Expiate - Cayelle Publishing

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Expiate Guidelines

Cayélle Corporation

[SCANDALOUS ROMANCE] Destined relationships that society condemns as morally unsound or scandalous. When judgments are as plentiful as love. That’s Expiate.

Specifically, we want:

Flow: Moderate to fast-paced stories with chapter-ending cliffhangers.
Proven category tropes including, but not limited to, enemies to lovers, exes of friends, marriages of convenience, etc.
Stories featuring heroines and the strong alpha males who court them.
Romance must be the central plot. The couple should be together on almost every page.
Supreme conflict. Why do family and friends condemn relationships they don’t approve of? Explore the banishments couples face when they sacrifice so-called family/friends for love and how their true love atoned for perceived slights.
POV should be split 50/50 between the hero and heroine. 3rd person POV is preferred. No secondary characters should have their own POV.
The heat level should be anywhere from a blazing to atomic.
Single title manuscripts must be complete at 45-75K words in length. Novellas must be complete 30-40K words.
Single or series titles
A concise and compelling query, with synopsis, is required for submission.

We will not accept any submissions containing the following:

Age play/pedophilia
Bestiality. Steamy shape-shifter sex (in human form) is welcome.
Edge play. Including, but not limited to, blood, breath, scat/urine, knife, and gun. If it’snot safe, we’re not interested.
Incest. No blood relatives, please. We do, however, accept stepsiblings, and in-laws.
Necrophilia
Rape as titillation