ROMANCE!! 💕

it's the one genre I've been looking to add to my list. some fave dynamics include

- the delinquent/A+ student
- black cat/golden retriever
- the one who thinks theyre a monster/the one who loves them anyway

ideally contemporary, but romance-driven sff or mystery is welcome too!

1/6 #writers #writingcommunity #amquerying #amediting I’m reopening to queries on 8/25! Check out my fully updated #MSWL but here are some I’m really hungry for: YA/NA/Adult romances/WF. Spec, magical realism, paranormal, you name it. Check my #MSWL for specific titles I love.

Romance: I'm looking for a modern love story -- modern meaning within the year we are currently in. I would love anything that is funny, witty, and feels like I’m in a modern Kate Hudson movie. This is more for NA/Adult and in YA I would love a good rivals to lovers or friends

Paranormal
Supernatural forces lurking just beyond the veil of reality
· Ghost stories/hauntings
· Vampires
· Werewolves/shapeshifters
· Paranormal Romance
· Curses
· Dual worlds
· Dark rituals
· Forest spirits
· Necromancy

y’all, I’m also looking for romance with a speculative backdrop 💕 ✨ #mswl

I’m open for queries until the 15th and my #MSWL has changed.
I also included some recent reads that I’ve enjoyed this summer so you can get a feel for my reading tastes (I do not represent these titles).
note— I am NOT open to manuscripts written using AI.
querytracker.net/query/3674

More historical fic please! I'll take it all but would love more of the Roaring 20s, WWII, and the Swinging 60s in South/Central America & Europe settings. Open to #HR although I will warn that the genre is tough atm. But one day it could circle back so don't want to miss out on any new voices here
bookriot.com/unmaking-of-the-historical-romance-genre/

Lastly, I'd love to see books featuring characters with celiac disease (which I have)--especially in the rom-com space. How does one navigate kissing on a first date when your partner has had gluten? This also goes for other autoimmune diseases and chronic illnesses. #MSWL

I'm always on the hunt for deeply romantic stories with a focus on a continuously building chemistry. #MSWL

"Send me romantasy with strong fantasy and romance elements – it needs to have solid worldbuilding and plot as well as off-the-charts chemistry."
Rose Ferrao #MSWL

I want yearning and longing in my romantasy and romances #MSWL

**Please make sure to attach the 40,000 words in a Word doc.

I’m open to queries! Looking for New Adult and adult fiction and nonfiction in the genres listed below. Send your query and the first 40,000 words to jonathan@olswangerliterary.com. Use this subject line: Query – [Reader Category] / [Genre].
#MSWL #queries

Greyhaus Literary Agency IS actively acquiring romance and women's fiction. I would also love to work with existing Harlequin authors who are looking to expand their careers. Make sure to reach out! #MSWL

Before people start saying agents put up mswl to read the books they want (standard comments every time, especially when I list high heat or monster romance), I already have KU and plenty of books to read. This is for work.

I'd also love a really high heat romance. Especially if it has some sort of kink. Along the lines of Salacious Players Club.

All the Monster romance. Think Lillian Lark.

Consent and no abuse for any romance though.

#mswl in YA/NA I would LOVE something with the vibe of Crave or Wings of Blood. It can be dragons/ vampires/ fae/ werewolves/ gargoyles...anything. But it's the academia/ competition between species/ love interest vibe that I'm after.

I'm also after paranormal romance in general still.

For a YA/crossover readership (my initial focus), I'd particularly love to see original, immersive speculative and fantasy novels (especially if inspired by an unusual setting or underrepresented history, mythology or culture), horror, dystopian, romance and thrillers.

I’d love a queer romance with an autistic protagonist and/or love interest, as an actually autistic agent (and, apparently, alliteration aficionado). I loved Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient! #MSWL

Mini #MSWL thread! I’m an associate literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency, representing YA, queer adult romance, and adult nonfiction. Query me here:
querytracker.net/query/bookmarkobrien