Shoestring Theory

A queer, madcap, friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers time travel romance with the future of the world at stake, this charming fantasy tale is sure to satisfy fans of Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree.

Cyril Laverre, former Grand-Mage of the High Court of Farsala, has spent the last decade hiding himself away in a ramshackle hut by the sea. He spends his days catching fish for his cat familiar, Shoestring, and suppressing his guilt over the kingdom's ruin.

After finding Shoestring dead one morning, a desperate Cyril casts a powerful spell that catapults him back in time to a happier period of Farsalan history – a time when Tigris Margrave was destined to ascend to the throne and Cyril’s tentative romance with Tigris’ brother, Eufrates, had not yet bloomed.

Armed with the knowledge of Tigris’ sudden and tragic death and Eufrates’ subsequent descent into madness, Cyril is adamant to keep Eufrates from ascending to the throne and setting in motion the kingdom’s downfall.

Featuring a formidable Great Aunt, a friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance, an awkward love quadrangle and a crow familiar called Ganache, this charming story is imminently easy to read and sure to satisfy fans of fanfiction who like their fantasy lite.