SometimesToast
What if the truest love story began with a wagging tail, an alpaca sweater, and a bakery?
Enzo "Rio" del Rio is a world-famous romance comic writer: he's a Therian, born a man with the soul-and instincts-of a dog. For years, Rio's canine quirks and deep need for acceptance kept him isolated, until a chance encounter at a bakery in Ecuador introduces him to Toasty: a fiercely independent woman with a heart as guarded as her true identity.
When Toasty sweeps into Rio's comic convention booth with her marketing genius and deadpan wit, Rio falls head-over-tail in love. But Toasty, who has spent her life outsmarting the business world and outmaneuvering her own battles with cyclical depression, isn't about to be won over by sweet words alone.
As they travel from São Paulo's bustling markets to the sunlit beaches of Greece, from neon-lit Seoul to the wilds of Madagascar, Rio and Toasty build a partnership grounded in honesty, vulnerability, and laugh-out-loud misadventures. (45,000-50,000 words)