Grace for the Char-Baked

By Lisa Buffaloe

Description:

With “Char” as a nickname, Charlotte Wilson’s cooking skills are more incendiary than culinary. Charlotte is the last person on earth who should run a bake sale. But when her plans of running in a charity marathon are side-lined by a broken foot, her old flame’s suggestion becomes a challenge amidst her friend’s simmering doubts.


Luke Hammond has spent the last five years studying and preparing to travel overseas as a medical missionary. When his high school sweetheart unexpectedly comes back in his life, Luke wrestles with what he feels God calling him to be and what he wants to do. His reappearance rekindles an attraction that could char Luke and Charlotte’s heart or cook up the perfect romance.

Book Takeaway:

Although the main character struggles with her lack of cooking skills, she (and the male lead character also struggle with God's calling on their lives to enter the mission field. When they take the leap to follow God, He blesses.

Why the author wrote this book:

"Char" and I have some things in common -- lack of cooking skills being the main one. The novella is light-hearted fun interwoven with God's grace-filled truth.