Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Jenny Ferguson Mentee Name: Marcos Gonzalez Title: THESE ARE THE DAYS WITHOUT HER Category: Adult Genre: Literary Fiction / Magical Realism (#ownvoices) Word Count: 95,000 Pitch: When immigration takes Yolandi’s breadwinning aunt under suspicion she’s a coyote, Yolandi and her sisters are abandoned—again. Adults this Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2 WEEKS DELIVERY Mentor Name: Carrie Callaghan Mentee Name: ReLynn Vaughn Title: THE LAST WITCH OF CAELHEARTH Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 110,000 Pitch: Throughout Willa’s young life, strong magic was forbidden. But when the rebellious Baron arrives to conscript her village, her own magic erupts. She Read more…
Manuscript Status: FINISHED Mentor Name: Carrie Callaghan Mentee Name: Eileen Haas Title: THE LAND BETWEEN KINGS Category: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Word Count: 94,000 Pitch: In Viking-occupied Ireland, outcast jurist Cathal investigates a murder for the Irish king, unbeknownst to his Norse employer. Meanwhile, Norsewoman Ragna guards a dangerous secret Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Caitlin Sinead Mentee: Luanne Smith Title: THE PROTECTOR OF THE SEVERN Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 106,000 Pitch: When a treaty negotiation turns into an ambush, Protector Cira Conwy is forced to outrun assassins with her only surviving bodyguard, Lt. Ethan Daniels. While escaping across the Severn Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Layla Reyne Mentee: Maxym Martineau Title: THE RAVEN PRISONER Category/Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance Word count: 89,000 Pitch: LOST GIRL meets THE CAPTIVE PRINCE when succubus Harlyn’s captor ignites more than contempt. After learning the truth about the war that claimed her mother’s life, Harlyn must decide whether Read more…
Manuscript status: Finished with one-week delivery. (Author is out of the country.) Mentor Name: Heather Van Fleet Mentee Name: Morgan Crane Title: Claiming Hearts and Spaces Category: Adult Contemporary Romance Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: Income slashed, career-driven Madison can’t afford rent. Unfortunately, the only suitable roommate she can find is Read more…
MANUSCRIPT STATUS: Finished Mentor: Laura Heffernan Mentee: Steph Mignon Title: GHOSTS OF RODEO DRIVE Category/Genre: Adult/Women’s fiction Word Count: 86,000 Pitch: After growing up without indoor plumbing, Sierra moves to Beverly Hills, determined to marry for money. When a hot NBA player’s car knocks her out of her fake Louboutins, Sierra Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2 weeks delivery Mentor Name: J. R. Yates Mentee Name: Shannon Caldwell Title: FALLING FOR THE OTHER BROTHER Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Divorcee Aven Conner is done ditching her aspirations for men who ghost on her. She cashes in her Lexus convertible for Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Mary Ann Marlowe and Jaime Loren Mentee: Gwynne Jackson Title: ALL SONGS ARE LOVE SONGS Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance Word Count: 91,000 Pitch: Roadie Jesse lands a job as assistant to a rock star, catapulting her into the public eye and putting the spotlight on her Read more…
MANUSCRIPT STATUS: Finished Mentor Name: Michelle Hazen Mentee Name: Michelle Iannantuono Title: PARADISA Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary fantasy with M/M romance Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: All gods may be real, but the greatest heroes are human. That includes gay ex-Navy SEAL Connor Bishara when he discovers the world’s deepest secret—Paradisa, a realm where every mythic Read more…