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Aspiring romance author❤️ Book nerd 📚 Living vicariously through fictional characters😎 she/her OVERCOMING querying soon! 🚫DMs

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · Aug 6

✨Updated agent guide✨
Overcoming by Kate Cooper
Coming to query inboxes this fall!

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An agent's guide to Overcoming
An 83,000 word adult contemporary romance by Kate Cooper

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Pitch
Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airline's secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowan's parents. Just as they give in to the attraction they've tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.

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Angela releases him, and I get my first look at the photojournalist every woman swoons over. His tan skin contrasts with the light blue of his button-up, the sleeves of which are rolled up to his elbows. His curly black hair and dark stubble give him a rugged look that would make me a little weak in the knees if I wasn’t already sitting.
“I’m so pleased you agreed to join us for this story! This is your partner, Rowan Adams.”
“Pleasure to meet you.” I stand and hold out my hand, forgetting it’s wet from the condensation on the iced latte I set on Angela’s desk.
“Likewise." he gives me the shortest handshake known to man before pulling back and glaring down at his wet palm.
“Sorry! I promise it’s nothing gross. Just water.” I grab my coffee and hold it up to show that I’m not a liar, but it slips out of my hand.
Time slows as the cup tips through the air and the lid pops off. The liquid douses his bag and my favorite flats, and I clap a hand over my mouth, horrified.

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Comps and tropes
Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, second chance at love, fear of loving again, mental health representation
Book covers at bottom of image (from left to right):
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The Right Move by Liz Tomforde
Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 5d

#WIPSnip October 6 - miss
Hadley hates herself for missing Miles😢

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I miss how safe I felt with him and how his arms felt around me while I slept. My nights have been riddled with strange dreams and nightmares as I toss and turn. It’s impossible to get comfortable without him.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! It wads one of my biggest fears and then it actually happened lol

Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!

Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 8d

I am! Thankfully no stitches just glue and a splint!

Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 8d

0/10 would not recommend accidentally slamming the blade of a paper cutter down on your thumb😬
Hope everyone had a less eventful Friday than me😅

Injured thumb in a splint wrapped in blue

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 8d

#WIPSnips October 3 - hibernate
A complete 180 from Miles, who normally wants to leave to go to the club, not sleep.

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Sari leans against her husband’s chest. His arms wrap around her, and I can tell he’s ready to get out of here. He’s not one for parties anymore. Now that he’s fulfilled his obligation to be here, he probably just wants to go home and sleep. I know I do.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 9d

#WIPSnips October 2 - salmon
I don't have salmon, but I do have fish 🐟

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“The game is Go Fish,” Bodnar says as he deals us in.

“You’ve seriously been sitting back here playing Go Fish this entire time?” she snorts in disbelief.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 10d

#WIPSnips October 1 - river
Most of this week is going to be synonyms and vibes🤷‍♀️

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Hot, salty tears stream down my face. I try to stop them, but I can’t. It’s like the floodgates have opened and there’s no closing them. Miles takes it in stride and holds me while I bury my face in the crook of his neck.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 12d

#WIPSnips September 29 - bear
Genuinely surprised I had this one😅

Miles begs Hadley's assistant to let him see her after she found out about his bet.

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“Lina, please. I need to talk to her,” I beg. Tears well in my eyes and threaten to spill. I’ve never been one for crying, but I can’t lose Hadley. It would be too much to bear.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 16d

#WIPSnips September 25 - absorb
Since yesterday's snip was from a fight, today's is a sweet moment between Hadley and Miles 😊

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With his arms wrapped around me, he pulls me against himself, and I soak up the warmth he radiates.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 17d

#WIPSnips September 24 - leave
Miles gets into yet another fight just for the sake of fighting.

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I’m vaguely aware of the phones around me that are filming the incident, but not enough to register the consequences of my actions and leave.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 19d

#WIPSnips September 22 - flurry
Posting a bit late today because I'm sick for the second time in three weeks, and all I want to do is nap. Going back to school is just a bunch of germ-filled fun 😂😭

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The next hour goes by in a flurry of forced smiles and conversation. I force myself to eat the cake and pretend to care about the things people say to me even though I honestly don’t know what they’re talking about. My body is here, but my mind is in Phoenix with the man that broke my heart.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 20d

#WIPSnips September 21 - disagree
Richardson is everyone’s least favorite person on the team.

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Everyone sulks, and most of them give Richardson the cold shoulder. Seems they blame him for our loss tonight. I wouldn’t disagree.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 21d

WIPSnips September 20 - obvious
Only a select few know about Hadley’s father’s declining health, so she’s careful to keep her emotions in check when giving a speech for his charity.

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The entire room bursts into applause, and Hadley grins, subtly wiping a tear from beneath her eye. She’s careful not to smudge her makeup or make it obvious, and I wonder what she knows that the rest of us don’t.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 22d

#WIPSnips September 19 - yard
Maybe making a bet on a one-on-one game with a pro basketball player was a bad idea. Or was it?

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“Don’t forget you owe me that dance.” I point at her as I walk backwards toward my car a few yards away.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 23d

#WIPSnips September 18 - red
Even after these dreams, Miles doesn't want to admit he has feelings for Hadley🤦‍♀️

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My dreams have been haunted by flashes of red hair and eyes that remind me of the green sea glass I used to find when Mom took us on mini vacations to the coast.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 24d

#WIPSnips September 17 - difference
Hadley and Miles butt heads yet again in Promise You'll Stay.

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The only difference is this time she’s the cause. I would love nothing more than to show her just how unpleasant I can be, but the middle of a cramped plane in front of the entire team and staff isn’t the place to unleash my frustration.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 25d

#WIPSnips September 16 - practice
Would you be intimidated by a massive basketball player taking up the entire doorway of your office?

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As if summoned by my thoughts, he walks past my office on his way to practice. I call out his name, and I’m afraid he didn’t hear me until he’s taking up my entire doorway with his massive body.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 26d

#WIPSnips September 15 - other
Miles grapples with the knowledge that he messed up and his feelings of irritation with Hadley.

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No one speaks to me when we leave the hotel and board the bus to the arena. I sit alone, but I don’t mind. I’m still angry about last night. I know I fucked up, but Hadley is so goddamn pushy, and it fans the flames of my temper every time we’re near each other.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 28d

#WIPSnips September 13 - pocket
Happy Saturday!😊

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I pull my phone from my back pocket and pull up the video. Laying it on the table in front of him, I press play. He watches the entire awful thing with a straight face.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 29d

#WIPSnips September 12 - worst
Hadley starts to open up about her past to Miles❤️‍🩹

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“I’ve been disappointed by a lot of people in my life,” I start, swallowing the lump in my throat. My mouth feels like it’s filled with cotton. “But my mom was the worst. She never liked that Dad bought the Firebirds, and she left us not long after.”

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · Sep 11

One MS is with beta readers currently and after my last round of revisions will go out into the query trenches, this one that's in early revisions and won't be ready to share for a bit, and one first draft I finished recently but won't go back to for a bit. I'm hoping to publish traditionally.

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · Sep 11

#WIPSnips September 11 - half
Lina is Hadley's best friend and a positive light when she's stuck in a negative headspace❤️

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“Hadley, you’re amazing at this job. You’re going to impress them.” Her smile is genuine, but it does nothing to tamp down the churning anxiety in my gut.

“There are just so many things that could go wrong.”

“And there are even more things that can go right. Glass half full, remember?”

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · Sep 11

It definitely could! I may end up going that route, but I’d like to try traditional publishing first

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’m very much a planner so I mapped out my characters and then outlined each chapter and it kind of just flowed. The world came together as I planned out the major plot points and connected them in my outline.

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