Dining with joy a lowcountry romance
(Large Type)

Includes reading group guide.

Host of a regionally syndicated cooking show, Joy Ballard has a little secret: she can't cook. But when her show is picked up by a major network and given a prime time slot, her world heats up faster than a lowcountry boil. Enter Luke Redmond: handsome, creative, and jobless after losing his Manhattan restaurant. When her producers ask him to co-host the show, Joy sees Luke as her way out. But Luke sees much more than just a co-host in Joy. Their relationship begins to simmer on and off the set. Then Joy's secret if revealed and her reputation ruined on national television by her rival, Wenda Divine. -- back cover.