K.L.Crino

Love this pitch so much

Photo of a weeping willow with a scrap of paper laid on top that says "Underneath the Willow Tree" in handwriting font and below in smaller serif font "An Upmarket Historical Sapphic Romance"

A photo of a brownstone with a scrap of paper on top, framed by a gold locket. The text reads "The Pitch" at the top in handwriting font and in a serif font below says " When Violet meets her new landlord, Nita, she realizes their journeys are eerily similar, even if they were 60 years apart. Both women grew up in conservative families in rural Florida and left everything behind to find more freedom in their queer identities in NYC. As the two form an unlikely friendship, Nita’s life story comes spilling out, revealing how she heart-wrenchingly left her first love behind to move. But Nita’s story may still be unfinished, her lost love may yet be found, and she and Violet may be more connected than either of them anticipated."

A photo of a weeping willow dripping water droplets with a gold frame laid on top. The text at the top says "Tropes & Themes" in a handwriting font. Below, in a serif font, the text reads: "🔒 Forbidden Romance ❤️‍🩹 Second Chance Love 🤝 Age Gap Friendships💡 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🍃 Nature Symbolism"

There is a black and white photo of a train that is motion-blurred with a scrap of paper on top. The paper says "Set in" in a handwriting font and "🕰️ 1950-1960s Rural Florida & 1970s NY📍Present Day Rural Florida & NYC" in a serif font. There is also a red flower wax stamp on the bottom right.

These best friends have a 60-year age difference 🤝

Nita fled from Florida to NYC in 1970, while Violet made the same journey over 50 years later. Both left conservative families to live freely as queer women.

Can Violet break the cycle and help find Nita's long-lost love?

#QuestPit #HR #U #WF #A

I still think about this excerpt

Scottie’s never left home, but her dreams might lie beyond the family ranch.

🤠cowgirl/cowboy romance
🐴 trick riding
🚗 roadtrip
💔 cancer and grieving a grandparent

Here’s a snippet of SADDLE UP, a 75k word contemporary romance.

#questpit #W #A #R

Incredible idea

Scottie is a trick rider in the rodeo (read does flips on a galloping horse), head strong, fierce, and maybe a little bit terrified of change.

Finn is a ranch hand, dreams of being a teacher, loves to learn and be helpful. Oh and he’s been pining for Scottie for over a decade.

#questpit #W #A #R

Keaton get out of HERE theyre having a moment ?!?!

“Once you’re here, you’re part of it, and it’s part of you.”

An excerpt from THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, my adult contemporary romcom with a sapphic romance 🩰

#questpit #R #A #W #LGBT

A letter from the FMC of Feed Me Your Heart to herself, in which she reminds herself never to fall for the charming magical creature she is hunting

❗Ró’s plan to restore her shattered reputation:❗

1. Hunt down the charming water spirit, as per the town leader’s request

2. Harvest his heart

3. Do not eat his heart (the magic powers aren’t worth it!!)

4. And most importantly: do NOT fall for him, no matter what

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

This is soooo good

THRONE OF GLASS x THE ARTFUL DODGER

Vibes:
🔥slow-burn romance
😤female rage
🤝forced acquaintances
⚔️rebellion
🦸‍♀️the reluctant hero
🔮dark magic

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

That vision board is *chefs kiss*

SADDLE UP, a contemporary romance

Scottie’s family ranch is struggling and her grandmother is sick, but a life-changing rodeo tour with her former best friend and ranch hand means she has to confront her fears, her grief, and her guilt in order to chase her dreams.

#questpit #W #A #R

THRONE OF GLASS x THE ARTFUL DODGER

When the king’s Shadow-wielder deserts her post to rescue her brother, she reluctantly allies with a charming con-artist to escape the city and save him.

⚠️Warning: Sarcastic, slow-burn banter below

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q

Sample page for Feed Me Your Heart - a YA fantasy book with elements of horror and romance

💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀

To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits.

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

In the Shadow of a Witch mood board

PERCY JACKSON but with witches!

16-y/o Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to stop a nefarious witch from coming back to life and bringing a horde of monsters and malicious spirits with her into NYC.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, an adult contemporary romcom with a sapphic romance

Meet Mina and Cam, the dancers working together to save Mariner Beach Ballet. Will a last-ditch performance at a casino raise the money they need, and bring them together along the way?

#questpit #R #A #W #LGBT

I need this

The Nutcracker Gamble, agents guide. A contemporary sapphic romcom. Two dancers in tutus sit on a stage, leaning towards each other

The pitch, with a dancer from The Nutcracker’s snow scene in the background and a light purple text box

Two dancers backstage with a purple text box

A dancer laying on the stage doing snow angels, with comp titles in a purple text box

HEATED RIVALRY- level yearning, in the dance studio

Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!

#questpit #R #A #LGBT

Two childhood friends embarking on a roadtrip through the Wild West while Scottie chases her dreams navigating guilt and grief and Finn figures out how to chase his and still get the girl.

Here’s my agent’s guide to SADDLE UP my cowgirl/cowboy romance 🤠

#questpit #W #A #R

Need you to put this in my hands right now

THE HOUSE OF HANDS, a YA fantasy

Meet Katerina and Azrin, the brutal assassin and the silver-tongued con-artist

☀️Sunshine/black cat
🔥Slow Burn
⚔️Reluctant Allies
🫣 He falls first

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

wow these graphics 🤩🤩

Augustus Finley the man that you are 😩

Feed Me Your Heart - Intro Page

Themes for Feed Me Your Heart

Comps for Feed Me Your Heart

Pitch for Feed Me Your Heart

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back.

🫀 Cultish magic
💀 Deadly personality tests
🧌 Scandinavian folklore
🖤 Romance á la OUABH

WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

In the Shadow of a Witch agents guide, cover page. YA fantasy. 83k words.

In the Shadow of a Witch elevator pitch

In the shadow of a witch comps

In the shadow of a witch excerpts

LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

This is SO GOOD

If the king of Adarlan had raised Aelin Galathynius

Katerina's shadow magic has thrust her into the heart of a war, where she must decide between absolute power at a nation's expense or destroying the king who made her.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

Absolutely love a witch in nyc!!

I'll give you all my money. Right now.