What's Cooking?

by Gail Sattler

When twenty-four-year-old Mitchell Farris signed up for an evening cooking class he wasn't expecting to meet the woman of his dreams. Now, if he can just convince the teacher he's the man of her dreams and that age doesn't matter, he'll be fine. Carolyn Rutherford is quickly approaching her thirty-third birthday and knows that the time to settle down is fast approaching, but with whom? She has a mental image of her ideal mate - and it's not Mitchell Farris. Would the Lord call her to marry someone nine years her junior? Or will everyone just wonder what's cooking? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Gail Sattler is the author of numerous novels, novellas, gift books, cookbooks and devotions. She is a longstanding member of East Ridge Community Fellowship, a Mennonite Brethren church. She lives and writes in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Gail is a wife, mother, writer, and musician, and the order of those things will depend on what day it is. She leads a busy life, with music affiliations in a jazz band and string orchestra, as well as writing, which is her passion. She wrote her first book back in middle school on a clackety old manual typewriter. Her writing has changed a lot since then. Now Gail writes romantic comedy, and most of the books she's written in the last few years are part of a series. Gail loves to continue a story, to make a new book with the story of a minor character from a previous story.

When Gail isn't writing, she loves to take pictures. Her primary targets, err, volunteers, are usually her family, pets, friends, and bandmates.

Reviews

[Jeanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read. Nice to add a Christian book to my list.

[Jennifer Cannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute story! Nice, uplifting book that really could be a made-for-T.V. movie. I was pleasantly surprised by the characters. The reverse-age gap was unexpected and made the story stand out.

[Fangirl Musings · Rating 2 out of 5]

Put simply, if it were not for the Christian undertones of the book, I would've been completely dissappointed with this novel as a whole. The characters were very strong in this book, with their true individual selves coming across very well. The plot was a bit interesting, much more abstract in nature. As with most standard novels, the ending seemed excessivly rushed, as though Sattler suddenly realized an ending was needing when the plot wasn't ready for such.

My main critisism comes from the fact that because of the Christian tones in the book, a very commendable inclusion, the author was unable to establish any sort of true passion between the two characters. This concept was so lacking that if only minorly tweaked, the novel very well could've been about two friends rather than two future spouses. While I enjoy my faith being a component in any novel, I find that when an author zeors in on that one aspect they tend to ignore the other emotions/feelings that come into play with a romance. In ignoring this aspect to the point of extremity, the essence of a romance novel is partially lost. This one aspect made this novel rather dull, and sadly, another middle-of-the-road.

[Micki · Rating 5 out of 5]

I light Christian romance that was thoroughly enjoyable. I call this kind of reading "mind candy" because it's entertaining and yet there is no heavy thinking or big plot involved. A nice beak from the p0litical thrillers that I normally read!

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Digital book loaned from work.