Crimson Rose features edge-of-the-seat contemporary romantic suspense. Stories driven by revenge, greed, betrayal, anger, love, desire, yearning and more. Think kidnappings, murder, blackmail, deceit, white collar crime, political intrigue and everything in between. Danger caused by menacing villains. Passion explored by dynamic heroes and heroines.

We are looking for manuscripts with secrets that need to be revealed and the people who will do anything to stop that from happening. Entwined with the jeopardy these characters experience should be the developing relationship between the hero and heroine—romantic chemistry with a twist. So no matter the thriller, keep in mind that romance needs to be the driving force in the story and it all needs to be neatly tied up at the end of the book.

For 2009, Crimson Rose has also issued a submission call for “Men in Uniform.” Take these stories of intrigue and desire and create a hero in uniform. This uniform could be anything from a Naval dress white uniform to an astronaut to a doctor to a dog catcher to a postal worker to…use your imagination. Submit your query with Men in Uniform in the cover letter.

HOW TO QUERY CRIMSON ROSE

Do not send complete or partial manuscripts unless requested. We ask instead that you submit a query letter and up to a 5 page double-spaced synopsis, included in the body of the email. DO NOT send any email attachments, they will not be opened.

The query letter should indicate Crimson Rose as the line you are targeting, a word count and if the manuscript is complete. (Example: Crimson Rose, 24,000 words, complete) Please include pertinent facts about yourself as a writer, including your familiarity with the romantic suspense genre and what you think makes your submission special, as well as previous publishing experience (if any).

We would prefer to not receive simultaneous submissions. What this means is do not submit a query to us for a manuscript that is under consideration with another house. Please do not send multiple queries for the same line at the same time.

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In the subject line of your email, please include the words TWRP MS Submission followed by the title of your manuscript. Any query received without these words in the subject line of the email will NOT be opened and will be deleted.

If you are already a Crimson Rose Author and would like to submit a query to your editor, you may do so directly, but please follow the guidelines as stated.

You will receive a confirmation email, stating that your query has been received and forwarded to the appropriate department. If you do not receive this "receipt" email within a week to ten days, please resubmit.

If a partial or full is requested from your original query, please use the following format:

8.5x11 page length, double spaced, Courier New, font size 12, 1" margins, RTF document.