Jen DeLuca Books

An upbeat rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire charm and an accidentally-in-love romance. Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for eighteen years and is ready to move on as her children prepare to leave home. She enlists her friend Mitch for help with home improvements to sell her house. Mitch Malone, known for his lively personality and eye-catching kilt at the local Renaissance Faire, agrees to assist April on the condition that she pretends to be his girlfriend at a family dinner to fend off their settling-down lectures. April reluctantly agrees, but the dinner unexpectedly turns into a weekend trip, blurring the lines between reality and pretense. As summer arrives and the Faire returns, April volunteers for the first time. When Mitch's family appears unexpectedly, she resumes her role as his girlfriend, but it starts to feel genuine. Despite their strong connection, April insists their relationship isn’t real, prompting a heartbroken Mitch to pull away. April must confront her feelings and decide what she truly wants before losing the charming kilt-wearer who might just be the love of her life.

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.

The truth always comes out…I want to tell my husband, Guy, everything about my past. Honestly, I do. He’s been so wonderful, providing me with a life of comfort and love a world away from the dark life I had before.He deserves the truth.But if he finds out who I really am, the perfect life I’ve built will come crashing down around my ears. And that can’t happen. Not yet. Not until I reveal the truth about what happened to my little sister.A completely addictive thriller that will keep you guessing into the early hours of the morning. Perfect for fans of The Step Daughter, Shalini Boland and K.L. Slater.

The Renaissance Faire is on the move, and Lulu and Dex are along for the ride, in the next utterly charming rom-com from Jen DeLuca. A high-powered attorney from a success-oriented family, Louisa "Lulu" Malone lives to work, and everything seems to be going right, until the day she realizes it’s all wrong. Lulu’s cousin Mitch introduced her to the world of Renaissance Faires, and when she spies one at a time just when she needs an escape, she leaps into the welcoming environment of turkey legs, taverns, and tarot readers. The only drawback? Dex MacLean: a guitarist with a killer smile, the Casanova of the Faire… and her traveling companion for the summer. Dex has never had to work for much in his life, and why should he? Touring with his brothers as The Dueling Kilts is going great, and he always finds a woman at every Faire. But when Lulu proves indifferent to his many plaid charms and a shake-up threatens the fate of the band, Dex must confront something he never has before: his future. Forced to spend days and nights together on the road, Lulu’s interest in the kilted bad boy grows as he shows her a side of himself no one else has seen. The stresses of her old lifestyle fade away as she learns to trust her intuition and follow her heart instead of her head. But when her time on the road is over, will Lulu go with her gut, or are she and Dex destined for separate paths?

Five years ago, my little boy went missing. Now my husband's vanished, too. I wish I could say that the tragedy of little Jack disappearing brought me and Nate closer together. But my husband is more distant from me now than he's ever been. Perhaps that's why I don't ask him exactly where he's going when he sets off on another business trip. The first day Nate's away, things feel okay, even though I know when he returns we're going to have to discuss what I found in his coat pocket. But one day turns into two, and then three. I don't want to seem like the crazy wife, but I have to call his work and ask what's going on. And that's when they tell me the shocking truth. Nate hasn't worked for the company in six months. Once I've found this lie, it's hard not to pick at the scab of our marriage, see what other secrets lie beneath his apparent love for me. By the end of the week, I hope I might finally learn the truth about my husband, and about what really happened to my little boy

A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story. LibraryReads Pick Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and flirting with patrons at the local Renaissance Faire, she wants more out of life. Stacey vows to have her life figured out by the time her friends get hitched at Faire next summer. Maybe she'll even find The One. When Stacey imagined "The One," it never occurred to her that her summertime Faire fling, Dex MacLean, might fit the bill. While Dex is easy on the eyes onstage with his band The Dueling Kilts, Stacey has never felt an emotional connection with him. So when she receives a tender email from the typically monosyllabic hunk, she's not sure what to make of it. Faire returns to Willow Creek, and Stacey comes face-to-face with the man with whom she’s exchanged hundreds of online messages over the past nine months. To Stacey's shock, it isn't Dex—she's been falling in love with a man she barely knows.

Twenty years of secrets. One deadly truth.When Ruby Carlson was eighteen, she ran away from her home in Stoneybrook, Montana, and vowed she'd never return. Never return to life under the control of her manipulative mother, Ida, a self-styled medium and psychic scammer who made a career out of ruining people's lives. Never return to the small town where enemies lurk at every turn.But now, twenty years later, Ruby is back. Her mother is missing, presumed dead, and Ruby reluctantly returns to a home filled with chilling memories to settle Ida's affairs. Did she really commit suicide by drowning, or is this another dark scheme? Ruby thought she knew everything about her mother, but finds herself unraveling a web of lies and secrets to reveal a story more twisted than anyone could have imagined . . .

Cassie Rutherford needs a fresh start. So, she says goodbye to Orlando and hello to Boneyard Key.Cassie is charmed by the historic town, but there's something unusual about her new home. The magnets on her fridge definitely didn't read "MY HOUSE" when she put them up. . .But Cassie's catching a certain vibe from grumpy coffee shop owner Nick every time he slips he[Bokinfo].

«Gilmore Girls» trifft Mittelalterfestival! Ein Mittelalterfestival. Emily hat sich allen Ernstes überreden lassen, bei einem Mittelalterfestival als Schaustellerin mitzumachen. Ihre Nichte will unbedingt daran teilnehmen, ohne erwachsene Aufsichtsperson darf sie nicht, und da ihre Schwester einen Unfall hatte, springt Emily ein. Was tut man nicht alles für die Familie? Tatsächlich könnte das Ganze sogar lustig werden, wenn da nicht Simon wäre. Simon, der Organisator des Festivals. Simon, die Anachronismus-Polizei. Simon, die Spaßbremse. Die beiden können sich vom ersten Moment an nicht leiden. Aber auf dem Festival schlüpfen sie in andere Rollen. Und plötzlich wird aus dem ernsten Simon ein verruchter Pirat. Der ganz eindeutig mit ihr flirtet! Und Emily bekommt genauso plötzlich weiche Knie. Aber wer flirtet da miteinander? Die Tavernendirne und der Pirat? Oder Emily und Simon? Band 1 der Willow-Creek-Reihe «Ein intelligentes, sexy und charmantes Romance-Debüt.» Library Journal «Voller Witz, großartiger Dialoge und Momente zum Dahinschmelzen.» Woman's World

Sie träumt sich in vergangene Zeiten. Doch ihre Probleme sind nur allzu modern ... Stacey macht jeden Sommer beim Mittelalterfestival ihrer Heimatstadt Willow Creek mit. Für sie ist es Routine. Genau wie die dazugehörende Sommeraffäre. Nur wünscht sie sich inzwischen mehr, eine richtige Beziehung wie sie ihre Freunde Simon und Emily haben. Dex MacLean, der jedes Jahr mit seiner Highland-Band «The Dueling Kilts» auf dem Festival auftritt, hielt sie allerdings nicht für einen Kandidaten – er sieht zwar wirklich gut aus, aber sie hat nie ein Knistern gespürt. Bis sie letztes Jahr zufällig anfingen, sich zu schreiben. Neun Monate tauscht sie Nachrichten mit einem witzigen, freundlichen, intelligenten Mann aus. Und jetzt ist endlich wieder Sommer. Endlich wieder Mittelalterfestival. Endlich wieder Dex. Nur leider war es gar nicht Dex, mit dem sie all die Monate gesprochen hat. In wen zum Teufel hat sie sich also verliebt?