Spotlight: Well Versed

Today we are celebrating the publication of Jen DeLuca's latest Renaissance Faire rom-com, Well Versed! This is the fifth novel in the Well Met series, but can be read as a standalone. (It contains spoilers for the first four books though, and you definitely should read all of them anyway!) Melissa enjoyed reuniting with all the characters and getting to know Caitlin better this time around. Check out her review on Goodreads and Storygraph. Whether or not you've been to a Ren Faire before, this novel (and series) will definitely put you in the mood to visit!

Caitlin Parker was eighteen when she fell out of love with the magic of the Willow Creek Renaissance Faire—the site of her first real heartbreak. But now, twenty-four and unemployed, she finds herself in her childhood bedroom and her childhood lady-in-waiting costume, assisting a rotating cast of substitute queens for the season. The very last person she wants to see is Alexander Wright—the sword-fighting, Shakespeare-spouting young man who won and broke her teenage heart. Yet there he is, older, annoyingly hotter, and back on stage at her Faire.

When Alex broke things off with Caitlin the first time, he thought he was just ending a summer fling. He didn't realize how much he’d fallen for her until he let her go, and he certainly didn't know he’d tarnished her memories of her cherished Faire and worse, shattered her view on love and relationships. His need to right that wrong this summer brings them together again and again, and this time, it won’t be so easy to let go of this summer fling.

But as summer winds down, real life is catching up to both of them. Caitlin’s always thought that being an adult with adult responsibilities means leaving whimsy behind. Alex, with a life full of stage combat, songs, and sonnets, doesn’t know how to live any other way. Can they go after their dreams and find a future together where they can still say “huzzah”? (Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.)

“An absolute delight that will have you rooting for second chances and wishing it was Ren-Faire season!”
—Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Jen Deluca writes with exceptional warmth.”
—USA Today bestselling author Rosie Danan

"Featuring an endearing small-town setting, an elaborate Ren Faire backdrop, second-chance and new adult storylines, and a vibrant cast of characters from previous books in the beloved “Well Met” series, this charming novel will delight fans and new readers alike."
—Library Journal

Credit: Morgan H. Lee (2023)

Jen DeLuca is the USA Today bestselling author of the Well Met series, inspired by her time volunteering as a pub wench with her local Renaissance Faire, as well as the Boneyard Key series, set in a haunted Florida tourist town. 

Jen loves Publix chicken tender subs, cold brew coffee, and the Oxford comma. She lives in the Arizona desert with her husband, their rescue dog, and almost too many cats. (Bio courtesy of Jen's website.)

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