Lauren Shade-Rivero
BIO
Lauren Rivero is an assistant marketing director at Hachette Book Group and manages a mystery & thriller community called Novel Suspects. She currently resides in Miami, Florida with her husband and two cats. She writes under the pen name L.S. Rivero. You can find her on Twitter @lshaderivero or Instagram @lsrivero.
MSWL
I’m looking for Romance, Romantasy, and Commercial or Speculative Fiction, Horror, Paranormal, and select Mystery / Thriller. In Romance, I’m drawn to morally gray characters who make you question your own sense of right and wrong but I also swoon over big romantic gestures and enduringly sweet HEAs. I would love to see Horror or speculative novels with a feminist bent. Retellings or reimagines that bring a fresh perspective to the genre or villainous characters you can’t help but root for. In Mystery / Thriller, I’m particularly interested in BIPOC stories by authors who share those identities. In all genres, I prefer voicey books with darker themes, clear stakes, a hook that grabs you immediately. If there is a romantic subplot, even better! I'm not interested in books that romanticize abuse or feature on-page sexual assault or domestic violence.