YES. Just yes. So much yes. This is the book I didn’t even know I needed. Not only did it continue my love of how the Renaissance Faire is portrayed in Willow Creek, but it gave side characters in the first and second novel more of a story – and I loved every page of it.
April, Emily’s sister who had been in a car accident prior to the first book, is the star of this one. April and Mitch, anyway. Mitch, the fun-loving ladies-man who doesn’t settle down and just enjoys having a good time whenever possible. But when Mitch needs a pretend girlfriend to get his family off his back, he turns to April, and for some reason she decides to agree to it. What she doesn’t expect is for this carefree and all-woman man to seem so interested in her – and only her.
Unexpectedly, as well, this one weekend charade turns into much more when Mitch’s family shows up at the Faire later in the summer. Pretending to be Mitch’s girlfriend in front of his family in another town was one thing, but in front of her family and friends is another, and April is faced with numerous decisions in the moment, which aren’t her favorite thing.
I loved this book. I loved April and Mitch together, and I loved seeing them come out of their comfort zones together. I highly recommend this one, this series altogether, and I really hope to see a fourth book soon.