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Why be Emma when you could be Gildebarb?

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

February 1, 2021 by pineolliepple 1 Comment

Girl meets boy, girl hates boy, girl joins boy’s small-town Renaissance Faire as a busty tavern wench…you know the drill. I started getting into romcoms last summer as fluffy escapism from everything going on, and in the last eight months as things have grown increasingly dark I’m now averaging one spicy enemies-to-lovers for every two books of any other genre, so at this point, I’m just looking for a fun two-day read with a happy ending, the more bonkers the premise, the better. And in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: jen deluca, Renaissance Faire, ye olde romcom

pineolliepple's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: jen deluca, Renaissance Faire, ye olde romcom ·
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Calling all Renn Faire Nerds!

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

January 17, 2020 by Rachel 4 Comments

Swoon. The opening line of Well Met grabbed me from the beginning as I found it hilarious. “I didn’t choose the wench life. The wench life chose me.” That is not an opening line usually found in a modern romance novel. After a devastating breakup, our main character Emily finds herself in the tiny town of Willow Creek, Maryland. Emily acts as a personal chauffeur and errand girl for her older sister who recently got in a car accident. Emily also helps out with her […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: jen deluca, Maryland, modern romance, Renaissance Faire, Romance

Rachel's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Romance · Tags: jen deluca, Maryland, modern romance, Renaissance Faire, Romance ·
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