Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Well Played
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
69 posts | 88 read | 26 to read
Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy filled with Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, kilted musicians, and an unlikely love story from the author of Well Met. 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 shes exchanged hundreds of online messages over the past nine months. To Stacey's shock, it isn't Dexshe's been falling in love with a man she barely knows.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Victoriahoperose
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I didn‘t love this one quite as much as the first book, but it was really cute. I liked how it centered around a different character, but still kept the same people from the first book and followed more of their storyline, as well. Stacey and Daniel are a really cute relationship to read about and I‘m excited to see what happens in the next book!

review
readwithcori
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

Well Played by Jen DeLuca is a 4 ⭐️ read for me! A perfect way to wrap up 2023 and hit 50 books! It‘s been a few years since I‘ve hit 50 books so it feels good to get back into the reading groove this year. Shooting for 50+ for 2024! #LitsyLoveReads

Ahw06 Love that series!! 10mo
dabbe That face! 🖤🐾🖤 10mo
readwithcori @Ahw06 same!! Can‘t wait to read the next two! 10mo
See All 10 Comments
readwithcori @dabbe ♥️♥️♥️ 10mo
Ahw06 I believe she‘s coming out with a 5th too! 10mo
readwithcori @Ahw06 what?!? That‘s so exciting!!! 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awwww 🐶 ❤️ 10mo
readwithcori @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ♥️♥️♥️ 10mo
Ahw06 @readwithcori yea she‘s working on a non-ren fair one now but then it‘s book 5 of this series 😍 10mo
readwithcori @Ahw06 okay that is super exciting! I can‘t wait! 10mo
21 likes10 comments
blurb
kstadt929
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Celebrating our 5 year anniversary with a 10 day trip to our cabin (with our newborn and toddler 😅😂) Hoping to finish this one as I brought 2 others and my kindle as well 😂❤️

blurb
Eggs
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

#YellowCover #MayMontage

On Mount TBR, neck-and-neck with Everest 😂

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛📚💛 2y
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️💛❤️ 2y
57 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
Sarahreadstoomuch
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed the first book in this series, and it had been awhile since I read that - so I was glad to finally read this one! It‘s cute and charming and I liked it. It‘s sort of a Cyrano-mistaken identity story with a Ren Faire setting. #bookspinbingo #bingo2

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
27 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
brittanythebookdragon
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I love this series and now I want to go to a Ren Faire. Who wants to go with?

rachelm I looooove this series. Book 3 is my fav 2y
brittanythebookdragon @rachelm I possess Well Matched! I just haven‘t gotten to it yet. It might have to be read sooner rather than later with this new information. 2y
rachelm Hope you enjoy! Usually friends to lovers aren‘t my favorite romances but Mitch is soooooo good in that book.💕💕 2y
17 likes3 comments
review
wanderinglynn
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Panpan

Meh. Stacey is nearly the same character as Emily from the first book. And normally I love mistaken identity/Cyrano story. But this one just bored me. I kept waiting for something to happen, and nothing. I think other than a retweaked MC, Daniel wasn‘t fleshed out enough. I couldn‘t root for him because his backstory wasn‘t there.

Also, I just wanted to scream at her, instead of whining, if you want to change, the DO something, anything.

Blerdgal_Fenix I loved your honesty!! 2y
67 likes2 comments
review
peanutnine
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed this one as much as the first book! It was a cute romance with all the same renaissance fun. I thought Daniel was so sweet and was rooting for their relationship
#SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great job! 3y
50 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
ripley_reads
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

My library haul looks like starburst candy!
💛💓🧡❤️

marleed Haha. I noticed a pile of golds in my reading choices for this month, too. 3y
22 likes1 comment
review
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick


This was a fun second book in the trilogy. I liked Stacey in Well Met so I was happy to follow her this time around. Not a whole lot of smut, but it was cute to see Stacey and her love interest begin connecting via emails and texts. I admit there was a bit of a twist that I didn't pick up on, so that was fun, if a bit disappointing. There was less of the Ren Faire this time around simply because we got a lot of that exposition in book one.

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Fun and light, this was a pick and now I'm ready to move onto book three to read about Mitch getting it on!

May's #DoubleSpin book read in November @TheAromaOfBooks
#pop21 #BookFromTBRChosenAtRandom #52Books #MaleRelativeWithSameNameAsCharacter #Mitch

3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
49 likes2 comments
blurb
mcctrish
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Zipped through Well Met, so I‘ve started Well Played. I‘m not sure if it‘s the characters or if I‘m used to the writing style or what? but this one feels a bit less ‘chonky‘ than the first one. But we all have self doubt when it comes to not knowing what someone else is thinking, especially someone we like

31 likes1 stack add
blurb
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

I've been in Ocean City, MD for a few days with my friend. We both brought books and only read about 30 pages each. The ocean and food were too enticing.

blurb
inthegreensandblues
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Resting after an exhausting week. I think, It's such a pretty, early-autumn day; I'd like to read about a Ren fair! Surprised and delighted to find no hold queue standing in my way. 🙏🍁🍂☀️

review
Skeeterisme
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

Predictable but cute

blurb
Mommamanzi
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

My BFF @Ahw06 let me barrow her book of the month book. THEN came in to get her hair done and set up my kindle to link with my library. I‘ve been wanting to do it forever but I‘m not very tech savvy. First thing I downloaded was book two of the Well Met series! Thanks Ash!!!

Ahw06 You‘re so welcome!!! ❤️ you! 3y
Avanders Yay!! 😄 3y
57 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
sebrittainclark
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

4/5

Really enjoyed this sequel to Well Met, where Stacey gets her shot at romance. There's a section in the middle that felt a little rushed, but overall another sweet ren fair romance.

50 likes1 stack add
blurb
Clwojick
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

I‘ll have to tally my hours for this weekends readathon @Andrew65 🙈 I listened to a bunch of audiobooks while working on my nail orders. This Hogwarts Houses set was one of my favourites. 💙❤️💛💚

Currently listening to the tagged book, which is adorable so far. Favourite audiobook of the weekend was definitely Howls Castle. 🧙🏼‍♀️

marleed I love seeing your nails! 3y
dylanisreading These are adorable! 3y
Clwojick Thanks @Bianca ! You should check out my Etsy Shop, @marleed .I have tons on there, and I‘m posting more every few days. It‘s called Black Cat Society Nails, in honour of by furbutts. 😻😻 3y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
79 likes1 stack add4 comments
review
Ahw06
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

A wonderful addition to the Well Met series! I love how I‘ve been able to relate to each heroine in a different way. I can‘t wait to read the third book!!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

review
Ash.on.the.line
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Mehso-so

I much preferred book one. This book has (POSSIBLE SPOILER BUT NOT REALLY) catfishing the couple doesn‘t really spend as much time together and I just hate the idea of the said 🐱 🎣. I did like Stacy but didn‘t really connect with the romance. #bookspinbingo

review
kissmehardy
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I feel like the conflicts get resolved a little too easily in this one, but I love Stacey's narration and her ultimate development, so I'll allow it. Can't wait for April and Mitch's book! #romcom

review
MaggieCarr
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

Open door romance. There wasn't nearly as much scene building since you get that in the first book but it was fun to imagine the same people in and out of Renaissance roles day to day. The great secondary theme of halting life to worry and parent your parents also present.

blurb
Wildly_Bookish
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Continuing this series!

marleed I own but still have to read Well Met but it‘s on my 14Booksin14Weeks2021 list so I‘ll get to it in August - finally! 3y
Wildly_Bookish Enjoy!! 3y
20 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Today's #yellow #CuriousCovers are contemporary romance novels on my TBR. If all goes well, I'll listen to one or both this month for the #littenlisten

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @aperfectmjk

aperfectmjk I loved The Bride's Test! That one also works for the Autistic Pride Day prompt. 3y
Eggs Pretty💛📒🌼 3y
61 likes2 comments
review
Mrs_B
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I‘d had this one sat in my Amazon wishlist ever since I read “Well Met” and loved it. It appeared in a sale for 1.99 so snapped it up and then devoured it in about three days! Such a fun easy romantic read. :) I think I‘m looking forward to the next one more though...

Scochrane26 I think the 3rd one will be really good—looking forward to it, too. 4y
annahenke Love this series! 4y
Mrs_B @Scochrane26 I felt like there were hints of it in this one with the “mama” jokes. 4y
58 likes3 comments
blurb
Ash.on.the.line
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

I loved the first book Well Met. I don‘t love the idea of this story (cat fishing) but I‘ll give it a go. I love the setting of the Ren Faire!
I‘m trying to reacquaint myself with my TBR while on a book buying ban for the month.
#aprilcoverlover21 #catonthecover

review
Marni
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Second in the Well Met series. A great follow up, but you should definitely read them in order. Halfway through I thought it had all be solved too quickly, and then BAM, DeLuca hit me with another obstacle. Thoroughly enjoyed this one and can‘t wait for number 3!
25/60
#Read2021

quote
Marni
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
blurb
Marni
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Finally went back into a bookstore after a year. Came out with this one that I can‘t wait to read!

14 likes1 stack add
review
EmberIvyRose
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

Audiobook pick:
2nd in the series 👍👍I wasn't sure if I liked the main character at first, but she definitely grows on you.

review
Arvena
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Mehso-so

A cute romance, but I didn‘t enjoy this second installment as much as I liked the first one. Stacey and Daniel just did not have the spark that Simon and Emily did. This book simply wasn't as charming as Well Met.

BookLove4Ever Agree! First one was much better. Although I‘m still going to read Well Matched when it comes out this fall. 4y
CaramelLunacy I may need a reread of Well Met... 4y
54 likes2 comments
review
annahenke
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

So fun! If you like romance and renaissance fairs, pick this one up ❤️

blurb
annahenke
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

I loved the first book in this series (Well Met), so I immediately had to pick up book 2! These are super fun romances set on a small town renaissance circuit. So cute!

82 likes2 stack adds
review
BookKenz
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

This series. ❤ While I didn't love this book as much as I loved Well Met, my love for the world within these books is strong. My favorite character, April, gets her story in the third one and I cannot wait. 😬

#bookspinbingo

Scochrane26 I‘m excited about the 3rd one, too. 4y
63 likes1 comment
review
monalyisha
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Mehso-so

Cute but, like the first book in the series, wildly predictable. I‘m honestly not too critical when it comes to my romance novels, though. As long as the characters can fall in love & still be feminists, I‘m basically sold. The love interest in this one is a tall, vibrant redhead; the MC is a plus-sized blonde who belongs to TWO (count ‘em) book clubs; & there‘s a cat with dragon wings. So, reading it‘s a pleasant enough way to spend a few hours.

monalyisha I will say that, just based on the snippet of the next book shared at the end, this second one‘s probably going to be my least favorite of the three. Emily & Simon, from book 1, are English Lit nerds so they‘ll probably always be my favorite. And the featured couple in the next seems like they‘re going to have some heat & more “directness” than I‘m used to from DeLuca. I‘m hoping they may break the “formula” a bit. 🤞🏻 4y
monalyisha Honestly, I‘ve been vacillating between a “Pick” & a “So-So” since I posted this. I‘m not going to change my rating...but I very easily could. 4y
monalyisha Okay. I‘m changing it. So my initial review, which claims that I‘m “not too critical” might seem incongruous. 🙈 But after just reading another romance which DID hit all the right notes for me...the places in which this one fell short just seem all the more glaring. 4y
83 likes1 stack add3 comments
blurb
Kimberlone
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

After finishing Well Met and having liked it so much, I was glad to find the audiobook for the next in the series immediately available on Libby. While I didn‘t like this one as much as the first, it was still cute and I finished it in two days. The relationship complications were not as realistic in this one, which is my main reason for not liking it as much.

54 likes1 stack add
review
ajmayorquin
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I loved all the complications in this story and the message it ended with. I just want to say that if you find yourself feeling like Stacy in that people only want you around if you are peppy and happy all the time, than you need to tell them how you honestly feel. If they really only want the happy you then they shouldn‘t be in your life. You should be able to work sadness out with your friends.

review
Julsmarshall
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

Finished this last night, so good! Mistaken identity and uncertainty mixes with quirky characters and a Renaissance Faire setting? Sign me up! Can‘t wait for the third and last installment of this series later next year.

blurb
erinreads
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

Thank you @Bookgoil for my #jolabokaflodswap goodies! I‘m looking forward to reading this book! I really enjoyed the first one, so I can‘t wait to dive in to this one. But really, I‘m just excited for these Reese‘s and I may or may not be having some for breakfast? 😂 Thank you so much! Hope you have a wonderful holiday! 💕🎄

TheAromaofBooks The trees are the best!!! 4y
Bookgoil It‘s Christmas Eve and I say go ahead haha! 😂🥰 the trees are my fave too but I‘m down to some minis I have leftover from a few weeks back. Glad you like what I picked! ❤️💝 4y
Julsmarshall I‘m reading this now and it is so good! Enjoy! 4y
BookishTrish Those definitely scream breakfast chocolate 🍫 Happy Holidays! 4y
59 likes5 comments
review
kimmypete1
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I‘m not a Ren Faire enthusiast, but you don‘t have to be to enjoy this book. Fun, flirty and sweet. #WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

14 likes1 stack add
review
litenthusiast
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

This is the second book in this series and I enjoyed it. The book is light and fun. It is a romance series set in a Renaissance Faire. I have really enjoyed both this book and the first in the series, Well Met.

blurb
BookKenz
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image

That exciting moment when the hold you've been waiting on comes in.. *does a little happy dance* Honestly, after reading over half of A Little Life, a girl needs some happy romance.

CoveredInRust Dude, happy romance helps so much after A Little Life 4y
48 likes2 comments
review
AlizaApp
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

This romance, the second in the series after Well Met, is set at the same small town Maryland Renn Faire, but follows Stacy, Emily‘s friend from the first book. Stacy sends a FB message to a musician she has slept with in the past, saying she might have feelings for her, and to her delight he responds. And then things take a turn for the Cyrano.

review
suzie.reads
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I loved this ❤ It was as good as Well Met which isn't always the case with a sequel. A light hearted, feel good read 😊

KendallHershey Same, already looking forward to the third book. 4y
suzie.reads @KendallHershey there is going to be a third? I think that should be it now personally its all wrapped up 4y
KendallHershey Yea a third - I don‘t want to spoil who it will feature if you don‘t know yet (but it‘s in the goodreads description). But then that‘ll be the last one. 4y
suzie.reads @KendallHershey I guessed at Mitch and April as she started to plant the seed at the end of this book 😆 4y
46 likes1 stack add4 comments
review
keys_on_fire
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I gave this 4 ⭐️‘s on GoodReads. Second in a series, this follows a character introduced in the first book and still has appearances of the lead from the first. I love books like that (ex: Virgin River) and it felt more cohesive than the first as well. There was one moment where I thought the lead flip flopped a little too quickly, but otherwise enjoyed the twists and turns. Always fun to be back at the Faire!
Can‘t wait for book 3!

review
behudd
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫I thought this book was much better than the first in the series - it seemed like the debut novel jitters were gone.
After a bit of a slow warm up, I found Stacey really relatable. And I am 100% a sucker for an email romance as that is how, 11 years ago, my relationship with my husband really began 😍😂 Love the side characters, the male lead, and, of course, the Ren Faire setting. Looking forward to book 3!

TheAromaofBooks I thought this was better than the first book as well. The pacing in this one felt better. And that's a fun story about your husband!!! 4y
behudd @TheAromaofBooks yeah there was definitely a lot of nostalgia in this one for me! 4y
23 likes2 comments
review
Kelsyereadsbooks
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I mean, it‘s a corny romcom. But it makes ya feel good! 🥰

review
ravenlee
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

I really enjoyed Stacey‘s story. Now, I LOVED Well Met so while this was really good it didn‘t quite meet my expectations. I appreciated Stacey‘s predicament, feeling stuck in all aspects of her life while everything changes around her. I got tired of the social media obsession. And why, oh why, did I read the teaser for Well Matched, knowing it‘s a full year away?!

ravenlee Oh, this was my #doublespin for October, too. @TheAromaofBooks 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I really enjoyed this one, too - I just read it this week!! 4y
34 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
TheAromaofBooks
Well Played | Jen DeLuca
post image
Pickpick

While I enjoyed Well Met, it wasn't really a stand-out read for me, so I went into the sequel with only moderate expectations. However, I ended up liking this one even better. One of my biggest issues with the first book was how much time we had to listen to Emily lusting after Simon (guess what, I don't like hearing women go on about wishing they could bang some dude because his butt looks good in leather pants any more than I like listening to⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a dude go on about how hot a women's breasts are) BUT ANYWAY the point is that this book felt much better with that and just overall pacing. Well Met was a debut & Well Played feels like the author learned from her first book & is growing as an author, so that's fun. I really liked the MC here & while some of the angst went on a little too long, it was overall a fun & fluffy read. If you liked Well Met, or even if you felt ambivalent ⬇ 4y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) towards it, Well Played is probably worth the read. It's fun, fluffy, & easy to read. 4y
MemoirsForMe Great review! 😆😬🤦🏻‍♀️ 4y
TheAromaofBooks @UwannaPublishme - Thanks! I was kind of all over the place! 😂 4y
71 likes4 comments
blurb
ravenlee
Well Played | Jen DeLuca

I‘m devouring this book! I want to read it slowly to savor it, but I just can‘t. So I‘ll tear through it this first time, and then in the not-very-distant future I‘ll come back for a more leisurely read.

Which, come to think of it, is exactly how I read the first one. Only I had to buy it for the second read, and I got smart and bought the second one ahead of time.