“An utterly charming cozy fantasy! Whimsical, heartfelt, and impossible not to fall in love with.”

- Breanne Randall, NYT Best Selling Author

Embracing the Druid sample cover.

Dungeons and Dragons meets Tangled in this fantasy romcom featuring a sentient, traveling tavern, a Flynn Rider coded bard and one woman with the choice to embrace the druid within or risk losing the life she's been longing for.

Cordelia is a professional emailer, not a druid who can wield the power of nature. But when she stumbles into the Traveling Troglodyte, a sentient traveling tavern from another realm, she’s thrust into a reality where this just might be true.

Attempting to wrap her head around this overwhelming situation, she winds up entangled with the tavern’s dangerously handsome bard, Pine, and lost in the forest of this new realm. Forced to work together, they must survive these unknown woods and get back to the tavern to uncover her true purpose.

As unreliable magic (and feelings) spark, Cordelia blindly relies on Pine, unaware that he is haunted by his past and the web of protective lies he's spun around her. When a quest for the toad mafia goes sideways, the lies unravel. Cordelia is left doubting everything including her trust in Pine. If she can't overcome her own self-doubt, forgive Pine and embrace the druid within, she'll risk losing not only this newfound family and purpose she's been longing for but the very realm it exists in. 

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  • An illustration of a teacup with a tea bag tag hanging out the side with flowers on the saucer.

    Nature Based Powers

  • A black-and-white illustration of a flame with a heart inside.

    Slow Burn Romance

  • Silhouette of a person hugging themselves with greenery growing on their arms.

    Self-Discovery

Meet the Characters

Cordelia Salivund

  • Struggles with Imposter Syndrome, doubt, anxiety…the list goes on.

  • Loves listening to the birds - Merlin is her favorite app.

  • Won’t pass up a good drink, especially to drown out her own thoughts.

  • Can’t live without coffee.

  • Would do anything for a good night’s rest.

  • Weirdly attracted to water and a certain bard.

  • A force of nature.

Cordelia’s Playlist:

Pineameon “Pine” Dalgore

  • Weaves words and songs effortlessly, keeping patrons happy and at a safe distance.

  • Lucy the Lute is the most consistent woman in his life.

  • Hates water, yet finds himself with a druid who’s drawn to it.

  • Knows he’s been given a second chance and doesn’t want to mess it up.

  • Under constant surveillance by the Toad Mafia.

  • A performer, always making a scene.

  • Words of inspiration at the ready.

Pine’s Playlist:

Meet the Traveling Troglodyte

A magical tavern that moves through Forellessence by oak trees, finding those who need it and those it needs.

If someone is unable to find the door, Grydrus can open it for them.

There is an air of mystique around this tavern. While Afiah’s magic is strong enough to redirect it to stop where she needs, it does operate on its own. Like a living breathing entity. One may never know when a door opens to somewhere they weren’t expecting or didn’t know they needed to go.

A large tree with a thick trunk and sprawling branches in a sunlit forest, with sunlight filtering through green leaves and a ground covered in fallen orange and yellow leaves.

Loads of interesting people pass through the Traveling Troglodyte meaning its collection of stories is endless…

  • Was Afiah the first to stumble upon it? Did it need her or did she need it?

  • An explosion of magic annihilates an adventuring party, leaving a bard on the brink of death. Does that bard find what he needs at the tavern?

  • When a wizard forest gnome is seeking answers for a threat to his trees, what does the tavern provide for him?

  • A darkness takes over Midwinter Kingdom, sending its princess on the run. Does she seek refuge within its walls?

Oak roots are adaptable and run deep; interconnecting, sprouting new shoots and never ending.

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