Christine Witcher

is querying

I'm Christine—a fantasy, romance, and science fiction author by night, geologist and National Board Certified STEM teacher by day. My obsession with storytelling started early: as a kid, I scoured library shelves for every book containing the keyword dragon. These days, I write stories where women discover their agency and their magic. I call the Seattle area home, sharing my space with a husband, three demanding mammals, and one wonderfully low-maintenance reptile.

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Currently Querying

Congratulations, Your Fake Boyfriend is Evil

Mackenzie Fisher's life looks ideal on paper: a thriving career at a Seattle tech firm, a SoulCycle coven of very fit witches, and a textbook-perfect boyfriend. When she inherits an old coastal Victorian, she can almost hear the patter of little baby feet on oak floors.

But a crushing breakup leaves Mac alone in a decrepit enchanted house with no internet and her aunt's grimoire. In a grief- and Midnight-Margaritas-fueled haze, she conjures a man to be the partner who'll finally make her happy—attentive, protective, and completely devoted. Her creation is harmless, until the house's wards unravel and an unsettlingly charming demon possesses him.

Desperate to repair the wards, Mac turns to her new coven mate Jamie. His helpfulness and friendly magnetism (and, yes, a strong jaw and broad shoulders) make her feel seen in a way she hasn't in a decade, but trusting him with her demonic mistake feels riskier than anything creeping through the wards.

If Mac can't woman up and get vulnerable with Jamie, her home—and the future she desperately wants there—will crumble around her.

I am seeking representation for CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR FAKE BOYFRIEND IS EVIL, a 85k-word standalone adult paranormal romance. It will appeal to fans of the cozy, enchanted-house magic and found family of A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna with the witchy romcom vibes of The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling.

Work-in-Progress

The Gossips

Foul of mouth, slippery of tongue. Rosamund Martin knows the opinion of the clergy. She uses her cunning to hear every rumor and see every new face from behind the bar of Martin’s River Run. When a new priest is assigned to the village, posting oppressive rules on the church door, she tells the villagers she’ll be laying low and avoiding his ire.

But the first church service in years is far more hell and brimstone than the quiet village of River Home is comfortable with. The priest drags a woman into the courtyard, chains her to the pillory, and shears her hair—all for the crime of wearing a rose-tinted dress. Rosa fears that laying low won’t be enough to keep her family safe.

Then the village midwife attends to the priest’s wife as she delivers her baby preterm, and a migrant woman is seen leaving the tailors shop the night before he falls ill. At the next service, the priest spits accusations of witchcraft.

To protect her family, Rosa must transform her network of whispers into a weapon of resistance. If she cannot reclaim her voice and outmaneuver the priest's zealotry, the shears—or the flames—may reach her doorstep next.

The Gossips will be a 100k-word standalone multi-pov upmarket speculative novel. It will appeal to fans of the atmosphere and witch-hunt theme of The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with the speculative feminist allegory of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill.