56. CHARLOTTE ELEMENTAL – New Adult Fantasy

Mentor Name: Julie Sondra Decker Mentee Name: Megan Paasch Title: CHARLOTTE ELEMENTAL Category: New Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: When an Elemental chooses Charlotte as its host, her days as a latte-peddling student are over. Charlotte’s only hope is Liel–a disenchanted Fae sent to kill her. Liel defies his kin to pursue a cure instead, but if he fails, Charlotte’s growing Elemental powers could destroy humankind and Fae alike. Excerpt: “That which does Read more…

57. SUMMER LAKES – New Adult Contemporary Romance

Mentor Name: L.S. Murphy Mentee Name: Kelly Kizer Whitt Title: SUMMER LAKES Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 85,000 Pitch: The humiliation of being dumped online pushes Kat to seek revenge with hot golfer Eli. But support from buddy Rob and time alone may help her finally move on. Excerpt: The roar in my ears extinguishes all other sounds and the image on the computer screen burns my eyes behind hot tears. Matt, Read more…

58. FRAMED – Adult Contemporary Romance

Mentor Name: Eden Plantz Mentee Name: Susan J. Bickford Title: FRAMED Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: A social media darling lands a writing gig that pulls her into Hollywood’s fast lane, unaware her chance encounter with an A-list restaurateur is a strategic move in a treacherous game of blackmail that will lead to love—and murder. Excerpt: Callie Burkhardt gave her lens a clockwise twist, framing her quarry tight inside the viewfinder. Read more…

59. CALAMITY – Adult Romance

Mentor Name: Jaime Loren Mentee Name: Mary Ann Nicholson Title: CALAMITY Category: Adult Genre: Romance Word Count: 78,000 PITCH: Mallory usually has the luck of the Irish Potato Famine, but when a string of disasters culminates in a proposal from a dreamy millionaire, she thinks her fortune’s changed. Unfortunately, getting everything she’s always wanted might cost her the one thing money can’t buy — the friend who’s loved her all along. EXCERPT: I was ten Read more…

60. AWAKE AND ASTRAY – Adult Upmarket Contemporary

Mentor Name: Brianna Shrum Mentee Name: Margarita Montimore Title: AWAKE AND ASTRAY Category: Adult Genre: Upmarket Contemporary Word Count: 93,000 Pitch: After a tragic accident, Astrid wakes up to no job or home and unable to remember the previous twenty-four hours. In order to recover her memories, she must navigate a maze of eccentric Boston nightlife and find Theo, who might be the man of her dreams, or merely a figment. Memento meets Before Sunrise. Read more…

61. THE HONEST THIEF – Adult Thriller

Mentor Name: Natasha Neagle Mentee Name: Alessa Hinlo Title: THE HONEST THIEF Category: Adult Genre: Thriller Word Count: 82,000 Pitch: When her twin goes missing, Sabina Delacruz is dragged back into the criminal life she left behind and forced to take over her sister’s heist — only to discover she’s the mark of the biggest con of all. Excerpt: Leilani Pukahi walks back into my life the same way I left hers: quick and with Read more…

62. LOVE LIKE MAGGI – Adult Contemporary Romance

Mentor Name: Amy E. Reichert Mentee Name: Shaya Roy Title: LOVE LIKE MAGGI Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: Dr. Aaliyah Shah knows she’s in trouble when her overbearing mother creates an online marriage profile and invites all slim, fair, vegetarian men of Mumbai to apply to marry her daughter. As she meets potential grooms, Aaliyah discovers her shy, stuttering best friend might just be her perfect match. Excerpt: When interviewing me Read more…

63. FIELD OF STORMS – Adult Fantasy

Mentor Name: Charlie Holmberg Mentee Name: L. T. Elliot Title: FIELD OF STORMS Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 125,000 Pitch: An illiterate rice farmer’s daughter steals God’s language and uses it to rewrite her country’s faith. Excerpt: Each morning Kwinn Mon Daing sought the river to quiet her sin. The tug of the current beneath a dimpled, calm surface often drew away the stolen power that filled her. The burbling splash drowned out two Read more…

64. BIOHUNTER – Adult Science Fiction

Mentor Name: Dan Koboldt Mentee Name: Bianca Nogrady Title: BIOHUNTER Category: Adult Genre: Science fiction Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: In a resource-starved world riven by biological warfare, biohunter Niobe Grace patrols the frontline: part paramedic, part microbiologist, part CSI. But when framed for a heinous crime, she faces the fight of her life to save herself, her friends, and the closest thing to a home and family she has ever known. Excerpt: The swollen lump Read more…

65. THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE – Adult Science Fiction

Mentor Name: Jami Nord Mentee Name: Sarena Ulibarri Title: THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 72,000 Pitch: Olivia and Bob only had 3D-printed pancakes in common, but an impulsive theft will take them to the Edge of the Universe and back. Excerpt: The Octos had left slime trails on the restaurant floor again. Olivia glared at the creatures, wiping the sole of her shoe with the rag she kept Read more…