Well Played

Stacey lives in Willow Creek, where she stayed years ago to look after her sick mother. Her life has been on hold ever since. Summers are the bright spot: she works as a tavern wench at the local Renaissance Faire, pouring drinks and flirting with patrons.

When her friends Simon and Emily get engaged, Stacey is jolted into wanting more. Their wedding will take place at the Faire next summer, and she sets herself a deadline to have her own life sorted out by then. She might even meet The One.

She never pictured that person as Dex MacLean, her summertime Faire fling. Dex plays in a band called The Dueling Kilts and looks good onstage, but he rarely says more than a word at a time, and Stacey has never felt close to him. A tender email from him leaves her unsure what to think.

The Faire comes back to town, and Stacey meets the man she has traded hundreds of online messages with over nine months. He is not Dex. She has been falling for someone she barely knows.

This is a romantic comedy with a light, funny tone, a small-town summer setting and a slow-burn correspondence at its center.