A title that says "An Agents' Guide to Storm Struck, A Queer Fantasy Romance" next to an illustration of two men, a noble and a sea captain, holding hands.
Text that says "The Pitch: After a spectacular public defeat, disgraced duelist Varos Belaro takes to the high seas to save his reputation by rescuing a princess from pirates and winning her hand in marriage. During their first tempest at sea, Kellan, the mysterious captain, saves Varos’s life with his storm magic. After hidden and heated moments, they collide in a passionate tryst and make a gentlemen’s agreement to continue their affair until they rescue the princess. But as old rivals close in from behind, they must race to a showdown with the pirates, and Varos must choose between the life he’s always wanted and the love he never thought he’d have."
A close up illustration of two men holding hands next to text that says "The Vibes: Adventure on the High Seas, Four Chili Pepper Emojis, Himbo MC, Forced Proximity, Pirates, Black Cat/Golden Retriever"
Two book covers above the respective text "SWORDCROSSED by Freya Marske" and "SORCERY AND SMALL MAGICS by Maiga Doocy."
The art is in and the #smoochpit showcase is coming up, so it's time to post the #agentsguide to Storm Struck, a queer fantasy romance.
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Thank you! It was a lot of fun to write!
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Ahhh thank you!
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"An agent's guide to THE BOG PRINCE by Julianne M, a 99k word YA fantasy romance."
The pitch...
Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army,
doomed never to see her family again.
Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last hope of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of
falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim.
Pictures of book and album covers in ornate antique frames. The text reads:
For fans of...
Yearning and bog bodies (Hozier's debut album)
Dark academia and lyrical prose (A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides)
Haunting gothic atmosphere (One Dark Window and Florence + the Machine's Lungs album)
Slow-burn romance (Divine Rivals)
Snippet...
A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud.
Another crack of lightning.
And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light—
A single grasping hand,
clawing its way out of the earth towards me.
In honour of #QuestPit and the upcoming #SmoochPit showcase, here's an updated #agentsguide for THE BOG PRINCE, my upper #YA #RF about a necromancer who reanimates the bog body of her kingdom's long-lost prince. 💀👑
Maybe some secrets are better left buried... 🖤 #agentguide #Q
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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.
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
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An Agent Guide to GUMIHO
86,000 word adult folklore fantasy blended with horror and romance
By Jennifer Luce
The pitch:
Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one more, but when she falls for her final target, she must choose: face her demons and sever the curse before the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something truly monstrous.
For fans of...
SUCH SHARP TEETH by Rachel Harrison - physical transformation & emotional vulnerability
THE FOX WIFE by Yangsze Choo - East Asian Folklore
MY DEMON - Redemption through connection
THE GLORY - Morally gray anti-hero
First Lines
Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white snow.
A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would lead to his demise.
Hi #Questpit! Nearly done w/ SmoochPit revisions, here's GUMIHO, my Korean folklore-inspired adult fantasy blended w/ horror & romance!
✨️ Selected for the 2025 Smoochpit Mentorship Program
✨️ Big 5 Editor Interest
✨️ Won 3rd in the horror category of the 2025 PNWA Writing Contest
#A #F #H #R
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Gothic text treatment with a red skeletal graphic overlay with a spooky, dark forest photograph background. Text reads "An Agent's Guide to the Banshee of Clan Murtagh, a gothic love story, 82,000 words, adult horror, by Anna Hirsch."
Tropes & comps: Irish folklore, she's the monster, generational trauma, only one grave. The yearning in the time of plague found in Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Catholicism vs the Supernatural in The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the medieval horror of Between Two fires by Christopher Buehlman, the death-crossed lovers of Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers.
The pitch: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. Yet, his family doesn’t believe his warnings, and why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee, he didn’t tell a soul until after his younger cousin tragically died under his watch. He’s been the family pariah ever since.
Desperate for redemption, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, decades ago—a woman named Deirdre.
In hopes of learning whose death she foretold, Ciarán tenuously agrees to help Deirdre remember who she was. They begin meeting by moonlight, and with every clandestine encounter, his macabre desire for Deirdre grows. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer. But fate demands more than death, and Deirdre is no longer the only ghost cursed to haunt Clan Murtagh forever.
The first line: I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I'd heard her for years.
HAMNET x NOSFERATU
🖤 The black sheep of a powerful 14th-century Irish family falls in love with the banshee who’s haunted his household for generations—but as the bubonic plague closes in, he must choose between the living and the dead.
💌 SmoochPit 2025 Mentee
#QuestPit #Q #A #H #HFic
31.01.2026 05:00
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Image of a tall ship on the ocean with the title Storm Struck and the following text: A disgraced noble takes to the high seas to rescue a princess and win her hand in marriage, but falls in love with his surly sea captain instead.
The Pitch:
Varos Belaro spent his whole life training for a dueling tournament he just lost - along with all his friends, his good name, and his career prospects. However, when he finds out that the kingdom’s princess has been kidnapped by an infamous pirate and the reward for saving her is her hand in marriage, he sees a chance at redemption. With the title of prince of the realm on the line, his family quickly strikes a contract with the fastest ship on the seas, and Varos takes off on an adventure to rescue the princess and his future.
Kellan is the captain of the ship and a Stormrunner, a once-in-a-generation talent that can harness the power of storms for wind magic. After he saves Varos in a tempest, they collide in a steamy tryst, and Varos comes up with a plan to extend their fun by forming a gentleman’s agreement until they find the princess. But when the rival who ruined Varos’s life emerges with his own Stormrunner on the only other ship that can beat them, Varos and Kellan must race them to be the first to save the princess. Facing wild storms, duels, and pirate battles, Varos must choose between the life he’s always wanted and the love he never thought he’d have.
Image of a tall ship on the ocean with "for fans of" and then the cover of three books. The books are Sorcery and Small Magics, Swordcrossed, and A Marvellous Light.
The Vibes:
High Heat on the High Seas
Black Cat/Golden Retriever
Forced Proximity
Himbo Hero
Pirates!
Unique Magic System
High heat on the high seas in this M/M fantasy romance.
A disgraced noble takes to the high seas to rescue a princess and win her hand in marriage, but falls in love with his surly sea captain instead.
⭐ Selected for the 2025 Smoochpit Mentor Program
#Questpit #Q #F #R #RF #LGBTQ
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