I'm looking for a beta reader for my adult novel Present Imperfect. I would classify this as a contemporary rom-com with an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance.
I'd be grateful for feedback on just the first 1-3 chapters if a whole book is too much commitment. I am also happy to swap-- in addition to Romance, I read and write Science Fiction and Fantasy, both adult and YA.
You can read the first 1,000ish words here: https://absolutewrite.com/forums/sh...rst-1-000-words-of-Contemporary-Romance-novel
And here is my (uncritted, so probably not the greatest) attempt at a query:
Rose Puleo is in the throes of a quarter life crisis. A year ago, she epically ghosted her “perfect” live-in boyfriend after a betrayal-- and torpedoed her meticulously planned future in the process. Now she’s back in her New England home town, working a mindless data-entry job, reluctantly reconnecting with her recovering addict mom, and searching for a better Mr. Perfect.
Then Sebastian “Basher” Greenhill, her ex’s obnoxious best friend, moves to Rose’s town for grad school and sublets an apartment in her building. As far as Rose is concerned, the only silver lining to her breakup was never having to see Basher again. He’s the son of a rock star and a spoiled, infuriating pest with the fashion sense of a roadie for a 70’s glam rock band. And he either doesn’t realize Rose can’t stand him or just enjoys driving her crazy, because now she can’t shake him loose.
Rose strikes a deal with Basher: she’ll hang out with him once a week if he agrees to not blab about her to her ex. Once she gives him a chance, Rose finds a true friend in Basher, someone she can open up to about the dysfunctional past she usually keeps hidden. Just when Rose feels like she’s getting her adulthood train back on track, her deepening friendship with Basher ignites into something more. Now Rose has to choose: keep chasing a life that ticks all the items on her “perfect future” list, or throw the list away and hang on to what she’s got in the imperfect present.
PRESENT IMPERFECT is an 85,000 word Women’s Fiction with an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers Romance and bisexual rep.
I'd be grateful for feedback on just the first 1-3 chapters if a whole book is too much commitment. I am also happy to swap-- in addition to Romance, I read and write Science Fiction and Fantasy, both adult and YA.
You can read the first 1,000ish words here: https://absolutewrite.com/forums/sh...rst-1-000-words-of-Contemporary-Romance-novel
And here is my (uncritted, so probably not the greatest) attempt at a query:
Rose Puleo is in the throes of a quarter life crisis. A year ago, she epically ghosted her “perfect” live-in boyfriend after a betrayal-- and torpedoed her meticulously planned future in the process. Now she’s back in her New England home town, working a mindless data-entry job, reluctantly reconnecting with her recovering addict mom, and searching for a better Mr. Perfect.
Then Sebastian “Basher” Greenhill, her ex’s obnoxious best friend, moves to Rose’s town for grad school and sublets an apartment in her building. As far as Rose is concerned, the only silver lining to her breakup was never having to see Basher again. He’s the son of a rock star and a spoiled, infuriating pest with the fashion sense of a roadie for a 70’s glam rock band. And he either doesn’t realize Rose can’t stand him or just enjoys driving her crazy, because now she can’t shake him loose.
Rose strikes a deal with Basher: she’ll hang out with him once a week if he agrees to not blab about her to her ex. Once she gives him a chance, Rose finds a true friend in Basher, someone she can open up to about the dysfunctional past she usually keeps hidden. Just when Rose feels like she’s getting her adulthood train back on track, her deepening friendship with Basher ignites into something more. Now Rose has to choose: keep chasing a life that ticks all the items on her “perfect future” list, or throw the list away and hang on to what she’s got in the imperfect present.
PRESENT IMPERFECT is an 85,000 word Women’s Fiction with an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers Romance and bisexual rep.