Well Traveled
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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?
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?
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Well Traveled is the fourth installment in Jen DeLuca’s charming romance series set among Renaissance Faires. This time we get to accompany burned-out-lawyer Lulu as she joins Stacy, Daniel, and the rest of The Dueling Kilts—including handsome Dex—as they journey from faire to faire.
I was happy to be approved for an early copy of Well Traveled, my first from DeLuca, but I knew it meant I wanted to get caught up on the series. I’d only read the first book Well Met late last year, but I adored it, picking up copies for the second and third books when I could. I read Well Played a few months ago and Well Matched right before I picked up Well Traveled, so I’ve been happily immersed in the Ren Faire setting.
It’s always fun to check in on the characters we meet in other books, and most of them make an appearance in Well Traveled. We, of course, get to spend the most time with Stacy, Daniel, and Dex, but we also get to hang out with Mitch and April, as well. And there are plenty of new characters, including a very enigmatic group of fortune tellers who Lulu gets to work alongside.
I adored Lulu, Mitch’s cousin, when we met her in Well Matched, and I was happy Well Traveled became her story. Overworked and under appreciated, she decides to escape her life by joining up with the Ren Faire.
While it was hard to believe anyone would so quickly disengage from their life, it was fun to imagine it. We’ve all had those fantasies, right?! And getting to watch Lulu as she learned the ways of the Faire was very reminiscent of the first book, just with the addition of traveling and sleeping in a camper, which added a coziness to the experience.
Fans of the series may find it hard at first to warm up to Dex, known as the Casanova of Ren Faire, but it was nice to dive deeper into his backstory. DeLuca did a good job of rounding out his character and making him more empathetic.
More lighthearted than the previous books, Well Traveled is fun and refreshing, but I still found myself misty-eyed at the end—a rare occurrence for this reader. Steamy and romantic, it pulled all the right heartstrings!
Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for an advanced reader’s copy.
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I was happy to be approved for an early copy of Well Traveled, my first from DeLuca, but I knew it meant I wanted to get caught up on the series. I’d only read the first book Well Met late last year, but I adored it, picking up copies for the second and third books when I could. I read Well Played a few months ago and Well Matched right before I picked up Well Traveled, so I’ve been happily immersed in the Ren Faire setting.
It’s always fun to check in on the characters we meet in other books, and most of them make an appearance in Well Traveled. We, of course, get to spend the most time with Stacy, Daniel, and Dex, but we also get to hang out with Mitch and April, as well. And there are plenty of new characters, including a very enigmatic group of fortune tellers who Lulu gets to work alongside.
I adored Lulu, Mitch’s cousin, when we met her in Well Matched, and I was happy Well Traveled became her story. Overworked and under appreciated, she decides to escape her life by joining up with the Ren Faire.
While it was hard to believe anyone would so quickly disengage from their life, it was fun to imagine it. We’ve all had those fantasies, right?! And getting to watch Lulu as she learned the ways of the Faire was very reminiscent of the first book, just with the addition of traveling and sleeping in a camper, which added a coziness to the experience.
Fans of the series may find it hard at first to warm up to Dex, known as the Casanova of Ren Faire, but it was nice to dive deeper into his backstory. DeLuca did a good job of rounding out his character and making him more empathetic.
More lighthearted than the previous books, Well Traveled is fun and refreshing, but I still found myself misty-eyed at the end—a rare occurrence for this reader. Steamy and romantic, it pulled all the right heartstrings!
Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for an advanced reader’s copy.
Check out my reviews and playlists at A Book Wanderer
A cute and quick read! We’ve met Louisa and Dex in previous books so it was really fun seeing them come together and form a bond and relationship.
Louisa (Lulu) is a hard working, aka overworked, attorney desperately trying to make partner at a big firm. And for the last five years she’s been overlooked for promotions. She goes to a Renaissance Faire to take a break and ends up having a minor breakdown, quits her job, and throws her phone into a washer tub. She then decides to go off the grid and joins the Dueling Kilts as they play at Faires until they return to Willow Creek. Louisa really comes into her own at the Faire, helping out the witchy women at their tarot reading tables. She starts to listen to her heart, not just her head.
While the romance is clear and obvious, I would say this book is more about Louisa’s journey to a more balanced person. Overall, 4 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Louisa (Lulu) is a hard working, aka overworked, attorney desperately trying to make partner at a big firm. And for the last five years she’s been overlooked for promotions. She goes to a Renaissance Faire to take a break and ends up having a minor breakdown, quits her job, and throws her phone into a washer tub. She then decides to go off the grid and joins the Dueling Kilts as they play at Faires until they return to Willow Creek. Louisa really comes into her own at the Faire, helping out the witchy women at their tarot reading tables. She starts to listen to her heart, not just her head.
While the romance is clear and obvious, I would say this book is more about Louisa’s journey to a more balanced person. Overall, 4 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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