My Happy Time Loop Fail

by Susanna Shore

My fourth time loop was different. For one, it was painful. For another, I returned as my sister.

Henry Sanford has a perfectly normal life in Oxford—until he dies in a drunken accident. Next thing he knows, he’s being reborn. But that isn’t even all. He is born into a completely different world that has magic—but no dragons to his disappointment—as Petl, a son of viscount, with all his memories of the previous life. Not that they help, because he dies again. And again. And again.

But after the latest death, he isn’t reborn. He isn’t even Petl anymore. He finds himself in the body of his younger sister Lisl, only a year before he is killed by a traitor. And said traitor is about to propose to her.

Determined to stop it, he—she—proposes to the first man she comes across: Maleth Boderl, a son of a powerful man, and someone with whom Petl has a complicated history. Not that Maleth knows, because of the loops. And it’s about to get even more complicated, because Lisl is smitten with him at first sight.

It is Lisl who is suddenly lusting after Maleth, right?

Petl can’t dwell on that. He has a war to stop, a traitor to kill, and possibly a heart to conquer too—if he can figure out how he is feeling first.

This is a stand-alone m/m romance with mistaken identities, betrayal, love, and some spice too.

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 28, 2024

About the author

Susanna Shore is an independent author. She writes Two-Natured London paranormal romance series, P.I. Tracy Hayes series of light mysteries set in Brooklyn, Reed Files crime capers, and House of Magic paranormal mystery series. She is also an author of some contemporary romances and thrillers.

You can find her on Bluesky @susannashore.bsky.social and more about her books on her webpage susannashore.com, where you can also find short stories and a sign-up page to her newsletter.

If you want a quick look into what she writes, she has collected her firsts books into a bundle called Starters . And The Wolf's Call , the first book in Two-Natured London series, is permanently free.

Reviews

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first thought was 50 first dates movie where she relives the same day over and over. In this book the main character changes his life and in one life even is gender is changed. But the cool thing is he doesn't forget his prior lives. Each life has a story that is fun to read. One story leads to the next. I found the book interesting!