By: Jen DeLuca

Release Date: September 22nd, 2026

Its a second chance at first love at the Renaissance Faire, where the search for a new queen shapes a destiny, fromUSA Todaybestselling author Jen DeLuca.

Caitlin Parker was eighteen when she fell out of love with the magic of the Willow Creek Renaissance Fairethe site of her first real heartbreak. But now, twenty-four and unemployed, she finds herself in her childhood bedroom and her childhood lady-in-waiting costume, assisting a rotating cast of substitute queens for the season. The very last person she wants to see is Alexander Wrightthe sword-fighting, Shakespeare-spouting young man who won and broke her teenage heart. Yet there he is, older, annoyingly hotter, andback on stage at her Faire.

When Alex broke things off with Caitlin the first time, he thought he was just ending a summer fling. Hedidn’t realize how much hed fallen for her until he let her go, and he certainly didn’t know hed tarnished her memories of her cherished Faire and worse, shattered her view on love and relationships. His need to right that wrong this summer brings them together again and again, and this time, it wont be so easy to let go of this summer fling.

But as summer winds down, real life is catching up to both of them. Caitlins always thought that being an adult with adult responsibilities means leaving whimsy behind. Alex, with a life full of stage combat, songs, and sonnets, doesnt know how to live any other way. Can they go after their dreams and find a future together where they can still say huzzah?

Binding: Paperback