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[may12324]

Viv and Tandri

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Tor Publishing Group is BACK (again) with a guide of books to gift the people in your life…and yourself!

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Cozy books to curl up with in the winter...

Legends & Lattes / Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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Dazzling new worlds to explore...

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim; translated by Anton Hur

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High stakes, high thrills...

Extinction by Douglas Preston

The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

Exordia by Seth Dickinson

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Story collections that pack a punch...

Januaries by Olivie Blake

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Not enough books? Don’t worry, we have another GET BOOKT: THE BOOKENING guide to help you out!

[thenerdyalchemist]

Read Legends and Lattes

[pixilaine]

as a barista I just know tandri would be so unbelievably good at latte art

[turquoisemagpie]

Bookshops and Bonedust.

(The sequel to @travisbaldree ‘s Legends and Lattes; just as cozy and charming.)

[godzilla-reads]

Travis Baldree, you mad lad. You son of a gun. You crazy mother trucker, I love these books.

[bdazzlebooklover]

I love this series by Travis Baldree. Cozy fantasy at it's best.

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Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Round 1C

Book summaries below:

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

Fantasy, cozy fantasy, romance, secondary world, adult

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra

In a world of dwindling hope, love has never mattered more...

Captain Nathan J. Northland had no idea what to expect when he returned home to Lorehaven injured from war, but it certainly wasn't to find himself posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he'd never felt before. Particularly about fangs.

When Vlad Blutstein agreed to hire Nathan as Captain of the Eyrie Guard, he hadn't been sure what to expect either, but it certainly hadn't been to fall in love with a disabled werewolf. However Vlad has fallen and fallen hard, and that's the problem.

Torn by their allegiances--to family, to duty, and the age-old enmity between vampires and werewolves--the pair find themselves in a difficult situation: to love where the heart wants or to follow where expectation demands.

The situation is complicated further when a mysterious and beguiling figure known only as Lady Ursula crashes into their lives, bringing with her dark omens of death, doom, and destruction in her wake.

And a desperate plea for help neither of them can ignore.

Thrown together in uncertain times and struggling to find their place amidst the rising human empire, the unlikely trio must decide how to face the coming darkness: united as one or divided and alone. One thing is for certain, none of them will ever be the same.

Fantasy, romance, paranormal, series, adult

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Coffee

[at unicorn fuck club] JRR Tolkien: ugh everyday the news is worse and worse! Tolkien: it seems that certain hunnish practices have taken root in America CS Lewis: oh that sounds bad Tolkien: quite!

CS Lewis: look i know times are bad jrrt Lewis: maybe this will cheer you up Lewis: travis baldree is going to be telling his latest story of low stakes and cozy vibes Travis Baldree: i call it Kelpies and Kitchen Implements

Baldree: so this is a story about an orc who decides to retire from the murder business and use the money that she made in the murder business to open a coffee shop Baldree: i know that kind of raises a couple questions right there Baldree: let's just breeze past that

Baldree: cuz, god, the daily grind of adventuring really gets you down Baldree: everyday, you're just slaving away slaying dragons and finding treasure Baldree: God! i'm so BORED of all this peril and excitement! Baldree: i would trade it all for some nice invigorating tedium

Baldree: that's why i decided to open this coffee shop Baldree: [inhaling aroma from freshly brewed coffee] hmm! love that distinctly coffee-like smell of coffee! Baldree: [sipping cup] mm! love that distinctly coffee-like taste of coffee too!

Baldree: you know, after a while, an orc just gets tired of all the adventuring Baldree: cuz you know no one ever told her life was gonna be this way Baldree: your job's a joke, you're broke Baldree: your love life's DOA

Baldree: welcome to Tom Beanbadil Baldree: we have romano, cubano, americano, lothlorieno, and mordoro Baldree: what can i get for you? Tolkien: wow what a quaint little shop! Tolkien: i really like the acoustic pan flute music

Tolkien: uh yeah i would like theeeee Tolkien: the mocha frappacino double dungeon master delight Baldree: whole milk ok? Tolkien: do you have oat milk? Baldree: we have soy Tolkien: Tolkien: uhhhhh GRR Martin: c'mon hurry it up! Martin: we don't have all day!

Baldree: and for the rest of you? CS Lewis: i would like the cinnamon raspberry Obama sonic blast with 12 pumps of syrup Lewis: also i'd like to buy one of these CDs of acoustic pan flute music Baldree: which album? "Rhythms of the River of Life" or "Global Heartsong?"

Tolkien: excuse me where do hey get the coffee beans in this fantasy world? Baldree: i don't know, jrrt, where do they get the taters in middle earth? Tolkien: Tolkien: that's Tolkien: that's different Baldree: is it now?

Baldree: coffee is nice Tolkien: [slowly drifting into contented haze] so nice Baldree: but then there's a mob boss! Tolkien: what!!! Tolkien: ugh! Tolkien: i was told that this would be low stakes! Tolkien: i distinctly heard it would be low stakes!

Baldree: don't worry, you can bribe the mob boss with pastries Baldree: speaking of which do you want a biscotti with your coffee? Tolkien: oh! you know what Tolkien: yes Tolkien: yes i do

Baldree: if you enjoyed this story, be sure to watch for the follow-ups Baldree: tiamats and toaster ovens Baldree: paladins and potholders Baldree: sorcerers and spatulas

[alderdixon]

Book Report: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

This cozy book was such an easy, comforting read and met my expectations beautifully. The kind of book that really warms you from the inside - reminds me of Sourdough and A Psalm for the Wild-Built in that way. I'd recommend it to any fantasy-lovers who want a comfy little read.

[cariguevara]

Viv & Tandri

[may12324]

Legends and Lattes ☕

I really enjoyed rereading this series recently with my gf. It's so cute and wholesome, and really good coffee propaganda actually. Also! The audiobook is so fun! I love that the author got to do all the voices 🥰

[torpublishinggroup]

Some of our books featuring girl kissers:

- Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

- Fate’s Bane by C. L. Clark

- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

- Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

- Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

- Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

-The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

[pixilaine]

don’t talk to Viv before she’s had her morning cup of coffee

[mermaidhugs]

Legends and Lattes⚔️☕

[appleinducedsleep]

Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.

Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes