Linda Maleh
@lindamaleh.bsky.social
Writer and former TV critic
Querying: YA fantasy 🗡️✨🐉
Querying: YA fantasy 🗡️✨🐉
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These best friends have a 60-year age difference 🤝
Nita fled from Florida to NYC in 1970, while Violet made the same journey over 50 years later. Both left conservative families to live freely as queer women.
Can Violet break the cycle and help find Nita's long-lost love?
#QuestPit #HR #U #WF #A
Nita fled from Florida to NYC in 1970, while Violet made the same journey over 50 years later. Both left conservative families to live freely as queer women.
Can Violet break the cycle and help find Nita's long-lost love?
#QuestPit #HR #U #WF #A
January 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM
LITTLE THIEVES x NINTH HOUSE
When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches and monsters to stop her.
🎃Halloween deadline
🏙️NYC-setting
❤️🔥Slow-burn romance subplot
💀Spooky graveyards
#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches and monsters to stop her.
🎃Halloween deadline
🏙️NYC-setting
❤️🔥Slow-burn romance subplot
💀Spooky graveyards
#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Scottie is a trick rider in the rodeo (read does flips on a galloping horse), head strong, fierce, and maybe a little bit terrified of change.
Finn is a ranch hand, dreams of being a teacher, loves to learn and be helpful. Oh and he’s been pining for Scottie for over a decade.
#questpit #W #A #R
Finn is a ranch hand, dreams of being a teacher, loves to learn and be helpful. Oh and he’s been pining for Scottie for over a decade.
#questpit #W #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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❗Ró’s plan to restore her shattered reputation:❗
1. Hunt down the charming water spirit, as per the town leader’s request
2. Harvest his heart
3. Do not eat his heart (the magic powers aren’t worth it!!)
4. And most importantly: do NOT fall for him, no matter what
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
1. Hunt down the charming water spirit, as per the town leader’s request
2. Harvest his heart
3. Do not eat his heart (the magic powers aren’t worth it!!)
4. And most importantly: do NOT fall for him, no matter what
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Reposted by Linda Maleh
SADDLE UP, a contemporary romance
Scottie’s family ranch is struggling and her grandmother is sick, but a life-changing rodeo tour with her former best friend and ranch hand means she has to confront her fears, her grief, and her guilt in order to chase her dreams.
#questpit #W #A #R
Scottie’s family ranch is struggling and her grandmother is sick, but a life-changing rodeo tour with her former best friend and ranch hand means she has to confront her fears, her grief, and her guilt in order to chase her dreams.
#questpit #W #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, an adult contemporary romcom with a sapphic romance
Meet Mina and Cam, the dancers working together to save Mariner Beach Ballet. Will a last-ditch performance at a casino raise the money they need, and bring them together along the way?
#questpit #R #A #W #LGBT
Meet Mina and Cam, the dancers working together to save Mariner Beach Ballet. Will a last-ditch performance at a casino raise the money they need, and bring them together along the way?
#questpit #R #A #W #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀
To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits.
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits.
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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HEATED RIVALRY- level yearning, in the dance studio
Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!
#questpit #R #A #LGBT
Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!
#questpit #R #A #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
HEATED RIVALRY- level yearning, in the dance studio
Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!
#questpit #R #A #LGBT
Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!
#questpit #R #A #LGBT
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LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES
16-y/o witch Haley Thorne teams up with her new friends to go on a quest through a monster-infested realm before:
💀 A nefarious witch comes back to life
🐉 Monsters overrun NYC
💥 Malicious spirits hunt and possess the city’s witches
#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
16-y/o witch Haley Thorne teams up with her new friends to go on a quest through a monster-infested realm before:
💀 A nefarious witch comes back to life
🐉 Monsters overrun NYC
💥 Malicious spirits hunt and possess the city’s witches
#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Ró always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress.
Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Linda Maleh
Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back.
🫀 Cultish magic
💀 Deadly personality tests
🧌 Scandinavian folklore
🖤 Romance á la OUABH
WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
🫀 Cultish magic
💀 Deadly personality tests
🧌 Scandinavian folklore
🖤 Romance á la OUABH
WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 AM
To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind the nefarious plot.
LITTLE THIEVES x LEGENDBORN
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q
LITTLE THIEVES x LEGENDBORN
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM
LITTLE THIEVES x NINTH HOUSE
When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must use her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches & monsters to stop her.
🎃Halloween deadline
🏙️NYC-setting
❤️🔥Slow-burn romance subplot
💀Spooky graveyards
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q
When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must use her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches & monsters to stop her.
🎃Halloween deadline
🏙️NYC-setting
❤️🔥Slow-burn romance subplot
💀Spooky graveyards
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
