She moved to Sandwich, Illinois, in search of a new life, but ended up in a giant pickle. Sandwich represents hope for twenty-year-old Maddie Buckner and Kyle, the eleven-year-old brother Maddie wants to spring out of foster care. Then she loses her new job after less than a day. It 's all Reuben-the-Jerk 's fault, and she 's determined to make him right the wrong. He does so, reluctantly, by giving her a job at his restaurant, The Sandwich Emporium. Then crazy things start happening at the restaurant, and Kyle 's foster parents apply to adopt him. To stop it all, Maddie must learn the art of humbling herself and accepting the help God has arranged, risking her heart to Reuben in the process. And she d rather eat a million corned-beef on rye sandwiches than do that.

Rachel Carter is on top of the world. A new job in a new town, friends, and a house to call her own. Men? Eh, someday. And when the time comes, she’ll go for a nice safe geek or something. She will NOT be repeating the mistakes of her youth. But then Cameron Foster comes knocking on her door, reminding her of the man she vows never to think of again. God wouldn’t send her a man who reminds her of everything she is trying to put behind her...would He?

Tilly Davis is meeting her forties head on. Happy and healthy, she doesn't need a man to complete her. But as she blows out her candles, she makes a halfhearted wish for maybe just a little excitement to spice up her life. God must have misunderstood her wish, though, because moments later, He brings her the one person she never wants to see again. Her husband.

A Christian Romantic Comedy with a heavy helping of LOVE on the Side! How do you pretend to like someone you're actually in love with? Beth Jamison has become one with her singleness, living vicariously through the love stories of others. She's the first to know about them, too, as the owner of one of Sandwich, IL's premier florist shops. When the new chef in town turns out to be Garrett Hansen, her brother's best friend from high school, her own love story is flipped upside down. Could her old feelings be coming back for the guy who never thought of her as more than just a little sister? But when the town’s matchmakers insert their nose a little too far, Beth jokingly suggests they pull one of Garrett's pranks he's so famous for and "pretend" to date to get back at them. Never did she think he'd agree. What has she gotten herself into? If you enjoy A Side of Love, be sure to check out—Maddie and Reuben's love story in Sandwich, with a Side of Romance Rachel and Cameron's love story in A Side of Faith Tilly and Adam's love story in A Side of Hope.