Completed works with vibrant, fresh voices in romance (especially romantic comedies), women's fiction, thrillers, psychological suspense, and contemporary young adult genres. The agent is particularly interested in stories featuring confident, competent, and complicated heroines, humorous beta heroes, smart and snappy banter, feminist themes, gender-role reversals, and slow burn relationships.
Fantasy (except realistic sci-fi/dystopian), domestic/hobbyist cozies.
A 20-year veteran of the publishing industry, Tara launched One Track Literary Agency in April 2018. She previously served as executive editor of the digital imprint Crimson Romance at Simon and Schuster, an acquisitions editor and marketing manager at BBC Audiobooks America/AudioGO, and managing editor of Romantic Times magazine. As an editorial agent, she works with authors to polish manuscripts before submission and maintains a small, selective client list.
Submissions should be emailed via Query Manager at https://queryme.online/OTLA Please submit a query letter, full synopsis detailing both plot and emotional turning points, and the first three chapters of your work using their forms. Turnaround time on submissions is generally four to six weeks. Please feel free to inquire again after that point to follow up. Special preferences include (but are not limited to) these dynamics and elements: - confident, competent, and complicated heroines - humorous beta heroes - smart and snappy banter - feminist themes - gender-role reversals - slow burn relationships Own voices stories are especially welcome. Novels should not generally exceed 100,000 words. No previously published works.
Last verified: March 13, 2026
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