WHAT’S INSIDE THIS PACKAGE
⭐️ Story Premise — ready for marketing
⭐️ Complete Codex — full story bible with characters, settings, world details, and relationship dynamics
⭐️ Chapter-by-Chapter Outline — the complete roadmap with emotional direction for every chapter
⭐️ AI-Ready Chapter Prompts — detailed writing instructions for every single chapter (this is what makes your AI draft actually sound like a novel)
⭐️ Marketing Copy — taglines, blurbs, tropes, and more
⭐️ Full Implementation Guide — step-by-step instructions to write this book and turn it into a series
One buyer. One story. Exclusively yours.
TRAIL MIX
They’ve been best friends and business partners for five years. He’s been secretly in love with her for every single one of them.
Mac and Hudson built Trail Blazers Wilderness Co. from nothing — equal partners, best friends, absolutely nothing more. She learned the hard way that mixing business and romance destroys everything. He learned the hard way that watching her date other people destroys him.
When a Fortune 500 client demands a “romantic couple” to lead their corporate retreat, Mac suggests they fake it. Seven days in Montana’s backcountry. Pretending to be in love.
For her, it’s a performance. For him, it won’t be pretending.
Sharing a tent makes ignoring the tension impossible. Rock climbing trust falls. Campfire stories that sound too real. The way he looks at her when he thinks she’s not watching. And a slow, undeniable realization that five years of “just friends” has been the biggest lie either of them has ever told.
She’s terrified that falling for him means losing the one person she can’t live without. He’s terrified that five more years of silence will kill him.
Seven days. One tent. Five years of denial about to come undone.
Friends-to-lovers. Fake dating. Forced proximity. Only one tent. Montana wilderness. Steamy heat level.
The kind of slow burn that finally catches fire at 10,000 feet.
WHY THIS WILL SELL
→ Friends-to-lovers + fake dating + forced proximity is the holy trinity of contemporary romance trending on BookTok right now
→ The “secretly in love best friend” hero is dominating romance — readers are obsessed with the yearning, the devotion, and the emotional payoff
→ Montana wilderness setting offers fresh, visual scenery that stands out from typical office and small-town backdrops
→ Trail Blazers world supports multiple standalones for natural series expansion
TROPES:
• Friends to Lovers
• Fake Dating
• Workplace Romance
• Forced Proximity
• Only One Tent
• He Falls First
• Grumpy / Sunshine
• Slow Burn
• Dual POV
• Grand Gesture
• Montana Wilderness Setting
HEAT LEVEL: Steamy (Open door, emotional focus)
Perfect for fans of: Elsie Silver, Hannah Grace, Tessa Bailey, and Lyla Sage