LOGLINE:
Cade hates the stranger in Ashveil. Eli returns the feeling.
Their magic demands proximity. The town demands their lives.
GENRE & FORMAT:
MM Paranormal Romance · Small Town · 3 Books · Novella Series (25k–35k)
Heat Level: 4/5 · FAST Burn · Dual POV · Magic-Bond-as-Trap
Same Couple · Enemies to Obsession Arc
TROPES:
#enemies-to-lovers / #forced-proximity / #paranormal-small-town /
#MM-romance / #fast-burn / #obsessive-hero / #magic-bond /
#hate-to-obsession / #dual-pov / #small-town-secrets
WHY THIS WORKS ON KU:
- The first explicit scene arrives at Ch.3–4 — before either man's
defences are down — which means it lands inside unresolved hostility,
not after it. Readers who come for the heat stay for the wound
underneath it. The dual-POV structure gives the reader asymmetric
information from chapter one: they know what Cade is cataloguing
before Cade does. That gap drives compulsive page-turns and
inflates KENP read-through throughout all three books.
- Book 1 ends on an emotional question, not a plot cliffhanger.
Cade turns away from Eli's first real moment of vulnerability.
The reader has been inside Cade's POV long enough to know exactly
what the silence costs him. Eli doesn't. That asymmetry — the reader
holding something the characters don't — is the most reliable
B1→B2 conversion mechanism in the genre. Designed for 65%+
read-through from Book 1 to Book 2.
- MM paranormal small-town is supply-thin on KU. The specific
combination — enemies-to-obsession (not enemies-to-fondness),
magic-bond-as-structural-trap rather than fated-gift, Heat 4
fast burn, 3-book same-couple short format — occupies a position
no current KU title holds cleanly. Low competitive pressure in
a reader segment actively requesting exactly this on Goodreads
and BookTok as of Q2 2026.
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PRODUCTION PACKAGE OPTIONS
STARTER PACKAGE - SERIES ENGINE + BOOK 1 BLUEPRINT:
Studio: $3,890
Production: $6,490
FULL FRANCHISE — SERIES ENGINE + ALL 3 BOOKS BLUEPRINTS:
Studio Full Franchise: $6,500
Production Full Franchise: $10,500
Payment structure available: 50% upfront · 50% on final delivery.
Exclusive acquisition. One buyer. Full IP transfer included.
Concept permanently delisted upon delivery.
Inquire: [email protected] · Code: COMPACT
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STATUS: Available for Exclusive Spec Buyout · Full IP Transfer
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