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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hi I posted a video, and it seemed to resonate. So, if you'd like for me to share more about writing spice, head to the link here to submit your anonymous questions! pennedbypen.beehiiv.com/p/writing-sp...

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Writing Spicy

What the smut are we doing when we write a spicy scene?

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Denzer 🦋🍂🏒 @denzerwriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oops, I published a book and forgot to tell anyone (again) 🙈 No Safe Hands released on Thursday - it's a revamped version of my post-apocalyptic romance, Junk. It's got new chapters, a new look, & it's under my brand spanking new pen name. books2read.com/u/3JaprQ (WTF Denzer?) Answers in 🧵

The cover of No Safe Hands by Ash Linden, sunset colours with birds flying over a couple holding hands standing on broken buildings. The man is carrying an ax

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Available Now on KU #booksky #romancelandia 🔗 LINK IN BIO

Clear blue ocean background, blue sky,

AVAILABLE NOW, Kindle Unlimited (vacation read settled)

book cover: pink background, red, white and blue campaign sign, red and white striped tie draped over right side, pink bra draped over left die of sign, green grass below, TITLE: A FINE LINE , Penelope Guinn in white font

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NPR @npr.org · 02/07/2026

The romance books Ryan read growing up rarely included characters who looked like her. Now she deliberately centers people the genre has left out, including Black, Indigenous and queer women. n.pr/44DHS5M

n.pr

In Kennedy Ryan's romance, happily-ever-after is for everyone

The romance books Ryan read growing up rarely included characters who looked like her. Now she deliberately centers people the genre has left out, including Black, Indigenous and queer women.

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

CALLIOPE & EMERSON: my bantering, biting loves! So thrilled to share this art by @houseoffinches.bsky.social from a scene in A FINE LINE, my debut romance novel :)

One page comic layout, top panel man leaning into whisper in woman’s ear, dialogue: Calliope.
I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
I'm gonna let you have one of my weaknesses.
Middle three panels: man’s hand grasping woman’s wrist, his mouth with dialogue: I enjoy getting a rise
Bottom panel, man and woman, close, staring at each other, dialogue from man: Don't for one minute let me get under your skin.
Don't let me have my way.

Pink background, the cover of A FINE LINE at center: Pink background with green grass at the bottom and a campaign sign in the grass. The sign is blue with white impact font letters: A FINE LINE, a novel, there are white stars and red lines on the sign; there is a pink bra draped over the left side of the sign and a red/white striped tie draped over the right side; Penelope Guinn, author in white font at the bottom

Found in A FINE LINE: banter
local politics
down bad
MMC
neurospicy
FMC
small town romance
rivals to lovers
spice
secret situationship

available now link in bio

A rivals to lovers romance where the sparks between the campaign managers are hotter than the competition.

Calliope Simons is in over her head. After a career failure deposits her back into her childhood bedroom in Ragansville, GA, she eagerly takes on managing her former mentor's mayoral campaign. If she's going to achieve her lifelong dream of running a major political campaign, Calliope has to win—or face the collapse of her career before it ever really starts. Unfortunately, as passionate as she is about her candidate's progressive plan to transform the small town she loves, that might not be enough to match the sleek professionalism of the other campaign's manager, Emerson Palmer: the guy who rejected her for a different campaign months before due to her lack of experience. The same guy she kissed after a round of drinks and a surprising show of support.
Emerson Palmer has an impressive resume, but he's lacking inspiration after a rare loss has him rethinking his purpose. When he takes a meeting with a less than worthy candidate, he's only thinking about mending his bank account. But when he finds out that Calliope, the woman who turned his life upside down months before, is leading the opposition, he jumps at the chance to be closer to her.
Orbiting each other as they campaign for their respective candidates, Emerson offers Calliope a way to cool the tension that threatens to boil over at every exchange: one night together to finish what they started with that first kiss. But once isn't enough.
Soon, they're relying on each other for more than physical release, and eventually, Calliope has to decide if a career in the political trenches is right for her—and if her professional rivalry with Emerson could ever be exchanged for a romantic collaboration.

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I've got BONUS CONTENT in my newsletter today! Subscribe (or check your email if you're already subscribed) for the OG Epilogue to A FINE LINE!! Double bonus? It’s in Emerson’s POV! ** Link to post below: #reylo #booksky #romancelandia #romance

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In promoting A FINE LINE, I was reminded of why I sought to write a novel that featured local politics. Local politics help to shape your communities. The stakes are very high. It’s about representation and progress. It’s about making sure the will of the citizens are at the forefront. +

A FINE LINE by Penelope Guinn, Out now!
Pink background with small decorative elements: flowers, newspaper articles, lovers kissing in newspaper filter, megaphone, fingers in v with ote scrawl font (VOTE)

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy Friday #reylo #romancelandia and #booksky friends!! AVAILABLE NOW: Penelopeguinn.com

Trending meme Millenial PR v Gen Z PR Team; pink background with A Fine Line by Penelope Guinn on either side of black line

Millennial
PR Team
The small town politics of Parks and Rec and the snark of The Hating Game collide in this rivals to lovers story about two campaign managers that enter into a spicy situationship.
Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINE
* LINE*
A Novel
PENELOPE GUINN

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Gen Z
Social Team
down bad man yearns for neurospicy girl who low key hates him
Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINE
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PENELOPE GUINN

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Penelopeguinn.com to purchase your copy!! 💗💗💗

Book cover: Pink background with green grass at the bottom and a campaign sign in the grass. The sign is blue with white impact font letters: A FINE LINE, a novel, there are white stars and red lines on the sign; there is a pink bra draped over the left side of the sign and a red/white striped tie draped over the right side; Penelope Guinn, author in white font at the bottom

OUT NOW in blue script

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Early Buyer/Pre-order Character Art Postcards!!!! Check out the link below to secure yours—and get a thank you note from yours truly!!! (While supplies last and includes my international readers!!!) #booksky #romancelandia #reylo

Character art postcards of MCs Calliope and Emerson from A Fine Line sitting on a novel, pen nearby

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Ways to purchase A FINE LINE outside the U.S. ❤️ #romancelandia #booksky hello #reylo readers!

Also available through the Lemon Squeezy in pub/pdf via email and bookfunnel.com

Can be uploaded into your preferred E-reader or through the Bookfunnel app

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

You have no idea the thrill I get from seeing my book show up in your personal libraries!!!

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

GUYS! There are THOUSANDS of books in Workplace and Small Town Romance on Am@zon, and you all helped to put ME (an unknown, small potatoes debut author with no marketing budget) into the top 1K!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH! <333333

screen shot of Amazon sales rankings

#487 in Workplace Romance
#491 in Small Town Romance (Books)
#819 in Workplace Romance eBooks

a penguin stares at a pumpkin and contemplates the tremendous amount of love and support and thinks, (caption in white font) WTF

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The wait is over! A Fine Line, my debut contemporary rivals-to-lovers romance novel, is out today!! Think Leslie Knope’s city council run in Parks and Recreation and the banter and teasing of Josh and Donna’s relationship in The West Wing! Head here for your copy! #romancelandia #booksky

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Clear your schedule because you're going to resent any
responsibilities that get in the way of reading this book! I loved every minute, and I was torn between needing to know what happens in the end and wanting to really absorb the beauty and humour of the writing.
A FINE
* LINE *
PENELOPE GUINN

This is rivals-to-lovers done right-sharp banter, unresolved tension, and that delicious "we should not be doing this" energy simmering under every interaction. The chemistry between
Calliope and Emerson is immediate but layered, built on shared wounds and hard-earned vulnerability.
Love or hase? Too close to call
A FINE
* LINE*
PENELOPE GUINN

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!

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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Writing fiction is the exact opposite of a get-rich-quick scheme.

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

My snarky, bantering, biting rivals (with benefits) to lovers novel is out Feb 17th! Click the penelopeguinn.com for available formats and retailers!! Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥️ #romancelandia #booksky #romancenovels

Roses are red, Violets are blue.
When your rival texts：
Miss me?
Iit’s completely appropriate To say
F**K You.

A Fine Line book cover, pink background, with campaign sign in grass, a bra slung over left side, a tie slung over right side:

Love or hate? Too close to call.
A FINES
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A Novel
PENELOPE GUINN
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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

My site is now LIVE!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ to @aestivaltide.bsky.social for her hard work and the design! I asked for bright and colorful, and she not only delivered but she really met the needs of helping me feature my book! Can’t express my thanks enough! penelopeguinn.com #reyloart #romancelandia #booksky

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Penelope Guinn | Romance Author

Penelope Guinn, Romance Author: Get their debut romance novel, A Fine Line, out on February 17!

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Pen || Penelope Guinn @penguinnwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thank you @lianainbloom.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Small town politics just got a whole lot hotter in this stellar rivals to lovers debut! This witty and messy romance had me hooked, and my emotional investment in Calliope and Emerson's happily ever after grew with every page.
- Liana De la Rosa,
USA Today bestselling author of the
Luna Sisters series
A FINE
* LINE*
A Novel
Books by
Liana De la Rosa

Book covers:

LIANA DE LA ROSA
LIANA DE LA ROSA
SISTERS
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR LIANA DE LA ROSA
*The Luna sister
Weekly
VANA MARÍA
AND
THE FOX
A LUNA SISTERS NOVEL
sive, and evocetive romance full of fasc
Mutual
o Discord o
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ISABEL
AND
THE ROGUE
GABRIELA
AND
HIS GRACE
A LUNA SISTERS NOVEL
De la Rosa presents potis and history not os lists of bils and bottles, but os things that upend tves and bruise hearts
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
pre-order now!
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USA TODAY
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LIANA DE LA ROSA

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rey @vrynacor.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A guide to REPLICA. She returned with a perfect miracle, but her divine healing hides a hellish rot. 📖 Dark Academia: Holy Edition 🎭 Cult Vibes ❤️‍🩹 Toxic Sibling Dynamic 😈 Problematic FMC 💀 Dying Magic System 🪽 Religious Horror #questpit #A #H #F #W

At Holy Conduits Academy, twins Beatrice and Benedict share a single miracle: two halves of the same Stigmata, the sacred yet painful marks that grant the power of divine healing. But when Beatrice returns transformed into a flawless, autonomous healer, Benedict is left abandoned in her shadow. However, her newfound perfection reeks of something unholy, and the darkness clinging to her is beginning to stir.

COMPS
Saint Maud
Bunny
Seklusyon
Diablo IV
The Secret History

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Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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

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Autumn Hooper Querying Author @authorautumnhooper.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

DAWN OF THE CICADA adult fantasy 105,000 words Her enemies wield steel; Lisara wields their darkest emotions, animated as living weapons. Disney’s Enchanted x The Witcher #questpit #Q #F #RF #agentsguide #amquierying #fantasy

dark moody forest fantasy moss teeth mushroom light dark tropes

comp titles moodboard with images of book covers, a river enchanted, the knight and the moth, the road of bones

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Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🌈Asexual spec MC 🦊Heart-devouring fox demon bard x demon hunter 🌦️Devious sunshine x softhearted grump 🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology 🌖Morally gray yet kind MC ❤️Slow burn romance 🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic #questpit #A #F #OWN #Asian #LGBT

Illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

LEAP YEAR, but haunted Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland 💀 Solve a murder 💚 Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧟‍♀️ Escape the monstrous presence stalking her 📚 Querying now - #agents, please reach out if you'd like to see it! 📚 #QuestPit #A #H #Horromance #R #Dis #Gothic #Q

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Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Thread of #questpit pitches. #Q #W #NA #YA My YA Contemporary Fine Means Stop Asking. Currently revising.

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Emily Brauer Rogers @ebrauerrogers.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Bridgerton meets Irish Underworld romantasy. A magic baker intent on saving her family’s bakery must find out why her magic disappeared when she attempts to make a wish-fulfilling dream for a handsome stranger. They’ll discover whether love is greater than magic. #questpit

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Liana Stampalia @lianastampalia.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🎵You'll never get away from the (writing) of the woman that loved you🎵 Silver Springs x Opalite x You’re on Your Own, Kid Featuring: 🙅Rivals ▶️ 🥰Lovers 💻Forced Proximity ☺️Pushing each other to heal from their pasts 📚Book within a Book ❤️Found Family #A #R #Q #QuestPit

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a woman is singing into a microphone while sitting on a stage .

Alt: Stevie Nicks singing Silver Springs to Lindsey Buckingham on stage.

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Tate-Madison Bell @tatemadisonwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🌈 If Becky Albertalli wrote The Kissing Booth 🌈 When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process 🌈 Perfect for fans of Heartstopper #Q #YA #questpit

Willow Hawkin's Lessons in Bearding
Clipart rainbow image
YA LGBTQ+ Contemporary 79k words
When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process.

Comps
Book cover image of Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan, non-actor theater kid portrayal
Book cover image of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston, theme of having a complicated relationship with the place you call home
Book cover image of Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas, celebration of platonic love

Tropes and other fun things
High school musical GIF of Troy putting necklace on Gabriella and she asks, "T as in Troy?"
Fake dating
Romance between theater kid and athlete (the sapphic remix of High School Musical you never knew you needed?)
Save the school theater program from budget cuts
MC wants to be an entomologist and has two pet ferrets
Small town in Washington state

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS my 𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑹𝑬𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑪𝑨 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒙'𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑷𝑳𝑬 romantic suspense set in Greece. The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive... 💥Secrets 💥Loss 💥Slow❤️🔥 💥Obsession 💥Unrequited💘 💥Betrayal 💥Murder #Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers a 97K Romantic Suspense

Pitch & Plot
With their multiple homes and a business portfolio of luxury hotels, the Constantines' lives might be a world away from 29-year-old Listy Powers’ but Troy and his sister Olympia are like family, an unlikely yet close bond forged years ago at university. So when she learns Olympia, badly injured in a car accident, is back home on the Greek island of Paxos, Listy sets off immediately to see her. Being at their villa, however, means unavoidable proximity with Olympia's very disapproving eldest brother whom Listy has always loved. When they first met 8 years ago, Kris was a married man with a pregnant wife; now he's a widower. But as the attraction they'd fought back then re-kindles, suspicions resurface about Kris' wife's death. Rianna had not been well-liked. And everyone has something to hide. As she unravels what happened, the truth threatens everyone's future happiness and Listy must decide if crossing that line to protect someone she loves is a price worth paying.

Opening Lines -
As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon.
'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.'
'I have plenty to say.'
Her head whips round then. She smiles.

Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.'
Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.'
Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.'
'I want to. Tell me what happened.'

Tropes & Themes & The Vibes
Collage of pictures with tropes and themes: du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

Lower half of page has The Comps – Nanny Wanted by Lizzy Barber, End of Story by AJ Finn, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Sky Atlantic series Riviera

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Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Sapphic Pining monstrous romance #ownvoices Queer and Indigenous rep cultish town in the prairies Bubblegum horror #Questpit #YA #AG #H #R

A reader's guide to Killer Summer by H.D. Pine YA Sapphic Bubblegum horror

Tropes black cat x golden retriever vibes, monstrous romance, cannibalism as metaphor for love, Ferris Wheel confessions, Sapphic pining, toxic independent friendship, cult town in Canadian Prairies, #ownvoices Queer and Indigenous rep, touch her and die, friends to lovers

Jennifer's Body, together we rot, this delicious death, the river has teeth, devil in ohio.
Pitch: boys start to disappear in lyric's backwards backwoods hometown and her best friend/unrequited crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate the cultish town Eleanor calls home and if there is something monstrously wrong with her best friend.

Reach out
Opening lines: It took one year of knowing Eleanor for my life to be forever altered down to the core of my being. I haven't decided if it is for the better yet.
Represented by Alex Land at Mad Woman Literary agency.

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more deadly, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind. #QuestPit #AG #YA

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Maisie Bannion 🩷 writer @maisiebannion.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

THE LAST UNICORN meets LOST A WIP Featuring: ❤️‍🔥 enemies to lovers 🐈‍⬛ shadow magic 💜 ace rep 🏝️ a mysterious island 🏴‍☠️ a cursed pirate captain 🆘 shipwrecked princesses ...and they're not alone 🧛🦄🧜‍♀️ #QuestPit #W #A #F #R

Moodboard images from left to right, top to bottom: Silhouetted hand controlling shadow magic, small waterfall in forest, dark stormy sea, unicorn, woman held down by hands, a pirate ship on the water in front of the sunrise, a man and woman embracing, ancient ruins, a mysterious island

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Jordan McCaffrie | Author @jordanmccaffrie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Hey Alexa...combine retelling myths like PERCY JACKSON but w/ the daughter of Hades😵 &➕🧠health in the vibe of GIRL, INTERRUPTED Also, throw in ❤️=Noah & Allie’s in THE NOTEBOOK (but like…make Noah an Incubus😈)✌️ ✍️82K #A #F 🤬Angry girls & gods 📸Readers say…👇 #questpit #Q #DF & elements of #RF #PR #H

Conversations with Readers #1;
Reader: “I am very emotionally invested in the Ava/Cole relationship already (insert crying emoji) Ima need them to work things out or I might actually cry” insert three crying emojis.
Me: “Maybe they do, maybe they don’t?” insert girl shrugging emoji.
Reader: “I will be reading tonight until I have to go to sleep,” insert nervous emoji.

Conversations with Readers #2;
Reader: “Also sorry it’s taken me a minute, today I’ve been able to sit down and actually read read and I cannot put it down!”

Conversation with Readers #3;
Reader: “Not you booping the goddess of memories” insert laughing emoji, crying emoji, laughing emoji, “I may or may not have laughed out loud in a very quiet room when I read that part” insert three laughing emojis

Conversation with Readers #4;
Reader: “I’ve been resisting the urge to text you so many times because I didn’t want to blow up your phone,” insert laughing emoji, “I’ve been out here laughing, crying, all the things.”

Conversation with Readers #5;
Reader: “The consequences were so perfect considering the (expletive) they did to get themselves there in the first place” insert OK gesture, “And I really did love it so much for real,” insert crying emoji x3 and 3 heart emojis, “I couldn’t put it down, I had to know what was happening!”

Conversation with Readers #6;
Reader: “I love Waffles so much,” insert crying emoji x3, “I just picture Oakley with two heads, growing fifteen feet tall with spikes and scary teeth,” nervous emoji, crying emoji.
Me: “Rawr” insert laughing emoji
Reader: Also (expletive) Katarina and creepy (expletive) Jeff. And Demeter for that matter.”
Me: insert laughing emojis, “Yeah they’re awful.”
Reader: “I have so many things to talk to you about, so many emotions,” (insert crying and nervous emojis).

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MelonieWithAnO @meloniewithano.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

When Mia's sent on a quest to Nashville, she's just happy to bring her bff and warm up her restricted music powers. But when a breakout novel exposes her secret life & magical community, Mia must chose between following Olympus' orders, or salvaging her secrets. #QuestPit #YA #F

The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Purple background with a tuning fork, magical wisps, and wisteria

Cast of characters. A smiling blonde girl: the BFF. An amused looking brunette: the hero. A dark haired boy: the boy. A fierce looking woman: the mom. A befuddled looking woman: the author.

Snippet: Why? That's always the question, isn't it? This one act of rebellion feels like pulling at a thread and watching everyhing unravel. Like maybe the wrold wouldn't come to an end if I didn't follow every single rule laid out in front of me. Like maybe these rules don't really make any sense.

Comps: "The Lost Hero"- Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. "Fire with Fire" by Destiny Soria- Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. "The Truman Show"- Crumbling Worldview. Is my life real?

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an adult gothic romance with: 🕯️Forbidden Romance 🕯️High Society matchmaking 🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening 🕯️Obsessive yearning 🕯️European setting 🕯️Secret lake meetings #W #A #R #questpit

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Millie Sun @milliesun.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A cunning prankster plots against her lord husband and ends up saving the empire in a fantasy romcom version of A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS 😈 unlikeable heroine ⚔️ enemies-to-power couple 💑 marriage of convenience 🔥 slow-burn & low spice #questpit #Q #A #RF #agentsguide

Agents guide for Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem, 91K adult fantasy romcom, revised through SmoochPit 2025 mentorship

Pitch - She planned to be the terror in his life. He planned to ignore her. Neither planned on saving a crumbling empire from a tyrant—or falling in love.

Twenty-year-old Wen Anling would sooner commit murder than give up her home and freedom. But with no way out of her arranged marriage to Han Shiyan, the wealthy Lord of Qinglan, she devises a plan: let him be the one to beg for divorce… once she transforms 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. He struggles to see any good beneath Anling’s heavily powdered face, overly red lips, and shrill screams, but when she continues to get under his skin, he cannot help but grow intrigued—especially after catching his first glimpses of the real Anling beneath her prickly exterior.

While Anling wrestles with her desire to escape the prison of marriage and he

Comps
The Darkness Within Us - cunning, unlikeble heroine, enemies-to-lovers, drives him up the wall but he can't help falling
A Song to Drown Rivers - Chiense history-inspired setting, political intrigue & schemes
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - romantic comedy, slow burn, lots of banter

Extract & Tropes
- Multicultural w/ POC leads
- Marriage of convenience
- Enemies to power couple
- Slow burn w/ a dose of spice
The not so meet cute...
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. An eyesore was an eyesore no matter how virtuous it
might be.

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Inspired by FRANKENSTEIN, VEINS OF CALRIS is a dark fantasy novel with: 🩸A death cult 🧪Vengeful Artificer 🌱Plant magic and light body horror ❤️Love that persevered across death #questpit #a #df

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Dana Ripley @danaripleywrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

LOVE HITS BIG is an adult contemporary rom-com perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez, Emily Henry, and sports romance! Janey, a wild-child roller derby skater, crashes into love with Alan, who is on a collision course to demolish the animal shelter she runs. Can love save the day? #questpit #W #R #A

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Tomi Oyedeji Olaniyan @tominzay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

BENEATH THE WHISPERING COVE is a gothic coastal fantasy about a young woman’s quest to uncover a missing book of folktales and secure her research funding. The misty water-logged mystery of A STUDY IN DROWNING with the folkloric richness of A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE #questpit #YA #F

A collage of ocean, coastal academic images with droplets of fantasy and mystery.

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