Maria Konnel is Querying

• 1 accidentally awakened Greek myth • 1 six-foot sea warrior who seems to always be around • 3 lost treasures • 1 moray eel lurking in shadows • A bitter sip of forbidden love Stir with rising tides Drink before the last truth surfaces #LoveYourDragonPit #YA #Romantasy #Q

THE FAMILIAR x THE MOONSTONE 🐦‍⬛💎 The first page of THE JEWEL-KEEPER & THE RAVENMASTER, a historical fantasy which takes place in Victorian London during the British occupation of India. #WIPPIT #NA #HF #FBW

You’ll love FALLING FOR YOUR REAPER if you’re interested in… 💜 Unique (and comedic) takes on the grim reaper 🖤 Alt black girl FMCs 💜 Black sunshine boy MMCs 🖤 30 day bucket list challenges 💜 Raven Baxter inspired besties 🖤 Plots with a ticking clock #WIPPIT #YA #F #R

#wippit #F #RF #A INTRODUCING COWBOY OF THE NORTH🐎❄️💞💐 ❄️fmc 2 is a cowboy… but instead of living on a ranch in summer she’s shoveling snow in the dead of winter ❄️butchfemme in a giselle & robert way ❄️location is inspired by central New Jersey (its real & so is magic)

THE DOVE & THE FOX 🕊️non speaking Dove girl desperate for freedom 🦊a love-struck apprentice magus with unpredictable magic 🥀slowest of slow burns + yearning and angst ⚔️a war threatening to tear it all apart 🫀found family #WIPPIT #YA #F

On December 1st, Holly and her friends are cursed to receive gifts that force them to pay for their darkest sins. On midnight of Christmas day, they must choose one of them to die. Now, Holly must discover where the gifts are coming from before time runs out. #wippit #YA

Introducing my Sapphic NA Romantasy, THE SIREN'S KNIGHT. 🐚 seashell and siren magic 🐉 tournament dragons 🌹sapphic romance from beginning to end w/HEA 🏰medieval fantasy 💖established relationship #WIPPIT #NA #RF #OWN #LGBT

#wippit #RF #F after getting dumped by her betrothed, a closeted lesbian fashion designer on a tight deadline seeks comfort in cooking through her daadi’s cookbook, and falls in love with a grouchy snow shoveler in their small, (literal) enchanted town

RED CITY X KATABASIS A vengeance witch becomes the center of a global magical war… 🩸 emotion-based ancestral magic 🩸 chainsaw man style urban fantasy 🩸 collateral destruction 🩸 “legal” witch syndicates 🩸 complicated, messy characters 🩸 bi rep #wippit #A #F

THESE CURSES WE BEAR If the cursed won't help the cursed, who will? A dark, fairy-tale inspired YA fantasy. #WIPPIT #YA #F

#WIPPIT #RF After Poppy the Quilldresser suffers the loss of her elderly friend, his hunky Blacksmith son moves in next door and awakens a cascade of repressed memories. In order to escape her painful flashbacks and befriend her new neighbor, Poppy must learn to accept her grief.

BUNHEADS X A STUDY IN DROWNING When a ballerina makes a deal with a spirit in exchange for a position at a prestigious academy, she begins to uncover darker secrets than she bargained for—battling her body and growing feelings for the soft spoken pianist along the way. #WIPPIT

SCHOOL OF ROCK x FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF Hazel wants to become a rockstar and be popular, only she feels like an outcast. When a new student joins her class, she encourages her to be herself. #WIPPit #YA #Con

🔥 After dying, Alexandra wakes up in a redemption competition set in the past. 🪦 To win her life, she must relive her worst choices & fix every mistake over the past month. ⏰But history is being rewritten and one of the friends she died with might win first. #wippit #YA

#WIPPIT #YA #SF #R Reader’s guide to #KeeperWIP! The Keeper. Everyone knows her. Everyone fears her. He’s been sent to kill her.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS X STARLING HOUSE 🪴 a corrupted, murderous plant 👧 she's an unwitting gardener 👦 he's cursed by secrets and silence 🏚 a spooky old country house 🐱 also, cats Because the plant must always have its gardener. #wippit #YA #F #T

The Rose Bargain x COBAB In a Victorian-inspired YA romantasy, a seamstress’ assistant and a knight facing the threat of an arranged marriage must fall in love in a prestigious courting competition to earn their freedom. #WIPPit #YA #F #FR

Beneath the Veil of Tides new #agentsguide / #agentguide 🕷️Oracle arachnids, fleshless soldiers, soul swaps 🌊Wild plot twists 🏴‍☠️Sacrificed FMC, brutal mer harvesting 💀HIGH STAKES 🐦‍⬛Ragtag crew 🪽Rogue, lovestruck god 🧠Memory curses 🧜‍♀️Trauma/Addiction #WIPPIT #F #RF #NA #A

#WIPPIT #YA #RF Here is the pitch for the 2nd book of the MERIDIANS trilogy. 🧜🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️ Book 1 (MERIDIANS - The Four Treasures) is finished, polished and submission-ready, and has received a very favourable Kirkus Review. 💦💦💦 Thank you for reading!

Adding @Rhian_at_Birch to the invite — we’d be honored to have you join us at the romantasy pitch event #LoveYourDragonPit ✨ Nov 8-9, 2025