Okay, I have a question for you all. I've been thinking and thinking and thinking some more on what genre one of WIPs fits. The story is first person POV, told by the male. He's 19 and is trying to find out how his beloved was killed. (She was 18) Now, here comes the tricky part. The heroine, (the deceased girlfriend) comes to him in his dreams and "haunts" him during waking hours. There is even a scene where she comes to him in his dreams one night and they end up making love. (Boy, was that ever interesting to write) The story revolves around their past relationship, what he's going through now, his struggle to find out who was responsible for her murder and then at the end, he ends up killed by the murderer. However, instead of being a tragedy, which I know it sounds like, it's not. He and his beloved are reunited on "the other side" and in a manner of speaking live HEA because the killer is taken care of.
This story has elements of YA, being that part of it involves when they were in high school. Elements of mystery, the hero needs to find the killer. Elements of romance, it's their story and nooky and it does have a bittersweet HEA. And there's no possible way for me to take out the romantic element.
So please, could anyone tell me just what this is that I've created? lol I'm at a loss. I can't query an agent saying, "I wrote a book. Not sure what it is, but I know it's a book." Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This story has elements of YA, being that part of it involves when they were in high school. Elements of mystery, the hero needs to find the killer. Elements of romance, it's their story and nooky and it does have a bittersweet HEA. And there's no possible way for me to take out the romantic element.
So please, could anyone tell me just what this is that I've created? lol I'm at a loss. I can't query an agent saying, "I wrote a book. Not sure what it is, but I know it's a book." Any help would be greatly appreciated.