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Julie Moss @julieanneslibrary.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey #Questpit, check out your next romance read! After a professional mishap with her coworker, a risk-averse architect is sentenced to a new project in Colorado where she must prove she can work with her rival turned roommate—or risk crumbling the foundation of her career. #Q #R #A

This is an image of a library card with information for the romance book, “Breaking the Blueprint” in the lines. It includes the key tropes (architects, office rivals, forced proximity, touch of spice, workplace romance, and tension and banter) as well as the 88,000 word count and contemporary romance genre listed.

Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · 2w ago

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

kss @ksskss.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Cruel Prince X The Hunger Games Querying now~ ⚔️Portal fantasy 🩸Deadly trials ⚔️Malevolent racist faeries 🩸A selfish, lying & self-serving FMC ⚔️Court intrigue 🩸Blood magic ⚔️Unique & lush worldbuilding 🩸Political minefields ⚔️A very subtle slow-burn romance 🩸Monsters #QuestPit #YA #F #Q

The Ballad of Blood and Fire (A 100,00-word YA Fantasy)

A mood board of gold pillars of a beautiful palace, a dark, intimidating maze, magical lights in a willow tree, a hand dripping with blood, a view of the night sky, a forgotten statue of a Goddess, an ethereal night sky, two people fighting, a hand holding a stunning diamond necklace, and gold-plated armor.

When 17-year-old Rawiya becomes the first mortal ever Casted into the deadly Light Bearer Trials in the Lands of Draoibeo, she must navigate treacherous court politics by weaponizing the one power no faerie possesses: the ability to lie.

The Comps:

- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
- The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Kendall Rae @authorkendallrae.bsky.social · 2w ago

This vibe, but she’s planning his sister’s wedding and he’s determined to stop it. #Q #A #R #romcom #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #amquerying #QuestPit

Kendall Rae @authorkendallrae.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you like: 💍 New England weddings 💗 Stolen coffees 💍 Designing floral arrangements 💗 Italian greyhounds 💍 Messy women doing their best 💗 Champagne toasts 💍 Wealthy people behaving badly 💗 (Accidentally) shoving your rival in a pond… check out BROTHER OF THE BRIDE #Q #A #R #romcom #QuestPit

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Pierre Sylvestre @psylvestre.bsky.social · 2w ago

♠️ACE OF SPADES X THE HOUSEMAID🏠 NO LOVE IN THIS CITY is a fast-paced YA Thriller featuring: 👩A morally gray female protagonist 🤯Shocking twists 🏡Elements of domestic suspense 🌆 A gritty fictional city setting 💕Romance 🔪Intense action #Questpit #Q #YA #T #M

@kp-newbury.bsky.social · 2w ago

#questpit ! #w #u #wf #wlw THE SWINGING SKIRT ⛳️ After a flashing scandal, a disgraced LPGA champ and the disapproving coach she falls for ditch their staged media stunts to show fans what she stands for before her bad girl reputation eclipses her image as an elite athlete.

Title: The Swinging Skirt
Genre: Upmarket Women’s Fiction
Subplot: WLW Romance

Opening Lines: “Holy guacamole, Larry. That’s the best swing in golf.”
I didn’t bother to look up at the TV. The manufactured drawl of Golf Network’s famed announcer Dan Hooper was all too familiar. And I knew he was talking about me.

Teaser: LPGA champion Loralie Genovese crashes into the glass ceiling of professional sports after flashing a crowd of spectators in celebration turns her into the bad girl of golf. Apparently, no one in the sport has ever seen boobs before.

Comp titles:
Love story: The Long Shot and The Favorites
Hero arc: Carrie Soto is Back and Spectacular Things

Dannielle Raffin @dannielleraffin.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Knight’s Tale and When the Moon Hatched collide in TORCH THE STARS 💫 ⚔️A tale of hidden identity, love, and a woman chasing glory in a man’s world #QuestPit #Q #A #F #agentguide

Mandy Raquel is revising ✨@mandiee.bsky.social · 2w ago

What happens when the life you escaped becomes the only thing that can make you feel whole again? 🎤 Pop-punk nostalgia 🖤 Found family 🔥 Slow-burn second chance 🥐 Former frontman turned bakery owner 🎸 Band secrets and old wounds #QuestPit #W #A #U #R

Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 2w ago

LEGALLY BLONDE X B.K. BORISON'S GOOD SPIRITS A first-year public defender for sorcerers must help her newest client prove his innocence without accidentally falling in love with him. rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

@amberjollyauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

Taelyn Gray is querying 🦋@taelyngray.bsky.social · 2w ago

BRIDGERTON x AGNES AUBERT'S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER with a magical butterfly twist 🦋 magical butterfly rescue 🤭 hate to love ✨ fake courtship 🤍 #ownvoices scoliosis rep 📰 The Press make or break reputations 🫦 banter starts in CH 1 #questpit #Q#A #F

Chantal Danieli — is editing! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 2w ago

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Tropes
Forbidden Romance
High Society Match Making
European Setting
Slow Burn
Love VS Duty
Black Swan-esque Awakening
Masquerade Ball
2000’s Setting
Obsessive yearning
Secret Lake Meetings

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 2w ago

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Rachel @racheljwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Olivia isn’t the typical dating show lead. So when Logan, her brother’s best friend, steps out of a limo, they strike a deal: he’ll provide intel on the men as an undercover contestant. But pretending to fall in love on TV gets complicated. STEAL YOU AWAY: 92k contemp. romance #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Rebeccah Sheridan @rsheridan92.bsky.social · 3mo ago

LOVELIGHT FARMS x THE LOVE HATERS When an event planner must plan a holiday gala with the firefighter who works for her father, she vows to keep things strictly professional...until their chemistry threatens her career, her family relationships, and the gala itself #questpit #q #a #r #amquerying

Rue Brixton @ruebrixton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔅One hot summer. 🎶Two desperate musicians. 💍Sixty-three fucking weddings. HIGH STRUNG, an 82k steamy contemporary romance. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #AmQuerying

orange pink back ground with moon-like circle and graphic of male/female couple. Text: High Strung. Trope arrows: exasperation at first sight. He falls so hard he seeks medical attention. A cat named Violence. Annoyance-to-lovers. Revenge mustache. Everybody know but them (because they're idiots)

orange pink back ground with moon-like circle. Text: High Strung. The pitch: a tightly wound cellist books sixty-three Napa Valley wedding gigs in one summer to save her family home, but when a famously chaotic composer lies his way into her quartet because he secretly believes she's his muse, their combustible rhythm threatens her plans, his career--and both their hearts. Comp books are The -Commers by Katherine Center. Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto. The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

four pictures, A center circle that is pink-orange with text that reads: from top left: a marble hand squeezing a marble thigh, a meme with text that says You're invited to suffer with a join button. Hot man and hot woman kissing, a hand dipping in water.

Center pink-orange-purple circle says The Characters. upper left, hot guy in nice suit holding a violin, below him is a pull quote: A moment passed between us, her eyes dark velvet. I was in trouble. Cold Nanette? i could handle. Hot Nanette? I was learning to cope. But warm Nanette would break me. Upper right is beautiful woman playing cello. below her is pull quote: Before luca, I thought i knew everything there was to know about myself, seen all the way to the edges of who I was. But now I wondered if there was a different Nanette, lurking just beyond the border of should. A good girl, who wanted to do bad girl things.

❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hello firefly✨ Welcome to An Artistic Deception🏰✨🪄 Complete at 108k words, a new adult romantasy six of crows x a deadly education 😘 Welcome to our #LiteraryAgentGuide for #QuestPit All design is by @aeipathea & character art by @h4mm.iee #Q #R #F #A #QuestPit2026

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When the six kingdoms prestigious magic school announces a formidable trial promising freedom and noble status, Tehtte’s most notorious assassin Agni enters an uneasy alliance with her second worst nightmare: her childhood bane and the city’s Lionheart Knight—Fala.

Now, surviving her penultimate year is the least of her worries. Agni is still drowning in her failure of an ancient prophecy, running from the monsters her people became, and trying to hide from a king hell bent on finding her. As the realms brace for the perilous trials, Agni is confronted with a haunting question: is her prophecy’s fulfillment still yet to come, and is her heart truly hers to lose?

agni ain’t no war like the class war

fala women want me fish fear me showing character art

romantasy - arcana academy
ensemble cast - six of crows
deadly magic school - a deadly education
visual world inspiration - witch hat atelier
right person wrong time - frown
reimagined fantasy races - dungeon meshi

Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝@danielleippaso.bsky.social · 3mo ago

THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC MEXICAN GOTHIC x STARLING HOUSE Dark Southern Gothic w/ Horror elements. 🕯️An orphan seeking security ⌛An immortal man bound by a curse 📰A marriage notice that is a trap Nellie must choose: her heart or her survival #QuestPit #Q #A #HR #H #DR

A dark teal and black patterned card for THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC. The background has vintage deep shades of pink and purple roses on the top of the frame. Centered is a small hourglass made with bones and a skull symbolizing the immortal + horror elements of the story. There is a note on there that the story is 70,000 words and a Dark Southern Gothic with Horror Elements.

A pitch slide with a deep teal background and black magnolia patterns. A skull with purple and pink roses and more deep pink and purple roses act as decorations. The pitch reads: "The Unyielding Monsieur de Blanc follows Nellie Moore in 1872, lured to a New Orleans estate by a marriage notice promising security. There, she encounters a man as captivating as he is complex, a man bound by a curse that has kept him alive for over a century.
As an impossible attraction sparks, Nellie’s search for the truth reveals that some secrets are meant to stay buried, and some doors, once opened, can never be closed again."

Two book covers adorn the card with deep teal and black magnolia patterns, pink and purple roses framing the bottom.
MEXICAN GOTHIC - The atmostpheric dread and family legacy.
STARLING HOUSE - A cursed, burdened hero

Teal and black magnolia patterns in the background along with a pink and purple rose decoration in the top right corner. Other images include, a candlestick with a burning flame, a pocket watch, a burned newspaper with a woman dressed in 19th century attire. The card includes a snippet of the book as below:

Nellie cleared her throat, and he turned slowly. His broad shoulders squared as he measured her with gray, unflinching eyes.

“I do not care for shadows in my doorway. Step forward.”

Nellie could not speak for a moment. Such a man naturally commanded her. He seemed powerful, severe, and entirely too confident. “I—I beg your pardon, sir,” she stuttered, her voice small in the vast room. “I am Nellie Moore.”

A brief unreadable softness touched his features before he stiffened, his expression once again a mask of stone. “I am Monsieur de Blanc, or Mr. De Blanc, as you Americans prefer.”

His thick French accent was like bourbon; it was smooth, but with a burn that unsettled her. Nellie stared, stunned. This was him, the man she was to marry. She had expected someone older, not this gentleman in his late twenties with a face so...strikingly symmetrical.

“Do find your breath, Mademoiselle. I have enough to manage today without adding a fainting spell to the afternoon’s agenda. I’ve never had much patience for delicate women.”

The insult was a splash of frigid water, bringing her back to herself. The orphan inside of her who spent her days scrubbing floors and managing unruly children suddenly bubbled to the surface. She adjusted the lace on her shoulders and met his gaze with a leveled stare that mirrored his own coldness.

“You needn’t worry, sir,” she said, her voice surprisingly crisp. “I am merely trying to reconcile the man in front of me with the one I was promised in the letters.”

A flicker of mild interest passed over his face. “Is that so?” he murmured, arms folded tightly. “Fortune favors you, then. I am not the man from your letters.”

Chantal Danieli — is editing! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 3mo ago

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000’s setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings #questpit #W #A #NA #R

First Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman sprawled over a man lying on a chaise. Depiction of Romeo & Juliet.

Book Title: My Sweet Unbecoming
A Forbidden Gothic Romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Second Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman staring deeply into a canvas. The art on the canvas is a man in uniform standing as the muse.

Comps and Pitch
Jane Eyre
The Viscount Who Loved Me
The Phantom Of The Opera

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him once before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Third Graphic:

Tropes.

Forbidden Romance.
High Society Match Making.
European Setting.
Slow Burn.
Love VS Duty.
Black Swan-esque Awakening.
Masquerade Ball.
2000’s Setting.
Obsessive Yearning.
Secret Lake Meetings.

Fourth Graphic:

Snippets:

His hunger transcends anything as simple as lust. A perfect replica of my own.
Our appetite goes beyond the physical. What we starve for is not the body, but the soul.
Spirits, which I'm certain, have known each other for millennia—longing and finding one another, again and again against all odds.
Nothing can come between what is immaterial.
Even less so when it is destined
A divine homecoming.
He is the vessel of my existence. The missing half that completes me. There is no him without me. And without him, there is no me.
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And how do I tell him I'd gladly crawl beneath his armor, inside his clothes and past his skin? Fight myself through sinews and bone, every ligament and essence that makes him him, and live on solely to keep his soul free of any pain?
Caretaker of his soul for eternity.
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A touch, as soft as a feather.
The dull edges of fingernails.
Deliberate and as exquisitely slow as molasses.
I arch into these luxuries like a cat wanting for more.
Hum at the whispery strokes as they comb through my scalp, down my hair, in pursuit of my jaw and finally my décolleté.
I know it's him.
Scent him like a vampire would sweet blood.

Allison Wall @awritingwall.bsky.social · 3mo ago

After twenty years, two ex-bffs are thrust together to recall their forgotten magical abilities and fix their childhood mistake: keep the dragon eggs they buried in their middle school playground from hatching and devastating the world. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #U #LF

Mood board showing: a hand reaching over a golden lake, a crystal cave, a clear orb resting in dirt, a ghostly dragon, the title of the novel: What We Buried.

Rachel @racheljwrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I usually live over on Threads, but getting ready for #QuestPit over here tomorrow!

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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questpit || next event: NOV 4th@questpit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Seasons greetings! Our gift to you is #questpit dates for 2026! We can’t wait to reconvene next year. Happy Holidays!

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