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Angelique Russell - Querying 💫
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Angelique Russell - Querying 💫 @angie-r03.bsky.social · Aug 6
#QuestPit
#A #H #W

I present my #agentguide / #agentsguide for Baker's Club

- Female rage
- Rituals for each season
- A sweet tooth with a sour secret

✨️Welcome to Fair Hollow✨️
Baker's Club- Adult horror Pitch: Deliah moved to Fair Hollow for a fresh start with family roots. What she didn't expect was a town so tied to tradition that they sell themselves as offerings at the first chance they get. Some on the other hand, are burned by the flame for disrespecting the Hearth and the women. Comps: The Stepford wives by Ira Levin Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Midsommar Tropes: Feminist horor/ Folk horror Generational cult Cannibalism Ritual offerings each season Recipes Women taking back power Self writing journal Feminine rage Buried history Passing on the torch Collage from top left to bottom right (9 pictures): A pie made of human hearts, a girl n front of the fire, a cellphone ringing, girls dancing around a fire, a quote "forgive me father for i have sinned, and as I kneel here with hands red with blood, deep down I know l' dl it again", a blood stained flower, book with blood sacrifice recipes, burning book, fingertips coated in blood EXCERPT A sound crackled in the silence. The spoon scraped against something solid. I froze, sifting through the mixture with slow, unsure motions. I reached into the bowl, fingertips grazing against something solid. A cold and hard piece of something. I pulled it free. A tooth. A molar, white and slick with batter. A child's, maybe. I dropped the spoon. It clattered across the table. None of the women flinched as I shrieked. Wide eyes looked around the room until Vivienne gave a weak smile.
angie-r03.bsky.social
I keep forgetting to stay active on this account🙈

Side note I got an agent like on my new guide!! Questpit was as wonderful as always✨️✨️
August 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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saraduran.bsky.social
I’m excited to share this #pitchcard for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, and JOHN, the YA fantasy novel I #amquerying, feat:

🏴‍☠️ LGBTQIA+ rep
👑 non-western setting
🌸 anti-colonial lens
🏴‍☠️ girls w/ swords
👑 besties-to-lovers
🌸 friendship > everything

#QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q
A pitch card for YA fantasy The Pirate, The Princess, and John by @saraduranauthor, marked “Now Querying” with a gold star noting “5 full requests and counting.” The book is a standalone, complete at 82,000 words.
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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beemorris.bsky.social
#QuestPit #AgentsGuide
Introducing ✨ ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE ✨

Perfect if you’re looking for…
🌊 spooky vibes by the sea
👻 ghosts, ghosts & more ghosts
🧽 cleaning haunted houses
🔪 stabby serial killers
🧠 neurodivergent rep
🏳️‍🌈 queer & trans rep
August 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
angie-r03.bsky.social
Midsommar X Stepford wives

- A sickly sweet bakery
- Feminist horror
- A warm community (for the women at least)
- Revenge is a treat in this town
#QuestPit #A #H #W
Collage from top left to bottom right (9 pictures): A pie made of human hearts, a girl in front of the fire, a cellphone ringing, girls dancing around a fire, a quote "forgive me father for i have sinned, and as I kneel here with hands red with blood, deep downl knowl'l dl it again", a blood stained flower, book with blood sacrifice recipes, burning book, fingertips coated in blood
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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bmfwriter.bsky.social
For #literaryagents seeking:
🔥 a slow-burn that smolders
💔 trauma that scars but doesn’t define
✨️ the radical power of women healing each other in a world that told them not to survive.

…and a girl who stops running from her nightmares, and becomes one instead. 🖤

#questpit #Q #DF #RF #YA #A
Mood board. Monsters, magic, love interest, dungeon, power, sisters In a world unraveling beneath prophecy, two sisters bound by cursed blood and haunted desire must resist the god who would consume their magic, and destroy everything they love to possess it. Ya adult crossover, 99k, dark romantic fantasy, professionally edited Tropes and themes. Slow burn, morally Grey, twists and betrayals, femine rage, found family Comps titles: The Priory of the Orange Tree, A Court of Wings and Ruin, An Emchantment of Ravens, One Dark Window. Spotify playlist
August 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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amberbairdpdx.bsky.social
TO THE BURRITO GODS: a horror story about working in food service.

⛪️ workplace cult
🌯 foodie satire
💋 sapphic w/ trans LI

Querying soon. #QuestPit #A #H #LF #LGBTQ #WIP
August 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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alizagame.bsky.social
Brandy and Caleb were your typical angsty teen and werewolf couple. But now they're all grown up, and local residents are going missing. Is Caleb losing control, or is something more sinister happening in their tiny town?

#A #MY #T #QuestPit
August 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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skylaranthony.bsky.social
PUBBING SOON: Once Bitten, Twice Spy
Taylor is the most wanted secret in the galaxy: a human with magic. To escape the elvish homeworld, she'll team up with a deadly spy to recover stolen tech. All while hiding the ancient relic he’d kill to possess.
#questpit #comingsoon #SFF #indieauthor
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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reganiswriting.bsky.social
#questpit #Q #A #RF #PR

🌳BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES🌳

Overworked candle saleswoman Minot dreamed of adventure — but she never expected she would witness a murder, kick off a national scandal, trade words with a god, AND fall in love, all in one week.

So much for her simple, uneventful business trip. 🤦
Agent's guide page 1. Upon a dark and mysterious forest background is the text: "An Agent's Guide to Between Viridian Trees, a novel by Regan Schell. 130,000 words | Adult Romantasy | Complete Manuscript" The Pitch: After her father’s chronic illness leaves her near-penniless, candle saleswoman Minot Cardevine travels to the capital to close a high-profile deal with the leader of her nation’s church. Unfortunately, her simple task is swiftly derailed, first by the sudden reappearance of a mysterious stranger, then by the bloody assassination of her client. To stop the violence, Minot must follow her stranger into the den of a monstrous god, where she discovers the ancient lie at the heart of her country’s faith — and the forgotten truth that might save its people from a deadly plague. Comp Titles: Princess Mononoke (Environmental destruction, vengeful forest spirits) and Blood Mercy by Vela Roth (forbidden love, misunderstood magical beings). Tropes, Themes, & Features: cyclical violence, generational trauma, historical narrative, fate versus choice, humans versus nature, magical disease, strange dreams, monsters in the forest, budding industrialism, high stakes, and complex female antagonist. Excerpt: Each time Minot’s father told the story, its beginning was the same. A long, long time ago, deep, deep in the woods, before even the ancient witches ruled the primordial land, there existed nothing but monsters and chaos. The sky was an endless sea of black; the oceans vast and bubbling. Humans had not yet risen as the masters of the world, but were still like to creatures themselves. And it was then, in that benighted time, that the beasts of eld laid claim to the forests. Auguste Cardevine recited the tale almost every night, but unfailingly, Minot listened with bated breath. He spoke the words with his jaw set hard, voice thin, like he was recalling a memory rather than telling a fairy tale. And when he reached the part about the mountain, his timbre grew dark as the night, and Minot had to lean in close to catch each rumbling syllable. This was her favorite bit; the one she replayed in her mind during the smallest hours, when she was meant to be sleeping. For in that far off time of fantasy, nestled in the bowels of a rocky crevice, there was a boiling vat of pure, untamed magic. From its mouth sprang a never-ending stream of horrors — all shaped and birthed by the evil spirit-god Ashira. The Mother of Monsters.
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
#litagents, I’m currently querying two novels:

🫀 95k gothic horror (left pitch)
🌊 112k upmarket historical (right pitch)

If you love dark, twisty, genre-blending novels in the vein of Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins, let’s talk. 👀

#questpit #A #HF #Q
Pitch: When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to a crumbling country estate to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before a malevolent creeper destroys his last chance at love. Pitch: When a storm wrecks his island's passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die.
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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kanirthi.bsky.social
THE HENNA WARS X NEVER HAVE I EVER

My #agentsguide for DARED TO IGNORE YOU, a YA Contemporary featuring:

💖Sapphic enemies to lovers
🥻South Asian FMC
🦋Coming-of-age in the UK
🔪Revenge from outcast
🎤 Grammar school drama

#ownvoices #amquerying #questpit #Q #YA
August 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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wottenmoss.bsky.social
#agentguide for WHEN THE MAGPIE FLIES (81k queer fantasy)

When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition rather than leave her best friend behind—and brings the wrath of spirits and humans alike down upon the realm.

#questpit #Q #F
Text: An agent’s guide to When the Magpie Flies by M H Wottenmoss. Background of mountains, trees, and a giant mushroom. A magpie flies in the sky. Pitch: Magpie of Lornwhen, hobbyist scholar and incurable troublemaker, dreams of becoming a Conduit. As the realm’s only defense against monstrous spirits, Conduits are beloved and privileged—and it’s Magpie’s best chance to escape the undertow of poverty. When a spirit chooses her for the honor, marking her with a cold, entrancing touch, her dream is suddenly within reach. To fully ascend as a Conduit, Magpie, alongside the other newly-chosen, must embark on a journey into the heart of the spiritwoods. The only thing holding her back is her best friend, Calladonna. There are rumors about how Conduits are changed by the mysterious journey, and Calla can’t shake the feeling that if Magpie leaves, she won’t come back. Determined to reassure her, Magpie convinces Calla to come along in secret, hidden from the other Conduits. For the first time, Magpie’s future is bright and shining—until one of the other Conduits turns up dead, and it seems like Calla may be to blame. Comps: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft: clueless lesbians, murder and betrayal, journey of ascension. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher: found family, humor and darkness, perilous quest. Also featuring undiscovered magic, monstrous spirits, chaotic academia, ill-advised rituals, haunted forest, queer & autistic ensemble cast, giant mushrooms, original music Opening lines: The world went dark just after she jumped off the roof. In one moment she could see the clocktower before her, the ledge beneath its defunct face familiar and inviting, and in the next there was nothing. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, necessarily, but damn if that wasn't inconvenient timing.
August 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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dawnberkoski.bsky.social
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. It reads: PITCH: IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT? Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others. The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
angie-r03.bsky.social
#questpit #A #H #W

Baker's Club is perfect for those looking for a sweet treat with a little hidden agenda🔪🥧
"BETWEEN THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS WE ALL TURNED FROM BAKER TO BUTCHER.
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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jeward.bsky.social
Now #agented
THE GIRL WITH BLOOD ON HER DRESS
Eliza Graves wakes up with amnesia and can only speak French, a language she has never spoken before. Afraid someone wants her dead, she must trust the complete stranger everyone says is her husband.
#questpit #AG #A #T #EditorsGuide #EditorGuide #mswl
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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soph-pl.bsky.social
A sensible summer student begins a passionate, no-strings fling with her single-dad host in laid-back, leafy post-Cold War Berlin. But when love intrudes and summer ends, they face an impossible choice: give up career and duty… or each other.
#Questpit #Q #A #R #RF
Moodboard. Center photo: A man and woman embracing (design by Freepik, freepik.com), overlaid with the word "romance". Surrounding it are 8 squares, arranged clockwise: 1. The word "heartfelt" on a grey background; 2. A street sign reading "Pariser Platz“ in front of the Brandenburg Gate (photo by Dietmar Rabich, 2013-11-23, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed); 3. The word "spicy" on a black background; 4. Wannsee beach (photo by Asif Masimov, 2018-04-22, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en); 5. The word "destination" on a white background; 6. A DJ playing at the Tresor nightclub (photo by Angie Linder, 2015-08-20, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en); 7. The word "retro" on a black background; 8. A young boy sitting cross-legged and looking up (photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash) Moodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Includes: Before Sunrise movie poster; Every Summer After (Carley Fortune) book cover; Heartless (Elsie Silver) book cover; Kilt Trip (Alexandra Kiley) book cover. Keywords: slow burn; friends to lovers; heartfelt; multicultural; '90s retro; spicy chemistry; single dad; forced proximity; destination romance Moodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Includes: Before Sunrise movie poster; Every Summer After (Carley Fortune) book cover; Heartless (Elsie Silver) book cover; Kilt Trip (Alexandra Kiley) book cover. Keywords: slow burn; friends to lovers; heartfelt; multicultural; '90s retro; spicy chemistry; single dad; forced proximity; destination romance
August 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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jlombardi.bsky.social
Emotion Puddles and Thought Threads

In a city ruled by dark magic, a street kid and a male prostitute work together to escape a siren serial killer.

Gangs of London X A Discovery of Witches

#QuestPit #W #F #H #A
Cityscapes
August 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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gabriela-stluke.bsky.social
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
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
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#QuestPit #A #S #SF #W
This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections: 1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads: "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background. 2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word. 3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says: "A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"
August 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social
With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind
#QuestPit #AG #YA
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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annglimmer.bsky.social
An #EditorsGuide to TRUE HATE'S KISS

She must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family.

⚔️Age-old clan feud
🐉Scandinavian folklore
🧪Unique magic & world
❤️‍🔥Enemies-To-Forbidden-Lovers
🛡️"Who did this to you?" / "You did!

#QuestPit #OS #Romantasy
An image of Lagertha from the TV show Vikings to the right and one of Robin Hood from the Robin Hood movie (2010) to the left, divided in the middle by an image of “Freydis sword”, adorned with intricate patterns, from the game Skyrim. Title: True Hate’s Kiss. 110,000 words New Adult Romantasy Text: “To break her curse, she needs a kiss… from the man she swore to kill.” An image taken from the TV show Vikings of a hand holding a sword with Norse Runes etched into the blade. Text: When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse? A True Hate’s Kiss. The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will. But the more she learns about her enemy, the more she questions who the true villain really is—and forbidden desire threatens to ruin everything. An image of a man and woman kissing, silhouetted against the sunset. Text: Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age) Pretending to woo him while betraying him Feuding clans Enemies-to-forbidden-lovers Complicated family dynamics “Who did this to you?” / “You did!” Scandinavian folklore Nature spirits, magical swords, Norse witches Comp titles: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, The Road of Bones by Demi Winters, Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, 10 Things I Hate About You (the movie) An image of a conifer forest. Text: Opening Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. “Lycki, stop!” My voice cracked, hoarse with panic. But my little brother’s green tunic and blond hair slipped through the conifer branches ahead, his distant voice floating back to me. “Come on, Älva! I found snowdrops!” Wonderful, we were about to start a war over flowers. Gut twisting, I burst into a sprint—past the overgrown sign nailed to a pine, ominous runes carved deep into the wood: ‘Hult Territory.’
August 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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mariahstillbrook.bsky.social
An affair w/ her professor leads the way to unraveling Ronnie's curse. Her 21st birthday is to be a rite, but she doesn't know that. She doesn't have a clue that she's a beithir witch. When the mark of the hunted finds her, she can no longer hide her dragon.

#UF #QuestPit #A #Q
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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ztfairfax.bsky.social
House of Hollow x Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

#editorsguide for THE HUGGLEBEEZ, an 80,000-word YA horror about a girl pulled into the world of a children’s TV show, where lovable puppets begin to unravel when faced with questions they were never meant to answer

#QuestPit #AG #YA #H
August 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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chantaldanieli.bsky.social
THE GREAT ALONE x LOVE & OTHER WORDS

UNDER MY OWN MAKING, an upmarket women’s fiction with:

🌊 a scarred heiress
🌊 estranged childhood friends turned lovers
🌊 hard-earned slow-burn romance
🌊 toxic family
🌊 coastal small town
🌊 found family

#questpit #Q #A #R #WF
August 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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attorneytrash.bsky.social
disgraced actor formerly known as America's Boyfriend VS. serial reality TV villain. three weeks, three fan conventions, and a whole lot of antics.

❤️romcom (com heavy)
📺celebrity hijinks
😈characters behaving badly
🌈mlm enemies to lovers
#questpit #W #R #LGBT
an illustration of two boys, pictured from the shoulders up. One is blonde with an annoyed expression, the other is dark haired and grinning, making a peace sign with one hand and poking the blonde's cheek with the other. below, superimposed over a smartphone, are the words THE VILLAIN EDIT (attorneytrash) At twenty-six, Max Reilly is already ex a lot of things. Ex-star of Affinity, the TV drama he led for three seasons. Ex-fiancé of Holly Aveline, his costar, who hasn’t spoken to him since the scandal that tanked his career. And ex-darling of the show’s fan base, who went from love letters to death threats faster than the speed of cable. Most of all, Max is exhausted. The last thing he wants is to be back in the public eye. But when offered a deal to get out of his contract for good, it’s hard to resist—even if the catch is a pre-season publicity tour with Affinity’s current cast. Even if that means weeks on the road with not only his former castmates, but also the show’s newest cast member: Nico Mariani, a scandal-happy reality TV transplant known for exclusively playing villains. It’s only a few weeks. A few weeks facing crowds of people who actively hate him, of being hounded by gossip columnists, of being trapped on-and-offstage with Nico, who Max can’t shake to save his life. Because as it turns out, Nico has his own deal with the producers—and soon angry fans and nosy reporters will be the least of Max’s problems. EXCERPT: Nico’s first thought on seeing Max Reilly in the flesh had been, damn, this dude’s tall. He wasn’t sure what he’d expected. Rory Harper, maybe, that archetypal boy-next-door who’d bit the dust at the end of Affinity season three. There was this one publicity still of him—white t-shirt, jeans, flannel tied around the waist, artistically placed smudges of grease—that was pinned to the vision boards of church-and-chevy girls nationwide. Oh my god, so dreamy, fuck me in a hayloft, etc. Max Reilly was a very different creature. Nico had him cataloged in one go. Indoorsy, sleepy eyes, hair unfortunately cut with the roots grown in. Skittish. Bad posture. Cargo pants (seriously). He didn’t dress like America’s Boyfriend, or anyone’s boyfriend, honestly, if we were being totally honest here, if we were being candid. He was, to put it nicely, nothing to write in your diary about. Tall, though, damn. And those freckles. But that was the devil talking.
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM