

#PosterPit #Q #YA #NA #F #H #SPF #R

*Art by Shibushio on fiverr* The image shows a fake movie poster for the book "Mark of a Magpie" Text in the image reads: Mark of a Magpie, An adult fantasy by Emilia Young, On submission next week, Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, Women's Wrongs Behind the text are two characters leaning over the side of a ship with beautiful skies in the background. The first character is a women, Ryn, who has brown hair in two braids, wearing leather armguards and a tunic, watching the land pass. The second character is a man, Seven, who has black hair and is wearing a tunic with a black turtleneck beneath it. He's watching Ryn with a small smile on his face.

📖🐦‍⬛Mark of a Magpie🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#PosterPit #PosterPitOS #PosterPitA #AG #OS
#A #F #R #DIS
#onsub #editors

dark moody poster of a woman in the ocean, with white writing for the title and comps

#PosterPit #A #SPF #H #Q

After a fatal car accident, Samara Stone refuses to move on to the afterlife and leave her chronically ill daughter and grandson behind.
Her decision has consequences that put everyone she loves in danger.

Movie poster style graphic. Country kind of magic, white writing for the title. Pastel themed photo of a woman in a dress standing in a field.

#PosterPit #W #A #SPF
Jaded telepath Calypso seizes a fresh start working in a rural special education school to escape her failed magic.
When the school risks closure, she unites with her students, community, & a charming farmer to save it.

In the process, Cal discovers another type of magic—hope.

The GORGEOUSNESS of this!!

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beta comments (out of context) on a black background

#QueerPit #A #T
To escape her oppressive family, Avery must join the League—a secret society that will give her the funds to create her own future.
When she discovers she’ll need to kill an innocent man to join, she teams up with a man who murders League families to escape.

✨Getting full requests!✨

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#QuestPit #Spec #WIP

Jaded 29yo telepath Cal seizes a fresh start working in a rural special education school to hide from her magical failures.
When the school risks being shut down, she unites with her students, community and a charming farmer to save it, and discovers another type of magic—hope.

Agent's guide to Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem: 89K Adult Fantasy Romcom with low spice

Pitch: What can a girl do to escape an arranged marriage, but to prank her husband to hell and back in the hopes that he will divorce her? In the Dazhen Empire, twenty-year-old Wen Anling’s comfortable life is turned upside down when her father forces her to marry Han Shiyan, the wealthy Lord of Qinglan. In a desperate bid for freedom, Anling fights chaos with chaos, by transforming herself into the nastiest wife possible. Shiyan only married Anling to honour his mother’s dying wish. Had he known his new wife would send his simple life straight to mayhem, he would have thrown honour out the nearest window. But when his wife continues to get under his skin, he cannot help but grow intrigued by her eccentric nature—once he sees her irritating antics as what they truly are: harmless. In the face of deadly threats, Anling must embrace her role as Lady Han and turn her cunning mind to their common enemies, or grab the freedom offered to her and watch the empire fall.

Comps: The Darkness Within Us, A Song to Drown Rivers, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Extract: Shiyan’s eyes widened for a heartbeat before he forced composure back onto his features. Her face was powdered with a thick layer of white, as if she had simply dunked it into a bowl of flour. Her bright red lip-paint smudged at the edges and… Heavens forbid women dab their cheeks with uneven blobs of pink. Even the most senile and stern of his guests held their hands to their stomachs, straining to hold back fits of laughter. He would have gladly joined them, too, if he wasn’t the one with the honour of marrying this… this… buffoon. He swallowed and recited the wise sayings of his forefathers: one should not judge a book by its cover; a woman’s beauty runs deeper than appearances; virtues are lasting while beauty is fleeting. Oh, to hell with wise sayings.

A Song to Drown Rivers meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in LADY HAN'S MANUAL FOR MATRIMONIAL MAYHEM, in which the mischievous bride fights for divorce with chaos:
😈 unlikeable heroine
⚔️ enemies-to-lovers
💑 marriage of convenience
👑 political intrigue
#questpit #A #RF #W (line editing for #Q soon!)

Pitch: When her conman father threatens everything she holds dear, twenty-year-old Ellora will have to choose between saving her loyal best friend or her forbidden elvish love, in the midst of a dangerous scheme that could be the end for them all.

FIVE BROKEN BLADES X ONE DARK WINDOW

🍃 CALL TO THE WIND 🍃

🚫 Forbidden Love
👩‍❤️‍👨 Friends to Lovers
⚔️ Harrowing Heists
🤴 Fighting for Freedom
🏔️ Grouded Fantasy
🪄 Elemental Magic

#QuestPit #A #F #Q

Secrets tear families apart. And in the historic town of Salem, Massachusetts, everyone has something to hide. At twenty-six, Arabella Fairheart must confront her true identity when she meets Halloran Bloodhorn, a vampire irresistibly drawn to her, leading them on a dangerous journey to unveil her dark family secret and risking everything for love before the portal to his realm closes.

FILTHY RICH VAMPIRES X DEMON W/ BENEFITS

✨ UNDER THE SALEM MOON 🌙

🤫 Dark Family Secrets
😱 Suspense & Mystery
🧙‍♀️ Magic & Cozy Elements
🧛 Vampire Boyfriends
😈 Exes with a Vengeance
❤️ Love Against the Odds

#QuestPit #A #R #RF #ParanormalRomantasy #Q

Mood board. Monsters, magic, love interest, dungeon, power, sisters

In a world unraveling beneath prophecy, two sisters bound by cursed blood and haunted desire must resist the god who would consume their magic, and destroy everything they love to possess it. Ya adult crossover, 99k, dark romantic fantasy, professionally edited

Tropes and themes. Slow burn, morally Grey, twists and betrayals, femine rage, found family

Comps titles: The Priory of the Orange Tree, A Court of Wings and Ruin, An Emchantment of Ravens, One Dark Window. Spotify playlist

For #literaryagents seeking:
🔥 a slow-burn that smolders
💔 trauma that scars but doesn’t define
✨️ the radical power of women healing each other in a world that told them not to survive.

…and a girl who stops running from her nightmares, and becomes one instead. 🖤

#questpit #Q #DF #RF #YA #A

Mark Hamill is the GOAT ❤️

What kind of book do you get from a hopeless romantic & devourer of @stephenking.bsky.social, fueled by feminine rage, and ready to demand the attention fierce female writers deserve...

❤️‍🔥 Reign of Nightmares; a genre-bending, trope twisting, dark romantic fantasy. ❤️‍🔥

#questpit #Q #A #RF

An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie” YA Romantic Fantasy 119k Words Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines.

Blurb: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them. Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told. The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it.

Tropes: Thief x Assassin Mental Health Rep Identity vs Duty Class Difference Forced Proximity Secret Code Morally Gray Women’s Wrongs Unlikely Allies to Lovers Text is on a piece of parchment paper. Besides the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment paper are ocean waters with gold flower outlines.

The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying

Moodboard showing pictures of NYC at night, an investigation, shady business, and romance.

Tag words: Found Families, Dual POV, Overcoming Intergenerational Trauma, Enemies to Lovers, Mafia Case

Book Playlist: Into You, Stare of Grace, boyfriend

Love Undercover

The last thing officer Emily Jacobs needed was cocky DEA agent John Pereira meddling with her high-stakes mafia case—and her complicated love life.

#QuestPit #Q #A #R

Moodboard showing pictures of a sword, crown, scattering cards, mountain, and misty forest.

Tag words: Against All Odds, Friends to Lovers, Romantasy, Forbidden Love, Females Fighting Patriarchy

Call to the Wind

Ellora knows that leaving her forest home is the only way of escaping her conman father, but that would also mean leaving behind her elvish paramour in a hidden world. When her father threatens all she loves, Ellora makes a play of her own to save them all.

#QuestPit #Q #A #RF

Low flying in of a forest, an old castle by the shore with clouds, a mysterious tunnel in a river, a black girl camouflaged in the forest, a close up of tribal marks and a tribal necklace on a black person, more modern building in a forest, a row of canoes in a river, more of the modern building with ancient railing and staircase in front of it.

#YouDeservepIt

Caught between the demands of her home realm & her love for a human named Eope, Reny must forge a path through the clash of ancient traditions and evolving ideals.

💥🐉Mythical Creature
✨️🌏Otherworldly Realm
👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏾 💜 LGBT+ Couple
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 💞Found Family
👰🏾🙅🏾‍♀️Arranged Marriage
#Q #A #F #SF #R

Mood board: images of a couple getting engaged, a church, a sad woman, a painting of water, and shadows

Heather’s husband is missing, and her friends say she’s better off without him. But Heather knows his disappearance is related to his mysterious past and the source of his depression. Will her love survive finding him?
CASTING CARE available on Amazon.
#YouDeservepIt #SP

Mood board overlaid with a gold filigree crescent moon includes images clockwise from top left: old bound books and scrolls on a shelf; orange flames against a black background; a golden jeweled crown in a shaft of glittering sunlight; a merry fire in a hearth; a silhouette of mother and child; a richly adorned woman's hands holding a goblet of wine; a rendering of a wheel with spokes surrounding a moon; a series of windows in a stone hallway showing different outside views; and, in the center, a shadowed figure holding a glowing orb, with other shadowy figures in the background.

THE KEEPERS is a #literaryfantasy

Magic is abnormal, and so taboo, in a matriarchal world

After losing everything, Aleris accepts her magic—then changes fate itself

But when a queen feels threatened, she's ready to declare war on witchkind
and burn them all

#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F #AmQuerying

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#P2Ppit
Reny, a 22y/o from another realm, enrolls in a human university to build a new life on Earth. Her plans unravel when she falls 4 her roommate, Eope, triggering a dangerous chain of events led by her realm's treacherous leader, who abducts Eope & reveals Reny’s secrets.
#Q #A #F #SF #R

What if love has an expiration date? Mood board

Lorelai Grant has unreliable visions of the future. When she sees rival journalist Travis Blake’s imminent death, she does what any rational woman would do: she pretends to date him to save his life. But what happens if her vision—and her feelings—are true?

Magical Realism x RomCom

Lorelai Grant has unreliable visions of the future. When she sees rival journalist Travis Blake’s imminent death, she does what any rational woman would do: she fake dates him to save his life. But what happens if her vision—and her feelings—are true? #A #R #Q #P2Ppit

ANYTHING BUT YOU Contemporary YA Complete at 82,000 words Photo collage featuring a photo of a small-town downtown setting, a journal open with pages torn out, hands holding cellphones, a man working as a barista in a coffee shop, a stack of letters, and the shilhoutte of a young woman.

When 17-year-old Honor's ex-boyfriend shares intimate photos of her with their classmates, she has to decide whether to run from her problems and let him have the last word, or take back her story through her creative writing portfolio. #Q #YA #C #P2Ppit

Collage with images of women cuddling infants; a young baby covering its face; a silhouette of a woman lifting a baby against a window; breast milk in storage bags; text reads "It's a lonely kind of chaos, where you're screaming for help in the silence because 'you've got this, right?'", and "Within me is the absence of you."

A stillbirth mother obsessed with milk becomes a modern-day wet nurse for a millionaire struggling with PPD and rage. As her own psychosis spirals, Elena might be the only one who can protect the baby—or a deadly threat.

#P2Ppit #Q #A #U

Mood board with words" what if paradise has a dark side?"

Agent's Guide: DARK OASIS Comps: DIVERGENT, POWERLESS, CRESCENT CITY Genre: Adult fantasy with dystopia and romance data: 118,000 wc, stand alone with series potential

The first line of "DARK OASIS": The worst night of Reagan’s life began with dappled moonlight, whiffs of rosewater, a decision to get matching tattoos—and a cough.

DIVERGENT x hidden magic

What if paradise has a dark side?

Reagan’s impulsive decision to switch Sectors with her sister leads to a horrifying discovery: Oasis is where the government is harvesting magic. Reagan races against the ⏰ to save her sister from a dark Oasis.
#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #RF #R

An image of a white spiral notebook page on a pale yellow background. The page has a CAMP FEARLESS logo at the top in block letters. In typewritten font beneath it, it says: "Code of Conduct. 1. Campers will always travel with a staff member or in groups of three. 2. Campers will abstain from any and all homosexual affirmation or activity. 3. Campers will be honest at all times." At the bottom of the page are two signatures: "Luke Kelly" in messy handwriting, and "David Avery" in neat handwriting

CAMP FEARLESS! Queer book-club bait for fans of:

x Queer yearning
x Chosen family
x 90s nostalgia
x Moral complexity
x Messy bisexuals
x Gender non-conforming lawyers
x Sleepwalking
x Cool cousins
x Premarital sex
x Skipping youth group
x Making out in the woods

#P2Ppit #Q #U

Quote inside celestial frame reads, "Magic is neither good nor bad, it simply is. As the Wheel simply is. It is what we do with our magic that defines us as witches, and what we do with the turns of the Wheel offered to us that defines our lives.” Bottom of image shares the title, THE KEEPERS, attributed to @SarahGoehrkeWrites

🔥Queens have put up with magic for so long, but Queen Daphne's near-death experience changes that perspective for her. She's ready to burn them all.

✨Witches, though, know the truth: magic itself is neither good nor bad.

They just want to live as they were born.

#P2Ppit #UW #Q #F

A moodboard for Camp Fearless, showing a blonde and brunette teenage boy looking away from the camera. Other images include: two pairs of legs dangling off a dock, a still, greyish lake, a depressing looking cafeteria lunch on a tray, white hands raised in worship before a blue sky, a campfire, an outdoor chapel made of rugged wood, and a picture of three white teenagers in plain t-shirts with shaved heads. At the bottom is a graphic of a contract with the signatures “Luke Kelly” in messy handwriting and “David Jacobs” in neat handwriting.

CAMP FEARLESS is where queer boys go to become happy, healthy, and heterosexual. But when camper David Avery meets “ex-gay” counselor Luke Kelly, their infatuation with one another forces them to choose between freedom and survival.

#Q #U #P2Ppit

A stillbirth mother obsessed with milk becomes a modern-day wet nurse for a millionaire struggling with PPD and rage. As her own psychosis spirals, Elena might be the only one who can protect the baby—or a deadly threat.

#P2Ppit #Q #A #U