🥀 Epic love, decadent heat and a pinch of tragedy. BLOOD & WAR October 2024 (@aethonbooks) Querying: The Fated Ones
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ALT background: side view of the ocean from a ship words: An agent/editor’s guide to “burn the ships” na romantasy by: makayla bryant
ALT background: side view of the ocean from a ship words: WARNING: Falling in love will result in death While being thrown into a quest with an unlikely group of thieves, an assassin prince and a bounty hunter pirate get stuck in a blood pact where they can't kill each other, but they must in order to break the bounties placed on their heads. The only problem? They may have fallen in love.
ALT background: side view of the ocean from a ship words: Favorite quote: "I don't simply want to kill you, Ren." I angle my face up to his. "When this is all said and done, I want you to be on your knees begging for my mercy over my wrath." Ren's gaze darkens with desire. "Promises promises. If you want me on my knees, darling, all you have to do is ask."
ALT background: side view of the ocean from a ship words: tropes and comps: high stakes with bounty hunters and assassins like WHEN THE MOON HATCHED the themes of romantic tension and banter in POWERLESS intricate world-building of NEVER KEEP enemies-to-lovers slow burn of SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME & THE BOOK OF AZRAEL
ALT Grid of nine images: a woman laid on a bed with a man hovering over her, a woman painted in white to resemble a statue holding a broken pomegranate, the upper half of a man’s face with curly hair and a circlet placed upon it, the silver armour of a woman with a red cloak, close up of a woman’s face with wild windswept hair and a glowing Amber eye, Greek/roman style soldiers dress in red holding formation with spears and shields, a woman peering out through a doorway, the intricate columns of a temple, a woman’s hands rubbing sand on them in the sunbeam.
ALT Tropes/themes: Dark Romance | Forbidden Love | Enemies to Lovers | High Spice | Banter | Morally Gray | Opposites Attract | Fake Hating | Mental Health Rep. | Redemption Arc | Plot Twists
ALT a cave with light shining in. Black text that reads: A GUIDE TO CITY OF BONE AND JEWELS BY HEATHER CARTER
ALT a cave with light in the background. black text that reads: THE PITCH. Gemma and her twin sister are dragged to a hidden realm in the center of the Earth where they are forced to compete for the hand of a sinister god. Winner gets a crown, the loser gets sacrificed to the god of fire. When Gemma finds a powerful connection with her demigod guard, the stakes skyrocket, and she is forced to choose between her heart and the fate of all life on Earth. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH X TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN
ALT A CAVE WITH LIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND. BLACK TEXT THAT READS: TROPES/REP. ADHD REP, SOUL MATES, HIDDEN MAGIC, SPICE FORBIDDEN ROMANCE, HOLLOW EARTH/HIDDEN REALM
ALT A CAVE WITH LIGHT IN THE BACKGROUND. BLACK TEXT THAT READS: OPENING LINES. “I swear to God, the power had better not go out again,” I muttered to myself, mentally running over all the emails and chores I still had to tackle. Springtime in Missouri brought storms, but I had deadlines to meet. My twin and I lived in a two-hundred-year-old house that lost power if a cloud so much as sighed, and we hadn’t saved enough for a generator yet. We were two broke bitches tackling adulthood and trauma, one questionable decision at a time.
ALT a 9-grid moodboard with images such as a dead tree, a black-veiled bride, a pale man with dark hair, an empty ballroom, a night sky, a beautiful woman in a red dress, a castle, dead flowers, and an eerie staircase. Text reads: A DEATH WITHOUT YOU" "You and I are far more than soulmates, Chloe. We are the same point of the blade that divides light from dark."
ALT A blue starry background with an image of the audiobook cover for To Find a King by Heather Carter, performed by Lauren Beck, featuring a small round photo of Lauren
ALT top row: female pirate leaning against the railing of a ship, a brown pouch full of silver coins, and the top a masculine head with a crown middle row: a faraway castle on the cliffs, a man and woman in an embrace as if they might kiss, and the sails of a ship bottom row: a cloaked archer, someone holding a crown, and a female pirate holding onto the mast of a ship
ALT a 4 x 4 moodboard with lilac claw marks across the whole page top row: black smoke clouds, pink flowers, orange flames, two men kissing second row: a bruised eye, pink flowers on an open book, three bloody hands, ripples on a puddle third row: handwritten letters, two boys embracing, a bruised neck, a man making flower crowns bottom row: a brown rabbit, purple flowers, a river, the sea
ALT A photo collage titled Punch Drunk Magic. Shades of purples and oranges evoke autumn. Images in the collage include a woman giving a level stare over a pair of raised boxing gloves, a dancer leaping in front of a bonfire, a man with clear blue eyes and dark hair looking worried, an altar with stones and crystals, a church spire, and a woman lying in a circle of candles, unconscious or dead.
ALT a 9 picture mood board for Into the Barracks. row 1, 3 pictures: 1. a black and white photo of a gothic castle, 2. a picture of a soldier in golden armor holding a golden helmet, 3. rough ocean waves and a cloudy sky row 2, 3 pictures: 1. a golden hue picture of wine from a golden pitcher being poured into a golden goblet, 2. a black and white picture of a woman holding a sword looking toward a castle, 3. a golden hue picture of someone tracing the tops of old perfume bottles row 3, 3 pictures: 1. a pile of silver coins, 2. an intricate room with a golden chandelier in the foreground and a golden wall and painting in the background, 3. a black and white picture of an intricate palace staircase with many lit chandeliers
ALT a nine-grid mood board showing dark, gothic themes, the title A DEATH WITHOUT YOU, and a quote from the book "You and I are far more than soulmates, Chloe. We are the same point of the blade that divides light from dark."