1. Dining with Joy, Lowcountry Romance Series #3
    Rachel Hauck
    Thomas Nelson / 2010 / Trade Paperback
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  1. FaithFictionFactandFluff
    Canada
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Captivating, cute and totally worth your time.
    October 8, 2013
    FaithFictionFactandFluff
    Canada
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    My first book by Rachel Hauck and I was treated to a sweet, loveable piece of fiction. I usually tend to read historical romance, feeling like contemporary can get a little annoying in it's attempt to be "modern", but this novel I enjoyed. Now, I'm not rushing to add it to my favorites list, but it kept my interest.

    As far as characters go, Joy was fun and easy to connect with, and well, I fell in love with the hero of the story from the beginning.

    In the end, it's something that I'd recommend to you if you're a lover of cute, contemporary romance. If you're not, maybe give it a shot anyways... it might be a good way to pass a rainy day.
  2. pencildancer
    o fallon, IL
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Hated to see the last page come so soon
    May 11, 2011
    pencildancer
    o fallon, IL
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Can you imagine a cooking show host that doesn't know how to COOK? That's Joy Ballard and she does everything she can to keep that a secret. Then she meets Luke Davis–a real chef! And that attraction hits the broiler on camera and off.

    Loved this book and am glad I spent the money on it. It's funny and the way Rachel Hauck writes is like apple pie topped with caramel and chocolate syrup...oh why not add a scoop of ice cream as well.

    I'll be buying her next book as soon as it hits the shelves. There's real value between those covers.
  3. The Phantom Paragrapher
    Tauranga, New Zealand
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    One of the Best Christian Chick Lit Around
    April 8, 2011
    The Phantom Paragrapher
    Tauranga, New Zealand
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Review: Dining with Joy - Rachel Hauck- November 2010

    Coming up next on Channel Z is the Cooking show we all enjoy immensely "Dining with Joy" and here is your host Joy Ballard. For the past seven years , Joy has been the TV Host of Cooking show Dining with Joy after her father Charles who ran it before her passed away and his wish on his death bed was for Joy to take over. This would have been all well and done but Joy doesn't have a cooking bone in her body, no matter how hard she tries -she just can't cook. So as part of her contract , she has a no cook-off policy to protect her secret. But when Joy is set-up and put against her enemy on TV Wenda Divine , in enters Luke Reynolds - a chef from New York . He saves the day and Luke and Joy have some sizzling chemistry and when he is offered the chance to co-host with Joy, she sees this as an opportunity to get out of the cooking show. What she didn't count on is the TV Show being sold to another producer and her attraction to Luke. Can Joy continue the charade of being able to cook to keep Luke or when Luke does find out - will his reaction be - to run the opposite direction as he feels betrayed ? Dining with Joy has it all from dysfunctional family issues to sizzling chemistry and not just in the kitchen to yummy recipes and cooking tips
  4. Cara Putman
    Indiana
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Sweetly Layered Romance
    February 28, 2011
    Cara Putman
    Indiana
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 5
    In Dining with Joy, readers get to return to the lowcountry in South Carolina. First, I love the cover and the new ones for earlier books. They just make me smile and want to pick them up. Joy Ballard is a character, the kind of gal I'd love to get to know. Too bad she's only a character!

    When her father died, she took over his job as host of a cooking show. She's brilliant at it except for one not so minor detail: the girl can't cook. At. All. The charade is getting tiring and when the producer sells the show without telling the new owner that she can't cook, the deception digs deeper. Enter Luke...a hunk of a hero who can cook. Very. Well. The sparks fly immediately and the two are paired as co-hosts for the show. 

    That would be enough to make the book interesting, but the author doesn't stop there. She adds complicated layers with family, Joy's past with her dad, her inability to see a future apart from the show, an inability to dream. The result was a book that i delighted in reading. Many books I'll read because they're good. Or they might be interesting. Or occasionally engaging. But this one truly delighted me. I slowed down the reading so I wouldn't have to say good-bye. Some of the parts don't end the way I'd like -- but isn't that life? God doesn't promise us a smooth, easy life. Instead, He promises to be there through all the rough patches as well as the delightful times. 

    I loved this book. And for me to say that about a straight romance is rare. This book is a treat you've earned!
  5. tlebrun
    Florida
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    great love story!
    November 18, 2010
    tlebrun
    Florida
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    I recently finished reading a great fiction novel by Rachel Hauch entitled Dinning with Joy.

    Joy Ballard has a secret: she's a cooking show host who can't really cook.

    When her South Carolina-based cooking show, Dining With Joy, is picked up by a major network, Joy Ballard's world heats up like a lowcountry boil.

    Joy needs help. Then she meets chef Luke Davis who moved to Beaufort after losing his Manhattan restaurant. A cook at the Frogmore Cafe, he's paying debts and longing to regain his reputation in the elite foodie world.

    Luke is handsome and creative, and when Joy's producers ask him to co-host the show, Joy sees a way out of the lie she's been living. Luke sees more in his co-host!

    He figures out her secret and falls in love with Joy.

    With her career and his reputation both under fire, they'll have to work together to fix the mess. Is it possible that they can learn to feast on God's love and dine with joy?

    This was truly an inspiring story. A story of love. Joy learns to love and trust Luke... but most importantly she learns to love and trust God
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