Legends & Lattes

As a writer, I'm known for a post-apocalypse survival trilogy and a trio (so far) of mystery novels. They've sold modestly well, but neither of those is my preferred genre. I am, and have always been, a fantasy novel lover at heart. It is my great hope to not only write a good fantasy novel someday, but I have also been long-fascinated with trying to write an atypical fantasy novel more concerned about what daily life is like in a world populated with magic, creatures, and high fantasy. I've never been able to crack that code, though.

Travis Baldree perfected it.

LEGENDS & LATTES is a perfect book. It's cute. It's clever. It's unexpected. And it's sweet with a heart that swells to a breaking point. I'm envious. I want more.

Travis took a silly idea and turned it into a book with as much at stake as any farmboy-who-must-save-the-world swords'n'sorcery novel. The main core of characters are as endearing as any book I've read in years. And the idea that Viv, the adventurer who tires of adventure, finds a new cadre to adventure with, even if that adventure is just making coffee and pastries for customers, is wonderful.

I can't recommend this one enough.