Well Met (24 in 2024 #5)

Author: Jen DeLuca
Title: Well Met
Publisher: Berkley/Jove
Date Published: 109/03/2019

Read Dates: 03/04/2024- 03/05/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Well Met is a single POV romance focused on Emily, who temporarily moves to a small town in Maryland to help out her injured sister, and Simon a local in charge of the schools summer long Renaissance Faire. As Emily and Simon all they seem to do is bicker, but as Emma and tavern wench and Captain Blackthorne the pirate sparks begin to fly!

This was such a fun book! I loved the bickering and banter between Emily and Simon, and the flirtations when they were in character. I couldn’t put it down, and already added the rest of the series to my TBR!

All's faire in love and war for two sworn enemies who indulge in a harmless flirtation in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author, Jen DeLuca.

Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him?

The faire is Simon's family legacy and from the start he makes clear he doesn't have time for Emily's lighthearted approach to life, her oddball Shakespeare conspiracy theories, or her endless suggestions for new acts to shake things up. Yet on the faire grounds he becomes a different person, flirting freely with Emily when she's in her revealing wench's costume. But is this attraction real, or just part of the characters they're portraying?

This summer was only ever supposed to be a pit stop on the way to somewhere else for Emily, but soon she can't seem to shake the fantasy of establishing something more with Simon, or a permanent home of her own in Willow Creek.