Mixed Signals is the 3rd book in the Lovelight series and each book has just gotten better and better! Before this book 2, In the Weeds, had been my favorite but now Mixed Signals is totally tied with it as a favorite!

This whole series is like sitting by a fireplace on a snowy day. It’s just so cute and cozy, This was the funniest book of the series, I laughed so much. I also said "aww" a lot, because there's plenty of sweetness and wanting to hug the main characters too.

Being back at lovelight farms is always pure joy and serotonin. Caleb & Layla 🫶🏾

Thank you @netgalley for the eARC!

B. K. Borison is BACK baby! The first book in this series was everything to me, the perfect winter/Christmas story with a lack of miscommunication. The second book was less what I wanted and thus my hopes for this book we're cautiously high but she really wrote the heck out of this book. Layla was great and funny and I love baking as much as the next person, but CALEB? That man was so incredibly fine and patient and just good.

If you like practice (fake) dating, small town romance, and steady male protagonists who are willing to drop everything at the crack of dawn for the women they like, then this is the book for you. I definitely recommend reading the other books just so you have reference on the side characters because the community within this book makes it nearly as much as the romance.

Thank you to NetGalley for the copy!

The trad pub slayed just as hard as the indie did. It was SO much fun to revisit these characters and their relationship.

So great to be back on Lovelight farms yet again! The opening of this book was very strong in my opinion and so funny. I loved how Layla and Caleb decided to fake date to work on their relationship skills.

This book was sweeter that the others, and honestly not my favorite of the bunch. I think I was left with so many questions about Layla's family and her past that was never answered or addressed at all. I love the magazine feature and how the whole community again rallied around love light farms to help this business out.

🍓The sweetest strawberry of the bunch! Love this sweet romance by B.K. Borison. I'm a huge fan of friends to lovers so seeing their relationship slowly develop is just chef's kiss. Only downside to this book that I'm seeing is it's making me want to eat all the sweet desserts. <3

Highly recommend! Thank you for the free book, Berkley!

This was really sweet. Well crafted characters and heartfelt emotions. I really liked the journey both went through and their interactions with their family and friends were great.

stop trying to make cops cute. also, continually referring to characters in ways that makes it clear they are Black but refusing to say "Black" feels racist. don't do that.

“I think I’ve been falling in love with you for a while, Layla. One butter croissant at a time.”

Layla and Caleb. Her dating life is terrible and his dating game needs work, so he suggests going on experimental dates for one month to help each other out. But the more time they spend together and learn about one another, the harder it gets to end the arrangement.

Brb, buying a one-way ticket to Inglewild so I can go to Layla’s bakery three times a week just for the butter croissants and strawberry shortcakes !!! This book is filled with delicious treats and swoonworthy moments. I absolutely adore @authorbkborison’s writing and all of the Lovelight characters!

🍓READ IF YOU LIKE🍓:
- dual POV
- friends to lovers
- sunshine x sunshine (golden retriever hero)
- bakery owner
- she’s bad at dating, he’s offering to help
- fake dating: experimental dates
- a deep love and appreciation for escape rooms
- he falls first
- coffee with cream & butter croissants
- teasing and witty banter
- small town: Inglewild

Thank you to @netgalley and @berkleyromance for the copy!

I haven’t read any of the other books in this series so I was a little lost. The small town romance was cute but it felt a little been there done that

In the third installment from B.K. Borison's "Lovelight" series, we find resident baker Layla Dupree is a funk. All her best friends have found their forever people and she's struggling with her family's beliefs about her career. After a less than stellar 6 month relationship and a series of bad online dates, Layla is ready to give up. So imagine her surprise when golden boy Caleb alvarez proposes a month long practice relationship. She thinks this month is just going to show her a fun time and give her a renewed sense of what dates should be like. Too bad she's the only one who doesn't realize Caleb has had a crush on her and the monthly cake orders are not for relative's birthdays, but an excuse to see her. This month long arrangement might be more than Layla's expecting and more than Caleb can handle if it ends badly.

I have been on a cozy romance kick lately and these books are the balm my soul has needed. No life or death, end of the world situations. Just two people (and a town wide phone tree) finding their way to forever.

Mixed Signals is the third book in the Lovelight series and definitely my favourite book from the three!

This book follows Layla, a bakery owner with very bad dating experiences, and Caleb, a teacher who has had a crush on Layla for a while. After rescuing Layla from a horrible date, he suggests they date each other for a month as an experiment to find out what they’re doing wrong as they have both had bad luck with dating.

Layla and Caleb were pure sunshine and their love story was the cutest! I had such a hard time putting this book down. I loved the small town vibes, it reminded me of Gilmore Girls.

This was such a heartwarming read that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a good small town romance!

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

I adore the Lovelight Farms books! They’re cozy, sexy, small-town Hallmarkesque, and full of characters who care about each other. Even as they meddle, gossip, and get overly involved in each other’s lives. The author delves into her characters’ hurts and insecurities in a way that feels authentic and believable. Which makes me love Layla and Caleb even more.

And the descriptions! Whether it’s a bouquet of flowers or strawberry shortcake, this book is full of lush imagery.

Mixed Signals is a fast read that you won’t want to put down. Inglewild, full of quirky yet fabulous people, is small-town perfection. There’s plenty of humor to balance the heartbreaking moments- the phone tree sounds hysterical. It’s a slow-burn romance but once they fall, yowza it’s spicy goodness.

This author is new to me but I’ve really enjoyed the books. This one had more feeling than I expected but was super cute. I live the small town and the swoony romance along with the side characters.

B.K. Borison is a talented and accomplished author whose work I highly recommend. Having read several of her books, I can say with confidence that she is a gifted storyteller who has a knack for creating compelling and relatable characters, engaging plotlines, and beautiful prose.

One of the things I appreciate most about Borison's writing is her ability to explore complex themes and emotions with sensitivity and nuance. Whether she is writing about love, loss, friendship, or family dynamics, she always manages to capture the essence of the human experience in a way that feels authentic and genuine.

Another strength of Borison's writing is her attention to detail. Her descriptions of people, places, and events are vivid and evocative, bringing the story to life in a way that is both immersive and captivating. She also has a talent for creating dialogue that is realistic and engaging, further enhancing the reader's connection to the characters and their experiences.

Overall, I highly recommend B.K. Borison to anyone looking for a talented and skilled author who knows how to craft stories that are both thought-provoking and entertaining. Her work is a testament to her talent and dedication to the craft of writing, and I look forward to reading more of her books in the future.

I’m going to be honest: I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Caleb. To be more accurate, I was really afraid I wouldn’t love him. I mean, Beckett takes up my whole heart. Would there be room for another?

Turns out, there would. This book is romance at sunset on a summer night. Layla and Caleb… sweet sweet misguided babies who take too many turns to figure themselves out but end up right where they need to.

The writing is it for me. This world. The details. I’m wrapped up in the loveliest of places with the loveliest people. It was wonderful to get a peek at some of my favorite characters from the previous books.

I knew that Layla and Caleb would end up together because of course they were. I felt slightly underwhelmed once it happened and maybe it’s because I was protecting my little reader heart against the possibility of anything painful happening between them. Overall, still an enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to book 4!

Rating: 3.5/5 (rounded up)

Mixed Signals is the 3rd book in the Lovelight series and each book has just gotten better and better! Before this book 2, In the Weeds, had been my favorite but now Mixed Signals is totally tied with it as a fav!

“Why are you settling for crumbs when you deserve the whole damn cake?”

Layla and Caleb are absolutely adorable and I could not get enough of them! Layla is one of the co-owners of Lovelight Farms (alongside Stella and Beckett) and runs the bakery there. One night she’s out on a horrible date and even ends up getting left behind at the bar when she spots Caleb there too. Caleb is a regular at the bakery, and has secretly been crushing on Layla for quite some time. They end up sharing a ride back to town together and chatting about their mutually bad experiences with dating. He shares that his dates recently haven’t been going well either, they always fizzle out by the 4th date and he’s always labeled as “the nice guy”. He suggests he and Layla should date to find out what they’re doing wrong and try to get it right, as a social experiment of course.

I adoreddddd Caleb! Such a cinnamon roll hero, he’s a substitute teacher, she runs the bakery, and it’s a sunshine-sunshine romance! Both he and Layla are romantics and I loved how he’s been pining for her! It was so sweet to see how much he believes in her and supports her. Loved seeing all the time at the bakery, how much he loves everything she makes, and the baked goods as foreplay! And Caleb is absolutely determined, and ready to work for it, when it comes to pleasing Layla! 🔥🥵 Such a fun time and I cannot wait for the next book in this series!

There are no mixed signals here on how much I love this book. BK Borinson, I am your biggest flan 🤣. Seriously, I have been waiting for this book since I met these characters in book 1. I cannot articulate the hold this book has on my heart. This author shines with every book she writes. What she can do with 26 letters and some punctuation marks is unlike any other author I have read before.

Never underestimate the power of a good looking Hawaiian shirt. Caleb is the kind of guy you dream about. He’s warm and kind and wears his heart on his sleeve, but he also has a spicy side to him that makes him more than “butter-croissant nice”. He’s unlike any other guy I have read. Layla is the girl that romance books are made of, but she’s nothing like the stereotypical “baker”. She is flawed and complex with more to her than how well she can bake a tart. She is relatable because of how authentic she is and how her internal struggles are things everyone has felt at one point or another.

This book is so good. It’s “like suddenly-buy-a-Christmas-tree-farm-and-demo-half-the-buildings invested. Binge-watch-all-of-Deadliest-Catch-after-reading-one-book-about-crab-fishermen invested.” You easily become attached to this world and these characters. And I’m beyond excited that I do not have to say goodbye to this world yet and that this author has more to come!

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for this ARC

Okay, I'm swooning. Caleb and Layla are the absolute cutest. This was a great slow burn, I love the town and all the characters so much.

"He’s a 10 but he compulsively orders custom cakes just so he can see the cute baker lady."

This book is like getting a sweet warm hug 🫂
I love it, love the characters and their chemistry between them❤️


"I spent a long time looking for the right kind of love, only for it to walk right through the front door of my bakehouse every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."

Thank you for the review copy

Mixed Signals is a 2023 romance novel by B.K. Borison. The book follows the story of Layla Dupree, a baker who has given up on love, and Caleb Alvarez, a former cop who is now a teacher. When Layla and Caleb are paired up for a fake dating assignment, they start to develop real feelings for each other.

The book is well-written and the characters are likable, well-written, and engaging. Layla is a strong and independent woman who has been hurt in the past. Caleb is a kind and caring man who is trying to find his way in the world. The two of them have great chemistry and their relationship is as believable as it is heartwarming. Their bond seemed really genuine and real.The book is also funny and heartwarming. There are a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, and the relationship between Layla and Caleb is very sweet. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good romance novel.