Spectral - Cayelle Publishing

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[VAMPIRE/FANTASY/ROMANCE] When bloodlust is suppressed by a love so powerful, you’d rather not live if life is without it.

Specifically, we want:

Flow: Moderate to fast-paced stories with chapter-ending cliffhangers.
AGE: Teen, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult are accepted.
Proven category tropes including vampire vs human
Stories featuring extraordinary heroines and the endearing men who fall for them.
Authors we love: J.R. Ward, Bella Forrest, Charlaine Harris, Anne Rice, and Stephenie Meyer.
Strong conflict. Is there a choice between humanity and the supernatural? Define and explore the decisions faced when humans and supernatural beings fall in love.
POV should be split 50/50 between the hero and heroine. 3rd person POV is preferred,but 1st POV is acceptable and should be strong. No secondary characters should have their own POV.
The heat level can be anywhere from a simmering spark to blazing.
Single title manuscripts must be complete at 45-70K words in length.
Single novellas are NOT accepted at this time. Novella series title installments must each be complete at 30-40K words in length and must be presented as serialized packages.
Uncertain whether you’ve written a Spectral or Celest? Spectral centers around vampire life, whereas Celest can be any number of supernatural beings.
Must include query letter and brief synopsis with 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 inlaws.
Necrophilia
Rape as titillation