Literary agents for contemporary romance — page 2

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want contemporary romance, based on what they say on their public websites. “contemporary romance” is a genre tag; its identifier is contemporary-romance. 66 agents currently want it. Agents whose websites say they are closed to submissions are omitted. The quoted evidence for each tag is on the agent's profile. How it works.

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Agents (26–50 of 66)

Aoife MacIntyre
Curtis Brown Group · GB
Says: “very moving contemporary love stories”
Amy Tannenbaum
Jane Rotrosen Agency · US
Says: “Amy represents clients who write across a variety of genres including women’s fiction, historical fiction, grounded speculative, contemporary romance, thriller and psychological suspense.”
Jeanne De Vita
Martin Literary Management · US
Adult romance and romantasy; select women's fiction, genre fiction and nonfiction She is excited by strong voices and compelling stories across the sub-genres of fiction, with a specific interest in romance, fantasy, th…
Laura Mazer
WSA | Wendy Sherman Associates · US
Laura represents nonfiction across a wide range of categories, with particular interests in culture and pop culture, health and wellness, personal development, history, celebrity memoir, and humor. She is especially dra…
Stacey Donaghy
Donaghy Literary Group · US
She loves discovering new voices and working with her clients to build long term writing careers. Stacey is interested in receiving queries for Adult fiction. She is particularly interested in domestic suspense, psychol…
Tanusri Prasanna
DeFiore & Company · US
Says: “charming and relatable romances”
Tanusri represents writers in the children’s and adult spaces across fiction and nonfiction. In the YA and middle-grade spaces, she’s drawn to contemporary coming-of-age stories, charming and relatable romances, ambitiou…
Thao Le
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency · US
Says: “Adult romance featuring a sensitive yet tough and tatted Chef hero or other similar type of sensitive hero/love interest who is in a demanding career”
Thao represents children's, YA, Romance, and Sci-fi/Fantasy. She enjoys clever, heartfelt, and commercial middle grade and YA in prose or graphic novel format and across genres. In the Adult SFF realm, she’s a fan of con…
Andrea Hurst
Andrea Hurst Literary Management · US
Says: “Contemporary romance novels with strong tropes”
Andrea is currently seeking well-crafted, commercially viable fiction titles. Her preferred genres are women’s fiction, upmarket and book club fiction, domestic suspense/thrillers, family dramas, psychological suspense,…
Emily Forney
BookEnds Literary Agency · US
Says: “young romances that are just plain fun”
Her tastes are wide ranging, but for the most part she looks for books with high concept commercial hooks, timeless stories with complex characters, escapist tales, and big, sweeping worlds. In children's books, Emily i…
Amanda Jain
BookEnds Literary Agency · US
Amanda currently reps adult romance, mystery / crime / thrillers, upmarket and book club fiction, horror, and science fiction & fantasy. She also represents narrative nonfiction, especially projects exploring the literar…
Paige Sisley
Cooke McDermid Literary Agency · CA
Says: “Smart, sexy romance with a strong conceit”
Paige is specifically seeking Smart, sexy romance with a strong conceit A food memoir and/or food-centric novel Accredited expertise and science-backed ideas about health and general wellbeing (bonus points if the scienc…
Megan Frayser
Creative Media Agency · US
Contemporary Romance quirk settings, smart and messy characters, witty banter Paranormal Romance send me your witches, demons, ghosts, and monsters in love Dark Romance (please no non-con) Women’s Fiction disillusionm…
Quressa Robinson
Folio Literary Management · US
Says: “Emotionally complex romance between fully realized adults”
Quressa Robinson is a literary agent at Folio Literary Management, representing adult fiction with a particular focus on science fiction & fantasy, horror, and romance. She is drawn to work that combines bold, distinctiv…
Maggie Sadler
Howland Literary · US
Maggie primarily seeks accessible literary fiction and upmarket fiction for adult readers with distinct character voices, lyrical prose, and propulsive plots. She loves books that quietly yet unapologetically challenge a…
Hannah Todd
Janklow & Nesbit · London
Says: “contemporary romance novels”
I am looking for commercial fiction across the board, but with a particular focus on romance, SFF and commercial thrillers. Across all genres, I am drawn to books with exemplary characterisation and voice. I need to feel…
Katie Reed
Katie Reed Literary · US
Says: “heartwarming, feel good small town romance”
Across all genres, Katie is looking for what all readers want in a good story: characters that leap off the page, conflict and tension that grips her in the story, and strong prose that can compete with similar titles in…
Lindsay Guzzardo
Keystone Literary Agency · US
Whether fiction or nonfiction, Lindsay seeks exceptional storytellers whose work combines a compelling hook, emotional or intellectual resonance, and the potential to reach a broad readership. She is especially interest…
Maria Napolitano
KT Literary · US
As an agent, Maria represents a broad range of genre fiction, from commercial romance to radical speculative fiction, subversive mysteries and thrillers, and select upmarket book club fiction. She is drawn to character-…
Rebecca Rodd
Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency · US
Says: “page-turning contemporary romance”
In adult and YA, Rebecca’s interests cover a wide range of genres, but most of all, she is interested in grounded, speculative stories, page-turning contemporary romance, non-linear storytelling, and elevated writing acr…
Rebecca Friedman
Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency · US
Rebecca is interested in commercial and literary fiction with a focus on literary novels of suspense, women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and young adult, as well as journalistic non-fiction and memoir. Most of all,…
Juliana McBride
Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency · US
Says: “very select contemporary romance with a unique and strong hook”
Juliana loves commercial and literary fiction, stories that explore relationships as well as make her laugh, in women’s fiction, contemporary adult coming of age, new adult, light speculative fiction, young adult, cozy m…
Natalie Barracliffe
Sheil Land Associates · London
Says: “contemporary romance with a unique plot”
As I grow my list, I’m particularly interested in fantasy/romantasy, thrillers and romances in the Adult and Young Adult market. I'm specifically looking for a paranormal romance, and a dark academia book with a strong…
Sara Shandler
The Book Group · US
Says: “character-driven romance with great banter and a standout concept”
Sara Shandler joined The Book Group in 2025 and represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including book club, psychological suspense, and high-concept romance. In nonfiction, she’s drawn to memoir and essays th…
Linda S. Glaz
Linda S. Glaz Literary Agency · US
My goal as an agent is to connect authors to those publishers seeking inspirational or clean reads, whether that be in the Christian or general market. What do I mean by clean reads? Books that anyone can read without b…
Rosa Frazier
The Seymour Agency · US
Says: “YA contemporary romance”
As a recovering attorney, she is drawn to underrepresented BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and disabled creatives, hoping to help them reach their authorial and artistic dreams. Caribbean and South American stories, folklore, and mytho…

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