Nikki DiMarco knew life wouldn’t be all sunshine and coconuts when she quit her dream job to help her mom serve up mouthwatering Filipino dishes to hungry beach goers, but she didn’t expect the Maui food truck scene to be so eat-or-be-eaten—or the competition to be so smoking hot.
But Tiva’s Filipina Kusina has faced bigger road bumps than the arrival of Callum James. Nikki doesn’t care how delectable the British food truck owner is—he rudely set up shop next to her coveted beach parking spot. He’s stealing her customers and fanning the flames of a public feud that makes her see sparks.
The solution? Let the upcoming Maui Food Festival decide their fate. Winner keeps the spot. Loser pounds sand. But the longer their rivalry simmers, the more Nikki starts to see a different side of Callum…a sweet, protective side. Is she brave enough to call a truce? Or will trusting Callum with her heart mean jumping from the frying pan into the fire?
If I see a book involving chefs, I know I have to read it. This was the perfect rom com! Nikki and her mother have a food truck in Maui and when a competitor parks a little too close to her, she kindly lets them know the rules. Callum has come from Chicago, left his job in finance, to help out his brother Finn with his struggling food truck. Callum believes in Finn and will do anything to ensure he succeeds, so when Nikki tells him they can’t park there, sparks fly. The tension between the two is palpable, you can tell it is going to get worse before it gets better. They come up with ways to try to sabotage the other’s truck and some of it is quite funny. They are both entering a food contest to win 10,000 and there is so much at stake for each of them. You can tell quite quickly that these two are going to give one another a run for their money, but it becomes clear that Callum is falling for Nikki pretty early on. They agree to only be friends with benefits because Callum is leaving and Nikki doesn’t have time for anything else. These two fall hard for each other though, and that is a recipe for disaster. I would have liked to see a little bit more of a slow burn with this one, which is something I rarely say. I did enjoy the banter between the two, but I wish it would have lasted a little longer. I really loved Callum. He was so sweet and I could feel all the love he had for Nikki. Nikki was understandably overprotective of people in her life, but it got to the point it did annoy me a bit. It was nice to see Callum get her to open up. I enjoyed this book and it was a light cute read. |
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