Tacos for Two
by Betsy St. Amant
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?
My Take:
I knew I would love this one because I LOVE tacos and I LOVE
You’ve Got Mail! From the first chapter, I was hooked. This rom-com is so super
sweet and heart-warming that it was super hard to put down. I loved the diversity
in the characters and the descriptions of the taco making. I myself, rarely eat
from food trucks due to location but I will be on the lookout for more food
truck gathering simply because of this book!
I actually liked all the characters in this book but Judy’s
apprentice was my favorite! I’d love to see him in a follow-up or companion
novel! I think he has his own story that could be told. Jude was a great
character too. I saw him as a perfect Hallmark character (Hint, hint
Hallmark!).
I love the back and forth messaging between Jude and Rory.
Though I have to say that as cute as it was, Jude knowing You’ve Got Mail
references is not really believable. Other than that, I felt the characters
were mostly relatable and I found myself getting frustrated with them and
cheering with them when the time called for it. I am definitely marking Betsy
as an auto buy author for me!
