When Emily Parker gets roped into volunteering with her niece for the Willow Creek Renaissance Faire in Well Met by Jen DeLuca ($12), she expected to spend few weekends working the tavern in costume as a wench and avoiding real life — not falling for Simon Graham, the serious school teacher who transforms into a flirty pirate once in costume.
Why It's Memorable: I love how vulnerable Simon is when he and Emily finally get together. He's sweet, tender, and utterly wrecked by her and isn't afraid to show it.
Favourite Line: "'I can't get enough of your hair,' he murmured as he unlaced my bodice slowly, drawing the garment off my shoulders. . . As I did the same for him, stripping away his clothes, he kept coming back to my hair, drawing it over my shoulders, teasing my skin with the ends of it. 'The way it curls around my fingers like it's alive . . . I can't get enough of it, enough of you.'"
Spice Level: 🔥