Seeking beta reader for Contemporary Fantasy Romance

[Ann Adams]

Hi everyone!

I'm an agented romance author and my debut will be published by Dell (Penguin Random House) in 2026. I'm looking for a beta reader who reads romance. I love so many authors, but here are some that have inspired me: Emily Henry, Casey McQuinston, Abby Jimenez, Talia Hibbert, Kate Clayborn, Tia Williams, and Ali Hazelwood. I'm currently reading, and loving, A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson.

My current WIP is a low fantasy/contemporary fantasy romance (pitch below) and I'm happy to swap. (I'd also be thrilled if the swap turned to a long-term CP relationship!) This book has been through one round of edits with alphas readers and my agent, but I'd like another set of eyes on it after I finish the latest set of revisions.

If you think we might be a fit, I'd love to hear a pitch for your book and what kind of romance you read. My preference is also to exchange three chapters to see if our writing and feedback styles work for each other.

Looking forward to it!

Ann

Pitch

When Ali Reid inherits her uncle’s pear orchard, she ignores the neighbors warnings that the land is cursed. She’s ready to live out her days in the canary-yellow farmhouse, picking fruit alongside her fiancé and best friend. Except then Ali finds said fiancé and best friend scaling each other instead of their tree ladders. They move out—leaving Ali alone with an orchard full of fruit about to rot off its branches. To save her farm, Ali makes a deal with Logan, a taciturn brewer who recently lost his home and business in a fire. The trade: she’ll give him a place to live in exchange for his help on the farm.

 
Together, they tackle a series of mounting, and mysterious, ills: strange weather, a colony of multicolored colored bunnies that's taken over the barn, and a disease turning the pears crystalline. Despite her fresh heartbreak and compounding problems, Ali finds herself drawn to Logan’s quiet confidence and unwavering support. Yet, she soon learns that Logan has his own, very different relationship to his roots—one that will take him far away from Ali’s orchard.

And, so how can she let herself get attached? Because, deep down, what Ali fears most is not losing her farm, but being left on it alone. Again.