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Carlee Brae

@carleebrae.bsky.social

Writer | Dancer | Millennial Mom | Chef | Romance Enthusiast I wrote a Romantasy retelling of the Phantom of the Opera I will probably talk too much about Sleep Token

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I don't post on here all that much, but I seem to have a bunch of new followers, so HI! I'm Carlee! I write swoon-worthy romantasy and contemporary romance. I am on the path to publishing my debut novel, Of Songs and Phantoms, a romantasy retelling of The Phantom of the Opera!

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Hey Carlee, do you have an even more specific list of tropes for OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS?" Oh, I'm so glad you asked, yes I do. 😅 MORE VIBES, MORE TROPES, AND A SNIPPET! #questpit #Q #A #RF #currentlyquerying

For fans of....(extra specific version)
-she sings and dances, he's a musician
-he washes the blood of their enemies out of her hair
- "I had nowhere else to go."
- magic is linked to the arts
- a dangerous masquerade
-theatre setting
- light stalking done with love
- healing religious trauma
- pan MMC, ADHD FMC
- a magical drag show

"When we were made it was no accident, you've got me in a chokehold"
with a picture of two hands raised in the air, a man and a woman's sillhouette kissing, a red and gold mask, and a ballerina in relevé

a snippet of text against a skull background

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS is a darkly lush retelling of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, where the ingenue discovers her voice has forbidden magic, and the only way to save herself from being executed for witchcraft is to place her trust in a mysterious phantom. #Questpit #Q #A #RF

a collage with a ballerina, a cathedral, a marble staircase, a champagne flute, a single red rose, a chandelier, a pile of skulls, a pedestrian bridge, and a group of ballerinas

Pitch: Adult Romantasy, 110 000 words
As a chorus dancer in the Lutesse City Opera, classically trained soprano Seraphina Dallier does not sing in front of people. That is, until one fateful night, she slips up, and her heretically magical singing voice attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger…and the theocratic authorities.
Accused of witchcraft and exiled from everything she has ever known, Seraphina must put her faith in that same stranger, seeking refuge with him in a seductive city of magic hidden beneath the city. But can she trust her heart? Or, will phantoms from her past come back to haunt her, threatening everything she has come to love?

For fans of...
phantom of the opera retelling, 1920s era, forbidden magic, shadow daddy mmc, he falls first...hard, female rage, lgbtq+ characters, slow burn to spicy spice (with three chili peppers), only one bed, found family

Comp Titles:
The Gilded Wolves - magical parisian setting, diverse cast of characters
Serpent and Dove - magic vs. church, sloooooooow burn,
The Vine Witch - secrets and betrayals, "a handsome stranger"

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