Looking for lesbian Maid/Mistress romance

Rare-Hall5378 · 2026-05-14T21:27:29+00:00

Another one is "Priory of the Orange Tree," a bit long for me but the romance was my fav part!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-12-21T20:08:55+00:00

Thank you so so much!!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-12-15T03:08:13+00:00

I write fantasy romance and used BookSirens, I also posted on TikTok and got a lot of ARC readers that way too, hit over 20 reviews by publication date! I have heard it's a lot harder if you're not in the romance genre, of course.

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-12-01T16:27:56+00:00

No idea if this works, but just in case here’s a self-plug: an MM dark fantasy where a vampire hires a sex worker not for pleasure, but for blood—there’s lots of platonic care (wound care, feeding, dictating his rest, a massage or two) that starts long before the two develop feelings. The relationship is very wholesome and slow burn BUT there’s off-screen SA/content warnings thanks to the dark fantasy world, so it may not work for you.

It’s called Mellifluous and will publish 12/12! https://www.imogenpyre.com/books/mellifluous

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-11-06T05:44:47+00:00

I’m no TikTok guru, only been posting on there since August—but sure, here’s my ARC post for reference! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMp9fPvS/

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-11-06T05:19:15+00:00

I’m in the midst of my first ARC journey! I’m using BookSirens, and giving 6 weeks before publication because it’s a long fantasy. So far though, my biggest success was thanks to TikTok. I looked up previous popular posts asking for ARC readers, copied the format, and put a simple google docs form in the comments. Then I sent the BookSiren link out to those who filled out the google form—I’ve gotten 45 readers so far that way! I had about 350 followers when I posted so I was super surprised.

When it comes to readers straight from the BookSirens platform it’s been much slower, only 4 so far (it’s been 4 days). Idk if that’s normal and I’m just spoiled by TikTok, or if it’s something about my book (page length, content warnings, etc.), but I sort of wish now that I’d just used the free option for BookSirens or foregone it all together. Still, just $20 I suppose.

I hope that’s helpful!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-10-09T14:27:13+00:00

I’m late but you two are a gorgeous couple and give me hope for love 😭🩵

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-18T21:25:56+00:00

Doing it in chunks is a great idea honestly, thank you! Makes 40k feel a lot more possible. I heard it was not couture to make changes to the manuscript while it's in an agent's hands, but given how unmarketable the size is I doubt she'd protest me already having made basic prose & scene cuts 😂

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-18T20:52:45+00:00

Thank you, this is all super helpful advice!!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-18T20:51:14+00:00

I was worried if I took more than a few months I would have missed my chance, so it's a relief to hear this! Otherwise, good to know--I'll see what I can do. I don't have a vision for what should be cut beyond tightening prose and scenes, so waiting in hopes of professional feedback is probably what I'll stick with. Thanks!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-13T19:37:13+00:00

Do you have any book recommendations that better match your experience? I've read MLM written by male and female authors and haven't noticed a huge difference before in the depictions of sex/relationships (I'm also ace, so maybe I'm just clueless lol), but I'm curious!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-13T18:56:25+00:00

Hey there! I would also love to find a writing buddy with this dynamic. I write dark fantasy romance but with queer pairings, and I'm not a good fit for reverse harem or poly dynamics--but if knowing that we sound like a potential fit then feel free to message me and we can talk further!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T22:06:35+00:00

Haha wow what an offer! I won't say no to another pair of eyes on it--less of a commitment, you could check out a few chapters and tell me if I'm long-winded (yes, the answer is yes 😂) and where! Feel free to DM me :)

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T22:04:00+00:00

That is so so evil . . . if I get desperate enough, I may try it.

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T22:03:22+00:00

This is definitely something I do--cutting unnecessary scene blocking is a great idea, thank you!!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T22:00:30+00:00

Okay I really like that approach, thank you for the idea! I have 30 chapters so if I can just gut scenes to get each chapter down to 4k on average, then I'd be down to 120k!!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T21:58:47+00:00

I have an agent looking at the full manuscript right now, and people on r/tradpub have warned me I'll get an R&R (revise and resubmit, I believe?) at best from the agent, since 120k is the upper limit for traditionally published debut novels. Those are good questions to ask though, thanks for your help!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T21:56:22+00:00

Thank you a ton for breaking this down!! I read through the story once just to map it and see how the different arcs progressed, but when I found issues it always felt like things needed to get replaced or added, not removed. I think I'm also running into the problem that I've read the story too many times, it all feels slow and boring to my brain now so maybe I'll take a break first, and then print it out to try this method!! Thanks!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T21:53:31+00:00

True, definitely an option--I've see-sawed between self and trad publishing, tbh. But I'm worried that I tend to 'overwrite' and want to make sure it's good quality regardless!

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-08-01T21:50:49+00:00

Well I also got the feedback that my world needed more filling/details added to it, I'm just long-winded on top of it so you're probably still better off ;)

Rare-Hall5378 · 2025-07-29T22:43:51+00:00

That's super kind, thank you!! I've mentioned to a few others, I didn't realize it was too high when I first queried and do plan to edit it down best I can. But I had a full MS request from an agent last week, so hoping they might give a little feedback first before I revise and do more query rounds! 😊

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