That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

by Kimberly Lemming

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

A warm and cozy fantasy that’s similar in tone to Legends & Lattes, this is the story of an unexpected (and unexpectedly spicy) monster romance that turns up the heat in more ways than one.

A USA Today Bestseller • An Amazon Best Book of January 2024 • An IndieNext List Pick

"One of the freshest voices in fantasy romance! This book has it all: spice, humor, and a world I want to get lost in." —Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author

Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell.
 
All she wanted to do was live her life in peace—maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn’t involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the goddess has favorites, and if so, Cin is clearly not one of them.
 
After Cin saves the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, Fallon reveals that all he really wants to do is kill an evil witch enslaving his people. And who can blame him? But now he’s dragging Cinnamon along for the ride whether she likes it or not. On the bright side, at least he keeps burning off his shirt.…

Praise for the Mead Mishaps series:

"A hilarious, down-to-earth romance with magic, adventure, and intrigue. What's not to love?" —Talia Hibbert

"Sexy, witty, and fun as hell—That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon is the instant mood-boost we all need." —Hannah Whitten

"Hilarious, hot and full of heart, That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon is exactly what you need in your life. Right now. Go pick it up because it is the cure to any reading funk and might even clear up acne. I’m serious. It’s that good." —Avery Flynn

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316570268
Publisher:	Orbit
Publication date:	05/23/2023
Series:	Mead Mishaps , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	4,476
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Kimberly Lemming is on an eternal quest to avoid her calling as a main character. She can be found giving the slip to that new werewolf that just blew into town and refusing to make eye contact with a prince of a far-off land. Dodging aliens looking for Earth booty can really take up a girl's time.

But when she’s not running from fate, she can be found writing diverse fantasy romance. Or just shoveling chocolate in her maw until she passes out on the couch.

Editorial Reviews

10/30/2023

Lemming (Mistlefoe) launches the Mead Mishaps series with a spritely romantasy led by a reluctant heroine and her smitten demon companion. The citizens of Boohail worship the goddess Myva, who every 15 years chooses four champions to combat the demons and monsters that have escaped through the Volsog gate. Spice farmer and homebody Cinnamon “Cin” Hotpepper is celebrating that she was not chosen with limitless libations when she stumbles upon an injured demon in her fields. He’s seven feet tall, not counting his horns, and his broad shoulders and long straight black hair set Cin’s heart aflutter. His name is Fallon Ozul and he’s there to set the record straight: Myva is not a goddess, but an evil lich who drives demons insane and preys on them to fuel her dark magic. Cinnamon sticks happen to neutralize Myva’s spell over demons, so Fallon enlists Cin’s help infiltrating Myva’s temple and destroying the chalice that holds her soul. It’s easy enough—until Fallon learns there are three more temples throughout the continent, each with its own chalice that needs to be shattered. With resilient Cin’s flirtatious irreverence and Fallon’s smoldering magnetism, can they keep their hands off each other long enough to accomplish their mission? Hilarious banter, cheeky anachronisms, and hot and heavy lovemaking punctuate this full-throttle adventure. It’s good fun. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

One of the freshest voices in fantasy romance! This book has it all: spice, humor, and a world I want to get lost in!”—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author

"A hilarious, down-to-earth romance with magic, adventure, and intrigue. What's not to love?"—Talia Hibbert, New York Times bestselling author

“Sexy, witty, and fun as hell—That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon is the instant mood-boost we all need.”—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author

“Hilarious, hot and full of heart, That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon is exactly what you need in your life. Right now. Go pick it up because it is the cure to any reading funk and might even clear up acne. I’m serious. It’s that good.” —Avery Flynn, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author

"Delightfully spicy and full of heart, this is the perfect escapist fantasy rom-com—a must-read series for readers who always roll to seduce when they play D&D. Cozy fantasy fans look no further."—Nadia El-Fassi, author of Henna & Hexes

"Hilarious banter, cheeky anachronisms, and hot and heavy lovemaking punctuate this full-throttle adventure. It’s good fun." —Publishers Weekly

"Delightfully over-the-top and raunchy, this fantasy romance takes the laugh-out-loud rom-com sensibilities (and explicit sex scenes) of Talia Hibbert or Ali Hazelwood and wraps them up in a loving send-up of some of the fantasy genre’s favorite tropes. Readers who appreciate its irreverent silliness will be glad that there are already two more volumes." —Booklist

"A quirky, steamy fantasy that’s just what the romance genre needs."—Kirkus

From the Publisher

12/01/2023

DEBUT Spice trader Cinnamon doesn't want to go on adventures because they lead to dangerous situations such as her sister Cherry getting devoured by a river monster. But Cin's mishap with way too much mead results in a hangover and her rescue of a devilishly handsome demon who is not so demonic after all, leading her to the knowledge that the divine being her people follow isn't really a goddess. It will be up to her, her demon mate, and the friends they rescue along the way to save their people from this evil monster masquerading as a goddess. The first book in the "Mead Mishaps" series, previously self-published, throws its heroine into the arms of a demon-shaped cinnamon roll of a hero and sends them on a quest to save the world from a power-hungry monster. VERDICT This a serious fantasy quest that doesn't take itself so seriously and is perfect for readers who love Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree and Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne, but who wish that the romances at the heart of those cozy fantasies had been considerably more explicit.—Marlene Harris

Library Journal

Listeners will be delighted with narrator Hazel Addison's return for the third title in the Mead Mishaps series, recently boosted in popularity by BookTok reviewers. As a child, Cherry didn't understand why princesses trapped in towers had to wait around to be rescued. After being taken by a dragon, she understands a bit more. Planning her escape, she is inadvertently saved by another dragon, Dante, who claims he is her soulmate. Addison's talents are showcased in this lively and hilarious fantasy-romance. Her ability to believably voice characters regardless of age keeps listeners fully engaged in Cherry and Dante's misadventures. Her expressive delivery enhances the story and will frequently have listeners laughing out loud. This fun production is sure to delight. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2023 - AudioFile

Listeners will be delighted with narrator Hazel Addison's return for the third title in the Mead Mishaps series, recently boosted in popularity by BookTok reviewers. As a child, Cherry didn't understand why princesses trapped in towers had to wait around to be rescued. After being taken by a dragon, she understands a bit more. Planning her escape, she is inadvertently saved by another dragon, Dante, who claims he is her soulmate. Addison's talents are showcased in this lively and hilarious fantasy-romance. Her ability to believably voice characters regardless of age keeps listeners fully engaged in Cherry and Dante's misadventures. Her expressive delivery enhances the story and will frequently have listeners laughing out loud. This fun production is sure to delight. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2023 - AudioFile

2023-12-06
A trader is swept up into an epic adventure after she inadvertently saves a demon’s life.

Cinnamon Hotpepper has only ever known a quiet, unassuming life on her family’s spice farm, and she doesn’t expect that to change. When it comes time for their village’s deity—the goddess Myva—to choose her new patrons, Cinnamon’s plan is to keep her head down and avoid getting involved with anything too far outside her comfort zone. Staggering home after one too many mugs of wine that same night, though, she inadvertently crosses paths with a demon, someone who should terrify her, and narrowly escapes with her life. The next morning, who should knock on the farm’s front door but the demon himself? Something about Cinnamon has given Fallon Ozul the ability to break out of the spell that has kept him in a monstrous frame of mind. Now he wants her help in seeking out the witch responsible for keeping his kind enslaved and telling everyone they’re evil, putting an end to her once and for all. And who is that witch? None other than Myva, who isn’t actually a goddess. Cinnamon knows she’s not cut out for an adventure like this, but she can’t deny her growing attraction to Fallon, so maybe she won’t try that hard to resist his efforts to persuade her to join him. In the process of destroying Myva’s hold on the demons, they might succeed at changing their world for the better. While the contemporary-feeling dialogue and characterization might clash with the setting and worldbuilding for some readers, and the book’s evolving romance could have benefited from more room to spread out, the story is a charming addition to the fantasy-romance realm.

A quirky, steamy fantasy that’s just what the romance genre needs.

Kirkus Reviews