Romantasy: Urban - Veiled Debts

Veiled Debts: Cursed Bonds and Stolen Magic in the City of Secrets

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

A cursed artifact dealer burdened by a magic-induced debt teams up with her former mentor's rival, a spellbreaker, to hunt forbidden relics in New York's hidden markets, but using them risks sacrificing her innate abilities to settle the score.

✨ Genre: Urban Romantasy

✨ Tropes/Themes: Power with a Price, Urban Fantasy Setting, Magic-Induced Debt, Enemies Turned Allies, Forbidden Spell Use, Sacrifice of Power, Cursed Artifacts, Mentorship Gone Wrong

✨ POV & Structure: 1st person past tense dual POV, structured in a 4-Act format with romantic beats overlaying the escalating magical conflicts.

✨ Vibe: The tone is suspenseful and introspective with a layer of melancholy, weaving warm romantic developments amid urban fantasy intrigue, featuring on-page moments of tender connection with minimal explicit detail. It leans into morally grey decisions and the weight of magical consequences, creating a vibe of quiet desperation balanced by hopeful intimacy.

✨ 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.