LOGLINE: She buys his name. He takes her money. The one thing they didn't negotiate is the only thing either of them wants.

GENRE & FORMAT: Historical Romance / Gilded Age New York · 3 Books · Long Novel Heat Level: 3/5 · Slow Burn · Fake Partnership

TROPES: Enemies to Lovers / Fake Partnership / Class Reversal / Slow Burn / Marriage of Convenience / Scandal & Social Ruin / He Falls First

WHY THIS WORKS ON KU:

• BookTok is in a documented "slow burn + yearning" cycle in 2026 — and this delivers it with historical texture and genuine stakes. The fake partnership structure guarantees the pacing: every scene where Eleanor and James are being professional is a scene where the reader watches them fail at it. That tension compounds over 300 pages and lands the HEA with the force of something earned rather than given.
• The Dramatic Irony loop is the read-through engine: from Chapter 1, the reader holds the secret that Eleanor and James cannot see — that they are mirrors of each other, protecting the same wound from opposite angles. This question doesn't resolve with the Book 1 HEA. It deepens. The Book 2 trigger (Cecily's story) is planted in the final act. Conversion rate is not dependent on a cliffhanger — it's dependent on emotional investment that the architecture builds structurally.
• The Gilded Age niche on KU is documented empty. The closest titles are trad-publishing (not KU-native) or high-concept retellings (not original social romance series). HBO's The Gilded Age has run three seasons and built exactly the cultural reader base this concept needs — people who understand the stakes and have nowhere to go for it in their preferred format.

PRODUCTION PACKAGE OPTIONS:

STARTER PACK: Studio Long Format: from $5,290 Production Long Format: from $11,990

FULL FRANCHISE (3 Books): pricing on request. Exclusive acquisition. One buyer. Full IP transfer included. Concept permanently delisted upon delivery.

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Code: CONSTABLE

STATUS: Available for Exclusive Spec Buyout · Full IP Transfer

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