Romantasy: Contemporary Magic - Enchanted Shadows

Enchanted Shadows: A mortal's forbidden magic awakens in a hidden urban coven.

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

When accountant Harper Quinn accidentally unleashes a dormant magical gift in modern Seattle, she's forced to train under reluctant warlock Landon Brooks, but their intimate spell-sharing risks an uncontrolled crisis that could expose the hidden magical world to mortals.

✨ Genre: Contemporary Magic Romantasy

✨ Tropes/Themes: Hidden Magical Community, Mortal Drawn Into Power, Reluctant Magical Mentor, Escalating Spell Intimacy, Uncontrolled Magic Crisis, Fantasy World, Forbidden Attraction, Inherited Curse

✨ POV & Structure: 1st person past tense dual POV, 4-Act structure with romantic beats building toward mutual empowerment.

✨ Vibe: Whimsical yet tense, with a balance of light-hearted wonder and escalating peril from magical instability. The story carries moderate angst from self-doubt and hidden dangers, but maintains a hopeful, romantic core without graphic violence.

✨ Book Size: Novel (60,000-100,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 38 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1800-2200 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: Warm (on-page romantic moments with minimal explicit detail)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 38 chapter outline.