The clearly defined synopsis

As an editor, I'm requesting writers to send in a synopsis along with the first 5k.  The reason for the 5k is simple:

The first 5k of any story tells me as an editor a number of things: 

1.       It tells me as an editor that you can write (I know, it seems trivial)

2.       It tells me if you’ve got story flow OR if you’re almost there and I can spend time helping improve the story for sales purposes.

Truthfully, most editors know a good story from maybe one or two pages, because the writer engages the reader that quickly. Now that we've settled that, let's move onto the synopsis.

What I as an editor want is a pithy, clear cut synopsis that defines the romantic conflict, any outside conflict and the main characters and I want it in no more than 3-5 paragraphs.

Imagine it's like a query letter to an agent.  You'll give me the following:

1st paragraph:  Hook me.  Think high concept.

2nd paragraph:  Introduce hero/herione BRIEFLY

3rd Paragraph:  Introduce Hero/Herione BRIEFLY

4th Paragraph: Romantic conflict

5th paragraph:  your SHORT bio.

It should look like this:

Can open honesty lead to trust?  Covenant of Wolves 1: Stalker (Dub Mix) explores this idea with Prince Faolan and Millie the Fae in modern day America and Faery. 

Blessed by the Moon Goddess with extraordinary powers beyond that of normal wolf shifters, Prince Faolan commands a group known as the Protectors.  Their one goal is to watch over humanity and Otherworldly Creatures.  Lately, the Unseelie court of Faery has threatened to start a war with the Seelie court, which would spread to the Earth realm and destroy everything.

Millie is a military agent assigned by the Unseelie government to track down Prince Faolan and sway his Protectors to ally with her government in exchange for return of her mother, whom they hold captive. Keeping her reasons for his allegiance a secret becomes more difficult to due to the lustful desires they both possess towards each other. 

During their first sexual encounter, she accidentally infects him with Fae Lust, an incurable disease that forces those infected to have frequent intercourse, or suffer painful consequences that eventually lead to insanity if left un-sated. 

Prince Faolan also infects Millie with Diane’s Curse, binding them together as mates and creating an emotional bond between the two that Faolan absently forgets to mention until Millie expresses deeper feelings for him

Having a mate would be a liability to Faolan due to his enemies. Millie cannot have a wolf mate due to her Kingdom’s laws forbidding inter species breeding. 

The two visit the Unseelie Kingdom to cure the Fae Lust, the Cyber-Fae, an elite race of cybernetic enhanced Faeries label them as enemies of the state.  Fleeing to Earth becomes difficult as the pair is chased.  Upon returning to Earth, the Moon Goddess tells them they must topple the ruler of the Unseelie Kingdom. 

This is the first book in a series. 

I am a published erotic romance author with several releases through Renaissance E-books and Total E-bound.  My work has been nominated for CAPA from The Romance Studio.  My contemporary romance Apollo’s Choice is a Top Pick from Night Owl Romance. I continue to write for Renaissance E-books and Total E-bound with releases throughout the year. I host the UnNamed Romance Show on Radio Dentata. I am also a founding member of the WriteSEX team, dedicated to educating authors of all genres on how to add erotic elements to any story. 

I know that's longer than what I said but you get the basic idea.  This was also what was accepted by my agent along with  a quality story.  

Now go write!