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"What a delight! This is enemies to lovers at its absolute finest, folks. DeLuca proves to be a master of creating characters you believe in and a storyline to keep you totally engrossed. Well Met is a hilarious, swoony, and captivating romance-hands down our new favorite feel-good novel of the year."

New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren

Jen DeLuca had me laughing out loud from the opening line. Well Met is fresh, fun, and the story I never knew I needed. I so wish I could grab a corset and live the wench life with Emily!

I dare you not to want to travel to your nearest Renaissance Faire after reading the sweet, sexy, and smart Well Met...the kind of book that you want to live inside. Jen DeLuca is poised to become one of the freshest voices writing contemporary romance today.

The electric enemies-to-lovers Willow Creek TikTok romance

Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire where she meets Simon, and immediately dislikes him? 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?

Fall in love with the glorious enemies-to-lovers romance that has TikTok swooning! 
 
'A pure joy to read. Utterly delightful. I didn't want it to end' 5***** Reader Review 
'THIS is how you write modern romance!' 5***** Reader Review 
'This gave me all the butterflies, all the feels, all the heart skipping beats' 5***** Reader Review 
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'I didn't choose the wench life. The wench life chose me . . .' 
 
Emily's moved to the small Maryland town of Willow Creek for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident. But when teenage niece Caitlin volunteers for the local Renaissance Faire, Emily's suddenly signing up too as a . . . tavern wench. 
 
She's not sure how it happened, but it's certainly nothing to do with Simon, the infuriating and inscrutable schoolteacher running the show. 
 
The Faire is Simon's family legacy - and he hasn't time for Emily's jokey approach, her take on Shakespeare, or her suggestions to liven things up. 
 
Yet as the Faire comes together and each inhabits their costumed roles, he becomes a different person. Is irritation turning to flirtation? 
 
Soon, Emily's asking herself: is their mutual attraction real, or just the roles they're playing? 
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'Completely in love with this book! A must read' 5***** Reader Review 
'A gorgeous enemies-to-lovers romance' 5***** Reader Review 
'Well Met left me swooning' 5***** Reader Review

Jen DeLuca was born and raised in Virginia, and has recently swapped Florida for the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband and a houseful of rescue pets. 
She's worked as an ice-show dresser, a wardrobe master, a makeup consultant, and a paralegal. She likes latte-flavored lattes, Hokies football, and the Oxford comma.

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