Rebecca Rome (Author) is Querying!

IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖
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PAST LIVES × NORMAL PEOPLE

Twelve years after losing her first love, a married woman breaks her own rules and reaches out—triggering a reckoning over whether she’s chasing a man or the version of herself she left behind.

📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖
#WF #LF #RF #A / 89k / #Q

After twelve years of marriage built on stability, a thirty-something woman secretly reconnects with her first love—forcing her to confront whether safety is enough when desire and identity have quietly eroded.

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📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖
#WF / 89k / #Q

When a married thirty-something secretly reconnects with her first love after twelve years, she must choose: stay in a marriage that feels safe but hollow—or risk everything to discover who she might have been.

#QuestPit

Love that you’re taking part! Hope you find some great stories!

It was actually easy. The novel is based on a true story for me it was easy to toggle between past and future but in general I love how the past informs the present.

Aw yay!!!

📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖

#WF /89k/ #Q

When a thirty-something woman reaches out to her first love after twelve years, she must decide whether she’s seeking closure or the spark she once had with him – even if it means leaving the safety of her fading marriage.

#questpit

⏳ She’s only fifteen—but everything’s about to change.
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𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝:
📓 Honor student
🤘🏼Dating a flaky drummer
💄 Over being treated like Barbie
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Then Gale shows up.
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He’s messy. risky.
But she can’t logic her way out of the spark.🔥

Do you relate to Aurora at all? Leave me an emoji! 👇🏻

FINALLY #querying! Look for a #litagent who wants a character-driven contemporary romance that blends elements of new adult and upmarket fiction. A dual-timeline story that turns the typical second-chance romance HEA on its head.

Oh, and Kleenex. You'll need Kleenex.

👀SNEAK PEEK!

“What about you?” I ask, my voice softer now, hesitant. “Are you the same Gale I remember?”

He doesn’t answer right away. His eyes are fixed on the road ahead, his expression unreadable in my peripheral vision.

Finally, he exhales, his voice low. “That’s a tough question to answer.”

✨MEET GALE ✨

Mysterious, charming, and unpredictable, Gale's quiet confidence and magnetic pull are impossible to ignore. He’s always been a question mark for Aurora, a deep pull that builds into something raw, intense, and unforgettable. Should it have always been him? 💫 #booksky #romance #wip

#romanceauthors and other #fictionauthors out there: How long was your manuscript? I’m almost done and I’m estimating 110,000 words. #itshouldvebeenyou #wip #secondchanceromance

Chapter 29 done! ✍🏼 And it was a doozy. The spiciest one by far and one I had a personal obligation to get just right ❤️ #booksky #romancenovel #romancebooks #wip #writingcommunity #itshouldvebeenyou #galeandaurora

I really don’t want to grade right now. I just want to live in my book’s world. 🙃 #booksky #author

Holy moly. 10,000 words this week. As the kids say, I’m cookin’!

#wip #romancebooks #itshouldvebeenyou #galeandaurora #secondchanceromance #booksky #authors #writingcommunity

Sounds like a success!

You’re so sweet, thank you! ☺️ It’s been so interesting to drudge up old saved AIM conversations and photos, trying to piece together the past and also process it in such a visceral and emotional way.

MEET AURORA 🖤

The protagonist of It Should’ve Been You—and my pen name. 🤔 Coincidence? Not quite. This “fictional” story is a memoir in disguise.

Aurora is an emo cheerleader 🖤, valedictorian 🤓 & dreamer 🤘🏼, carrying memories📓 and a deep bond with Gale.

This is her story—and mine. 💕

#booksky

Yay! Me too. Let’s be friends. ❤️

I’m in the middle of writing a second chance, love triangle, past lives love novel!

Me too! Following!

I write romance! Some spicy. Will definitely rip your heart out 💔

🌶️it’s a shame you have to cross out all the good words lol