Synopsis:~

Rory Perez, a food truck owner who can’t cook, is struggling to keep the business she inherited from her aunt out of the red–and an upcoming contest during Modest’s annual food truck festival seems the best way to do it. The prize money could finally give her a solid financial footing and keep her cousin with special needs paid up at her beloved assisted living home. Then maybe Rory will have enough time to meet the man she’s been talking to via an anonymous online dating site.

Jude Strong is tired of being a puppet at his manipulative father’s law firm, and the food truck festival seems like the perfect opportunity to dive into his passion for cooking and finally call his life his own. But if he loses the contest, he’s back at the law firm for good. Failure is not an option.

Complications arise when Rory’s chef gets mono and she realizes she has to cook after all. Then Jude discovers that his stiffest competition is the same woman he’s been falling for online the past month.

Will these unlikely chefs sacrifice it all for the sake of love? Or will there only ever be tacos for one?

Necee’s take:~

“Sort of like Rory. All spicy—but probably sweet underneath if she’d ever let anyone get there.”

If you are an “You’ve Got Mail” fan, you’ll enjoy this foodie story set in East Texas. All of the food talk had me wishing for some yummy tacos. The texting and messaging between Jude and Rory was sweet and funny. In fact, I found that to be the funniest part of the book. The secondary characters were interesting and really added to the storyline.

Their real life meeting had a different feel that was laced with ups and downs, but overall made for an interesting story. It ran a little slow for me, but the theme of family, commitment, and following your dreams was lovely. Another thing I appreciated was the flawed romance filled with miscommunication, snark, and flirtation. I think this is a good novel on being honest, not only with others but ourselves.

“He didn’t know which was worse—her being rude to him because he was the competition or her letting down that hostile guard and being vulnerable. One was frustrating, but the other felt downright dangerous.”

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own and are given honestly.

Betsy St. Amant is the author of more than 15 inspirational romances and a frequent contributor to iBelieve.com. She lives in north Louisiana with her husband, two daughters, a collection of Austen novels, and an impressive stash of pickle-flavored Pringles. When she’s not composing her next book or trying to prove unicorns are real, Betsy can usually be found somewhere in the vicinity of a white chocolate mocha–no whip.

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