I just finished reading Dining with Joy by Rachel Hauck. This book takes place in a small town in South Carolina. Joy, the main character of the novel, is the host of a cooking show that was her father's whenever he was still alive. She takes the job after he passes away and has a very well-kept secret.....she cannot even cook! Luke Redmon comes across her path when he moves to South Carolina after claiming bankruptcy of his Manhattan restaurant. The plot continues as they end up co-hosting the cooking show together. They both being to fall for the other making this a sweet Christian-based work of fiction. Joy's big secret does become revealed by Wenda Devine, who is her rival in the cooking world. As the rest of the book unfolds, you see how Joy turns to God and how his plan is always the "better" plan for us all.
This book was "okay" in my opinion. I love to read Christian fiction, but this book was hard for me to stay focused on. It wasn't like some books that I read and just can't put down. It was good, clean Christian romance if that is what you are looking for, but I probably will not be reading any more books by Rachel Hauck unless someone just highly recommends one to me. I received this complimentary book from Thomas Nelson and BookSneeze to read and review. All opinions in this review are my own.
