Searching for CP for Contemporary Adult Romance
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Emma Schulte
May 28, 2025, 10:27:52 AMMay 28
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Hi everyone!!
Despite everything, West Oswald, her brother’s best man, doesn’t think she’s a villain. Together, they craft a starting-over list. Although Sadie yearns to bolt—Run. Reinvent. Rinse. Repeat—West worms his way into her world. Sadie begins to wonder if her life could be different, if this list could be a balm for her heart.
As she fights to rebuild her cracked relationship with the inhabitants of Orchard Grove, her starting-over list in tow, she uncovers secrets lurking in the community. Even among these secrets, she’s drawn to West. He is irresistible—a streak of sun that she knows will burn her skin, but she basks in it anyway. Only Sadie is prone to run when conflict arises, and the sunshine doesn’t last forever—even if she wishes that it did.
I am looking for one or two CPs to push my story to be query ready. It has already been through 2 CPs and 2 rounds of personal revisions.
Here is my blurb:
Complete at 86,000 words, this love-child of Emily Henry’s Book Lovers and Beach Read blends with Carley Fortune’s gripping emotion and desire for reinvention as found in One Golden Summer.
When Sadie moves back to Orchard Grove after years of living abroad with her (now ex, thank God) boyfriend, she returns jet-lagged and fed-up with love. To top it all off, at her brother’s engagement party, she explodes and leaves a trail of small-town gossip in her wake. With her already-shaky reputation crumbling, Sadie declares herself the villain of the story.
When Sadie moves back to Orchard Grove after years of living abroad with her (now ex, thank God) boyfriend, she returns jet-lagged and fed-up with love. To top it all off, at her brother’s engagement party, she explodes and leaves a trail of small-town gossip in her wake. With her already-shaky reputation crumbling, Sadie declares herself the villain of the story.
Despite everything, West Oswald, her brother’s best man, doesn’t think she’s a villain. Together, they craft a starting-over list. Although Sadie yearns to bolt—Run. Reinvent. Rinse. Repeat—West worms his way into her world. Sadie begins to wonder if her life could be different, if this list could be a balm for her heart.
As she fights to rebuild her cracked relationship with the inhabitants of Orchard Grove, her starting-over list in tow, she uncovers secrets lurking in the community. Even among these secrets, she’s drawn to West. He is irresistible—a streak of sun that she knows will burn her skin, but she basks in it anyway. Only Sadie is prone to run when conflict arises, and the sunshine doesn’t last forever—even if she wishes that it did.
I have never been traditionally published in commercial fiction, but I have received full requests from agents for a previous project. I have also been published academically for literary analysis.
I'm looking for someone who helps me dig deeper, but also is willing to have fun with writing and exchanging stories!!
I read mostly romance, YA, and romantasy. I'm not the best fit for anything overly violent. Please let me know if you are interested, and we can try out a swap!
Ashlan Alderton
Jul 28, 2025, 1:48:39 PMJul 28
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Hi! Are you still looking for a critique partner?
Bianca
Nov 27, 2025, 11:02:57 AM (6 days ago) Nov 27
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Just wondering if either of you are still looking for a critique partner!
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