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Book cover of Legends & Lattes

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From Jeff's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why Jeff loves this book

Seeing the "other side" of adventurers, when the main characters have grown weary of battling monsters, fetch quests and escort missions, the sleeping on the cold hard ground and just want a change of pace in their life. What is an adventurer to do when they retire the adventuring life? They open up a business of course!
The trials and tribulations of starting a business, especially one no one has heard of in a new town and seeing the world from the eyes of a shop keeper who has hung her sword up (quite literally) over the bar, instead of from the battlefield.

By Travis Baldree ,

Why should I read it?

28 authors picked Legends & Lattes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

High fantasy, low stakes - with a double-shot of coffee.

After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream - for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can't go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters. Yet old rivals and new stand in the way of success. And Thune's shady underbelly could make it all…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

Book cover of An Adventure Brewing

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From Jeff's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Unknown Author Why Jeff loves this book

I am pretty sure the Author is an Isekai'ed dwarven brewer who was thrown into the body of a human fantasy writer on our world. There is so much knowledge of brewing along with the creativity of an engaging fantasy world with its own unique magic and a slice of life from what would normally be just an NPC's perspective.

By JollyJupiter ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked An Adventure Brewing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In his new fantasy world, only he can show his people the taste they're missing.Pete is a simple man who enjoys a good drink amongst good friends. Not too much to ask, right?Now, he's trapped in a fantasy world far from home, stuck underground in the body of a smelly dwarf with fantastic facial hair.The worst part?The swill that the dwarves are falling all over themselves to drink. Its flat, it's watery, and it has the alcohol content of a rancid coconut. Can Pete save the dwarves from their own sour fate, or will he be forever doomed to plink…


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