Manuscript services for romance authors

Your story, read closely before your readers ever do.

Beta reading, editing, book cover design and formatting for indie romance authors. Every project comes with a written report and notes placed right in your manuscript, where each issue happens.

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Branded written reportInline manuscript commentsReduced-price reread
Sample page · made-up text
The keeper never said goodnight. He said, “Mind the stairs,” the way other men said I love you. She climbed without answering. He said nothing. The lamp turned above them, slow and certain, and neither of them looked at the sea. Notes in your margin
B BrittanyLovely line. It is the 9th “the way…” in 3 chapters. Keep this one.
B BrittanyThird silence on this page. Let a gesture do the work.
Read with care for ContemporarySteamy / spicyParanormal & fantasyWolf shifterRomantic suspenseHistoricalYoung adult
Services

Everything between a finished draft and a published book

Start with a beta read, then keep going. Every service can be booked on its own.

Read

Beta reading

A full read with a branded report and inline comments. Covers plot, characters, pacing, voice, tense, timeline and genre expectations, plus anything your own template asks for.

$0.003 per word · $75 for 25,000 words

Developmental editing

Big-picture work on structure, stakes, arcs and the shape of your ending, with clear guidance on what to change first.

$0.005 per word · $125 for 25,000 words
Polish

Line editing

Sentence-level polish for rhythm, clarity, repeated phrasing and voice, so the prose sounds like you at your best.

$0.004 per word · $100 for 25,000 words

Copy editing

Grammar, punctuation, consistency and continuity checks before you publish.

$0.003 per word · $75 for 25,000 words
Publish

Book cover design

Covers built for your genre and for a thumbnail-sized search result.

Ebook $50 · Ebook + paperback $200

Book formatting

Clean interior formatting, ready to upload.

Ebook $0.002 per word · Ebook + paperback $0.0035 per word

After you revise, I can reread your manuscript to confirm the changes landed, at a reduced price compared with the original beta read.

About

Hi, I'm Brittany, your story's first reader

I'm a professional romance beta reader, alpha reader and copy editor, dedicated to helping romance authors publish with confidence.

I specialize in paranormal, contemporary, wolf shifter and other romance subgenres. I hold a B.Sc. in Linguistics from Germany and I'm currently pursuing a Master's in English Literature, which shapes how I read sentences, structure and story.

Every beta reading package includes a detailed reader feedback report and inline manuscript comments to help strengthen your story. Send me a message. I'd love to help bring your story to its fullest potential.

B.Sc. Linguistics, GermanyMaster's in English Literature (in progress)Beta & alpha readingCopy editing
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How it works

From inquiry to a manuscript you feel good about

Send an inquiry

Tell me about the book, the service and your timeline. The estimate tool below gives you a price right away.

Confirm the quote

I confirm scope, price and delivery date, then you send the manuscript and your own template if you have one.

Receive your report

You get a branded written report plus your manuscript with comments placed at each issue.

Revise, then reread

Apply the notes and send it back. A reread at a reduced price confirms the changes landed.

Sample

What a beta read report looks like

Reports follow your template when you have one. I add what the template did not ask for, so nothing important gets missed.

Counts, not hunchesRepeated phrases are searched and counted across the whole manuscript before I mention them.
Tics versus motifsI separate habits worth trimming from repetition that is deliberate and pays off.
One thing to fix firstEvery report ends with the single change that will lift the book the most.

The excerpt is a made-up example, not a client's book. Client work is never shown without permission.

BETA READER REPORTSample Title  |  Beta Reader: Brittany

7. TENSE & GRAMMAR CONSISTENCY

Most important finding: Chapters 1 to 9 are in first-person present tense. Chapter 10 shifts to past tense, including every dialogue tag. It is a clean, one-chapter fix.

9. AI-SPECIFIC WRITING ISSUES

“The way [X]” similes appear on 28 lines. Effective in small doses; keep the best handful. The wrist-touch motif (10 uses) is deliberate and pays off, so keep it.

Bottom line: Strong voices and a satisfying arc. One structural fix in the ending; everything else is a polish pass.
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The heat level guide

Readers choose books by heat level, so label yours accurately. This is a working guide; platforms and reader groups draw the lines a little differently.

●○○○○1 Sweet. Kisses and chemistry, closed door.
●●○○○2 Warm. Heated kissing and touch, then a fade to black.
●●●○○3 Sensual. Love scenes on the page, language mostly implied.
●●●●○4 Steamy. Open door with explicit detail.
●●●●●5 Scorching. Frequent, fully explicit scenes and direct language.

Tip: read your hottest scene aloud and match your blurb to what is really on the page.

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