Amy Higgins

sunscreen & sad boys An Agent’s Guide To New Adult Romance. 82k words

Tropes & Themes Found family Closed setting Love triangle Casual-to-lovers Jewish rep Multi-pov

PITCH After losing her mom as a child, Camp Woodvale is the only place Sage’s ever felt at home. She won’t let her unrequited crush back at university ruin her final summer. When a devastating breakup derails Nico’s summer plans, he comes to Camp Woodvale. Amidst the unusual traditions and the staff drama, Nico finds comfort in Sage- the girl he’s certain his cousin is still in love with. They’ll be each other’s rebounds with two rules to follow... 1. Sage can’t talk to her crush 2. No discussing their future until the last day at camp When Nico can no longer hide his yearning for Sage, she must decide if she can finally close the door on unfinished business. And if she doesn’t, Nico will get hurt and Sage risks ruining her final summer-- with lifelong friendships caught in the crossfire.

Comps Just for the summer: Short-term Relationship dynamics Deep end: It’s casual But someone catches feelings wildfire: Atmospheric Summer camp setting

WILDFIRE x JUST FOR THE SUMMER x DEEP END

What happens at camp doesn't always stay there... Check out my agent's guide to find out more about this New Adult Romance that takes place over a summer to remember (or maybe forget).

Coming soon to your query inbox

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THE NATURE OF WITCHES X SMALL FAVORS
A slow-seeping poison is infecting Appalachia, & Briar must stop it before shadow creatures are unleashed into her world. But on her journey to find help, buried secrets of her past are revealed, changing her life forever. #A #F #Q #Posterpit

background image: two arms reaching out with pinkies hooked together text (top to bottom): sports romance, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, he falls first A contemporary romance by Kate Cooper Promise You'll Stay She wants to be taken seriously. He wants to keep his bachelor lifestyle. Only one of them can get what they want. Now revising

Hadley and Miles are at odds from the start. Her job? Get the reckless point guard under control and take over as owner of the team. His mission? Ignore her rules and make things as difficult as possible.

😠 enemies→lovers
🏀 sports romance
💙 he falls first
💔 betrayal

#posterpit #w #a #c #r

Poster with girl with crown looking up with castle in background. Title is CADENCE Prue is not a princess

12yo Cady joins a camp at Fairytale Land in hopes the alone time will save her parents’ marriage. Now, Cady must try different roles in order to find her HEA. But with one disaster after another, how can Cady prove something she doesn’t believe exists? #PosterPit #MG #AG #C

None of This Was Real 10 years ago,she ruined everything. Now, they’re reunited at her sister’s wedding and maybe he’s the one who shouldn’t be trusted. chance second of age coming

A summer to remember, a summer to forget, a week in winter to give it one last shot.

🗻 lake house setting in summer and winter
🥂 soapy family drama
💍 will the wedding be ruined?
💔 healing or reopening old wounds?
📸 yearning for nostalgia

#posterpit #q #r #a #amquerying

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY X THE WEDDING SINGER Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story. 🎵 Trailer "Colorful" Jukebox The Ghost | End Credits "Heaven" Niall Horan #posterpit #wf w/ #r #a #w

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY X THE WEDDING SINGER

Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.

🎵 Trailer "Colorful" Jukebox The Ghost | End Credits "Heaven" Niall Horan
#posterpit #wf w/ #r #a #w

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED:

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company🌱🐈‍⬛💚

💜 Bisexual Romance
💙 Chronic Illness Rep

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X THE SPELLSHOP

#QueerPit #A #FR #Cozy #OwnVoices

Thank you😊

✨ ✨ FATED FAKES✨ ✨ features:
🔮 terrible psychic FMC

🙅 science teacher / skeptic MMC

👻 a haunted school

🛌 disturbing, nonsensical prophesies

📖 it was supposed to be fake, what if it's fate?

#PosterPit #W #A #R
#QueryingSoon

camp woodvale Where friendships (including those with benefits) are made, broken and hopefully repaired. love triangle casual, with strings attached found family summer camp setting Comps: Wildfire Hannah Grace Deep End Ali Hazelwood Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez

Summer camp staff Sage and Nico keep it casual to get over their recent heartbreaks. Nico realizes he wants this to be more than a summer thing, but Sage has some unfinished business back at school (and maybe also in camp?) that she won't let go of so easily.

#posterpit #w #na #r

Photo of man hugging woman text (top to bottom): A contemporary romance by Kate Cooper Overcoming Enemies to lovers, mental health rep, forced proximity She's afraid to fly. He's afraid to fall. Together, they'll face their fears and uncover the truth. Coming soon to the query trenches

You've accidentally discovered a hitman for hire scheme posing as an airline. Now what?

Charlie and Rowan must face their fears, their pasts, and their feelings to expose the airline's true purpose ✈️
(📌#agentsguide)

#posterpit #w #r #c #a #queryingsoon

✨FATED FAKES✨ has:

🔮a bad psychic from a family of renowned seers

🙅a grieving skeptic agrees to be her fake date

⁉️her predictions suddenly start making sense, and they revolve around *him*

#PosterPit #W #A #R
#QueryingSoon

Movie poster for LAST CHANCE MATCH. Palm trees with red overlay and blood splattered. Poster reads: love island meets squid game and black mirror, new adult dystomance, enemies destined to be lovers Find the one who’s to die for

Dear Citizen of Calasca,

Pack your bags! You’ve been invited LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new reality holovision program where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. We promise you’ll find the one who’s to die for.

#posterpit #w #sf #spf #dys #r #na

Top text: workplace romance, enemies to lovers, mental health rep, forced proximity photo of man and woman's hands on woman's knee middle text: She's afraid to fly. He's afraid to fall. Together, they'll face their fears and uncover the truth. photo of road in SW United States bottom text: an 83,000 word contemporary romance by Kate Cooper, coming soon to the query trenches

She’s afraid of flying, he’s afraid of falling. When they discover a hitman for hire scheme posing as an airline, they must face their fears together.

👩‍💻 workplace romance
😠 enemies to lovers
👫 forced proximity
💚 mental health representation

(📌 #agentsguide)

#posterpit #w #r #c #a #queryingsoon

None of This Was Real 87,000 words - adult contemporary romance / book club - for fans of emily henry, carley fortune & paige toon or are they just yearning for nostalgia? Was he the one who got away

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia?

#a #q #r #posterpit

Image of a man and woman sleeping, cuddled together, with another man lying with them, gazing at them. Text reads: Bi 4 bi, polyam, one night, big secret. The Great Throuple. If their secret comes out, so does he. New Adult Romance by Michelle Ogilvy.

Dean is not out as bisexual, so when he and his girlfriend begin a polyamorous relationship with a man who lives with Dean’s classmate (the one with a crush on Dean), things are bound to get messy as they try to keep it all a secret.

#PosterPit #Q #R #NA #A

Moodboard with images of a throuple, a theatre, a woman with finger to lips and a woman shocked.

Dean is not out as bisexual, so when he and his girlfriend begin a polyamorous relationship with a man who lives with Dean’s classmate (the one with a crush on Dean), things are bound to get messy as they try to keep it all a secret.

#QueerPit #R #CR #NA #A

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Scoreboard introduction to Chloé LaFleur

Skaters, your 88K-word warmup period begins now. Please refrain from obstructing other skaters on the ice, falling in love with your cast mates, sharing a bed in a hotel room that was supposed to have two, and reaching a tear-jerking happily ever after.

#questpit #q #r #a #lgbtq #writesky

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NONE OF THIS WAS REAL - #amquerying now, adult romance/wf/book club(?)
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My #QuestPit 🧵 for today.

Thanks for the support during my very first pitch event, and for all the love for Remi and Asher and ✨FATED FAKES✨

Trope board for LAST CHANCE MATCH Dystomance Dislike to lovers Forced proximity One bed Soulmates Biased government Deadly dating show Second changes Morally dark gray jealous MMC

0.6% of Calascans don’t have a soulmate and are exterminated at thirty until a new reality show, LAST CHANCE MATCH, gives matchless another shot, but when the show turns deadly, Cera and Ryde are forced to fight for her happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

#questpit #NA #dys #SF #R #S

an agent’s guide to Camp Woodvale new adult romance 81,000 words

After losing her mom as a child, Camp Woodvale is the only place Sage’s ever felt at home. She won’t let her unrequited crush back at university ruin her final summer. When a devastating breakup derails Nico’s summer plans, he comes to Camp Woodvale. Amidst the unusual traditions and the staff drama, Nico finds comfort in Sage- the girl he’s certain his cousin is still in love with. They’ll be each other’s rebounds with two rules to follow... 1. Sage can’t talk to her crush 2. No discussing their future until the last day at camp When Nico can no longer hide his yearning for Sage, she must decide if she can finally close the door on unfinished business. And if she doesn’t, she risks ruining her final summer, with lifelong friendships caught in the crossfire.

wildfire: Summer camp romance deep end: Casual-to-lovers tsitp: Lifelong yearning love island usa: Closed-setting drama

I wash my pills down with the subpar tap water. Hugh walks into the counselor room, one shade tanner than he was three hours ago. He’s just come back from the waterski dock in his wet bathing suit. He stands shirtless in front of the cubbies we keep our clothes in. “How’s Aunt Sandy?” “I think she was rude to the girl who works in the office. Might have scared her.” “Sagie?” Hugh picks out a forest green johnny collar polo to wear with his white tennis shorts. He slips on his brick red Birkenstock sandals. “Nic, nobody here is afraid of a Jewish mother. Most of us have— or had— one too. What did she even do?” “Trauma dumped. Complained that I’ve forgotten about her since I went to uni. All because I didn’t bring my phone with me and missed her dropping off my pills.”

Two summer camp staff become each other's rebounds with 2 rules:
1. she can't text her crush at school
2. they can't talk about their future until the last day of camp
Will they make it out of camp or will unfinished business with two other people ruin Sage's final summer?

#questpit #w #na #r

an agent’s guide to None of This Was Real adult contemporary 87,000 words

Jasper and her ex reunite at the lake 10 years after a painful breakup. When feelings become too hard to ignore, Jasper must decide if she'll heal her old wounds or reopen them and risk ruining not only their repaired friendship, but her sister's wedding too. Maybe they were just yearning for nostalgia this whole time. The Pitch

adelaide: A story that will break your heart and sew it up again happy place: What if your happy place stopped being happy? every summer after: Two timelines, lake house setting

“You look good.” His legs brushed against mine as he sat on the ottoman across from me. I clutched the stem of my wine glass. “What do you mean?” “I mean you look good.” His eyes moved from my legs to my chest, back up to my eyes. He bit his lower lip, trying to suppress his bedroom eyes. “You as well,” I said. Jade interrupted us to talk about wedding cake flavors. By dinner, we were out of cocktail ingredients. Wine bottles were starting to empty. We had a big Christmas ham, a turkey and vegetarian sides for Jade’s wedding diet, Auntie Jenny’s latkes included. Jade got drunk long before we sat down and ended up eating the meat. Excerpt

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Was he the one who got away or are they just yearning for nostalgia? And should she even trust him?

#questpit #q #a

Dark ferns background An Agent's Guide To: LAST CHANCE MATCH New Adult Dystopian Romance "Find the one who's to die for."

The Pitch: Calasca’s government uses science to appoint soulmates, but the 0.6% of the population who don’t receive a match face extermination at thirty. A new reality show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change that and gives the matchless another shot at life. Downtrodden waitress, Cera accepts the invitation, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the cocky and entitled Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed after being eliminated, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

The comps: THE KILL FACTOR by Ben Oliver Both with a killer reality show setting to win freedom SILVER ELITE by Dani Francis Both with opposing factions and biased government HEART OF THE SUN Both with second chances and dislike to lovers arc

The Tropes: Arrows pointing from a mock cover of LAST CHANCE MATCH book with ferns with the following tropes: Dystomance Touch her and die Dislike to locers Forced proximity Second chances Soulmates

Dear Citizen of Calasca,

Pack your bags! I am happy to extend an invitation for you to join us on LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new reality holovision program where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. We promise you’ll find the one who’s to die for.

#W #R #SF #S #QuestPit

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: An agent's guide to Overcoming An 83,000 word adult contemporary romance by Kate Cooper

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Pitch Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airline's secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowan's parents. Just as they give in to the attraction they've tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.

Excerpt Angela releases him, and I get my first look at the photojournalist every woman swoons over. His tan skin contrasts with the light blue of his button-up, the sleeves of which are rolled up to his elbows. His curly black hair and dark stubble give him a rugged look that would make me a little weak in the knees if I wasn’t already sitting. “I’m so pleased you agreed to join us for this story! This is your partner, Rowan Adams.” “Pleasure to meet you.” I stand and hold out my hand, forgetting it’s wet from the condensation on the iced latte I set on Angela’s desk. “Likewise." he gives me the shortest handshake known to man before pulling back and glaring down at his wet palm. “Sorry! I promise it’s nothing gross. Just water.” I grab my coffee and hold it up to show that I’m not a liar, but it slips out of my hand. Time slows as the cup tips through the air and the lid pops off. The liquid douses his bag and my favorite flats, and I clap a hand over my mouth, horrified.

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Comps and tropes Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, second chance at love, fear of loving again, mental health representation Book covers at bottom of image (from left to right): Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood The Right Move by Liz Tomforde Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

✨Updated agent guide✨
Overcoming by Kate Cooper
Coming to query inboxes this fall!

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