Query Letter for OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET

Here is my query letter for OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET.  Personally, I like it.  I wrote quite a few before I came up with this one.  It can be customized a bit depending on who I'm sending it too.   There is so much conflicting info out ther about how to write a query that it boggles my mind.   At one point I just had to say ENOUGH and just write one that "felt" right.  

Dear ______________________,

I am writing to you because your agency represents _____________________ and I feel my book is in the same vein as her work.  A modern day paranormal romance set in Salem, Massachusetts, OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET is the first book in a proposed new series and is complete at a fast-paced 140,000 words.

   

Feisty, sarcastic Darcy McCrane is just trying to start over in life.  She’s left her boring hometown, her dead-end job, and her lackluster boyfriend.  Starting over in Salem, she gets a job managing the Enchanted Forest, an occult bookshop in the heart of town.  Her friend and coworker, Lily, decides to invite some friends over to Darcy’s place on Halloween night for a séance.  Darcy reluctantly agrees and learns the hard way that a Ouija board, too much wine, and two mysterious strangers can stir up a whole cauldron of trouble.

A pair of hunky vampires, a ghost boy, and a few “otherwordlies” later, Darcy discovers that she herself is a witch, and a powerful one at that.  The vampires reveal to her that she has been prophesied to be the leader of the chaotic world of magical beings and that they’ve been assigned to be her guardians.  They also do nothing to hide the fact that they’re both drawn to her romantically and she finds it hard to resist their vampiric charms.  Darcy comedically struggles with her newfound knowledge and magical powers while fighting off foes who would stop her and the two irresistible men who would steal her heart.

I have been a librarian for nine years, giving me a wide exposure to literature.  I was a published book reviewer for KLIATT magazine for two years.  I am also a member of the Romance Writers of America.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.