Fun and adorable! Perfect for those who love the forced proximity trope, cozy settings and Hollywood romance. I’ve been a fan of Ballard ever since reading her first book, so I’m excited whenever I see something new from her. It was sweet and sentimental, I enjoyed the characters genuine conversations and their sizzling chemistry. Would recommend!

If you hear incessant fangirling about a mile away, it's most definitely me freaking out over this beautiful book! I am so blown away by this book - I quite literally DEVOURED it in a day. Grayson and Emmy are so perfect for each other & so simultaneously stubborn - all the makings of a perfect rom-com<3

I've got to say though, this book was on a one-way train straight to my 5 star reads, but alas, the dreaded third-act-breakup reared its head around the corner ._.
Aside from this, I truly and genuinely really enjoyed myself and cannot wait for this book to make its way into the world on February 27th!

"And if I may pull out some Hallmark card wisdom, the only way you can fail at love is by not letting it into your life."<3333333

This is my first Falon Ballard book and I can genuinely say that I will now be headed down a Falon-rabbit-hole for the forseeable future.
It’s Falon’s world & we’re just living in it!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this arc.

Super cute book, super fun premise. Emmy and Grayson have some exceptional chemistry, witty banter, and an enemies to friendly with benefits to lover's situation going on. Emmy and grayson used to like each other as teenagers when things go wrong and Emmy decides to not like him ever again, until unexpectedly they are thrown together to act in a romantic comedy movie together. Their on-screen chemistry is lacking until they have the bright idea to sleep with each other and their relationship progresses from there. I did really enjoy this book, but, my one complaint is there is a third act breakup that could have been avoided with some simple communication. Otherwise I recommend this book and I have not read anything else by this author yet but I am planning on it after this!

Thanks to Netgalley & PENGUIN GROUP- Putnam for the E-ARC! This was so cute! I really enjoyed the characters & the setting. Will read more from this author.

Celebrity romance, enemies to lovers trope with Hallmark movie vibes. The miscommunication bit was not it for me. Overall 3 stars

Super sweet and sexy, hollywood rom com with a great female mc - i smiled through this whole thing, very easy to read and love the characters and the world.
Thanks to the author, the publisher and Net galley for the ARC

This story is sweet, sexy, humorous, and full of a cast of amazing characters. From the actors to the inn owner, you will fall for every person in this story.

First, I want to thank NetGalley for the ARC! I feel so honored to read and review this book!

I rated it 4 stars…let’s get into it!

This was my first book by Fallon Ballard, and oh my, I ate this up! It had enemies to lovers, Hollywood meets small town romance, and lovable main and side characters. I absolutely adored this book.

Emmy is a Hollywood nepo baby who had her debut acting start when she was 15 years old. After an on screen kiss went wrong, and rumors soared, she and her then co star parted in not so good ways. She then decided to write movies rather than act in them.

15 years later she writes a new romcom, and is talked into the leading role. She gets all settled in on site and runs into none other, than Grayson, her nemesis from her first acting gig.

Emmy and Grayson have to find a way to act and make their movie together, even though it’s the last they want to do.

What I felt was a fluffy romance, turned into one full of emotion toward the end. I didn’t expect or anticipate to feel the feelings and emotions so deeply.

I loved the fact that there were gossip rag articles & social media threads throughout the book since both characters are so well known in the industry.

This book was fun, happy, sweet, humorous, swoony, and emotional at times. I loved it and I highly recommend!

It was fine. Not really for me I think. I didn't like the dynamic between the two MCs and that really impacted the whole storyline for me.

Loved it! Forced proximity is one of my favourite ways to see a relationship develop and it’s done so well here. The miscommunication was strong with these two and I was okay with it for the most part 😂

Thank you to the publisher for my ARC

This book was such a cute second chance romance. Emmy and Grayson had the best dynamic with each other. I loved how they started hating each other and then began to form a relationship. I also loved the news articles and gossip blogs that appeared in between chapters. This one was sweet, hilarious, and fast paced.

A cute Hollywood love story with an interesting premise. Yes, it’s a second chance romance, but many years delayed. It’s also friends to enemies to lovers. Also even employed the one bed trope in an unexpected way! The main characters are well-developed, as are their family and friends. Good depth, and fun writing. In keeping with the Hollywood theme, this was part Hallmark and part Cinemax, and all pretty good. The third act conflict felt a little forced and definitely avoidable, but still finished with the expected and happy ending.

I will definitely continue to read the author’s work.

*I was honored to read an ARC of this book via NetGalley and the author/publisher. All opinions are my own.*

I ADORED this book.

First of all, enemies to lovers is my jam so I knew from the start it was going to be great with the banter and tension. However, I did not expect to fall in love with the characters and the depth of them that Ballard created.

Emmy and Grayson are such a good pair.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

🦇 Right on Cue Book Review 🦇

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

❝ “Don’t deny yourself something beautiful because you’re already thinking about what happens if it goes wrong.” ❞

❓ #QOTD What's your favorite rom-com OR recommend a romance novel you don't see promoted often enough? ❓

🦇 Former actress-turned-screenwriter Emmy Harper is ready to bring her latest rom-com to life. When the production can't find a leading lady, Emmy steps under the spotlight for the first time in over a decade. The last time she acted was alongside costar Grayson "F*cking" West, who she blames for her disastrous first film and the early end to her acting career. When Emmy's leading man backs out, Grayson steps in for the role. Their animosity nearly ruins the film until they discover a way to save the production, their careers, and potentially their relationship, on and off camera.

💜 I had the great fortune of reading Just My Type when it was an ARC last year, so I'm delighted that I got to read Falon Ballard's next novel! It's obvious this story is a work of love. This second-chance romance is a reminder that one small moment can have a major impact, both on a relationship and your career. However, it's also a reminder that you can overcome mistakes or false pretenses. Emmy's first project with Grayson, when they were both just teens, changed the course of her life. I loved seeing Emmy heal from that pain while being forced to recognize the pain SHE caused Grayson. The concept of a romance writer keeping romantic interest at a distance, while having an opportunity to heal through her work, was also a delight. The strongest aspect of the book wasn't Emmy, however, but Grayson. His vulnerability is raw and real; proof that a man of muscles still has a heart underneath. The story is peppered with texts and news articles, adding a Hollywood element to the story while putting the relationship under the public's scrutiny--which only puts additional pressure on Emmy.

🦇 Unfortunately, the characters seem a bit superficial. We're not given a lot of reasons to love or relate to Emmy, who is a bit stubborn. While I loved seeing Grayson's vulnerability from Emmy, I wish the story was dual POV, so we could see reasons to adore Emmy through his point of view. One of the biggest mistakes was the lack of a flashback to show, rather than tell us about Emmy and Grayson's first project. Hearing a brief recap took the emotion out of the moment, when that moment obviously had a major impact on both Emmy and Grayson. The reliance on smut to develop the relationship and move the plot along was a bit frustrating, too. I have to warn you guys, there's a third-act break-up (thank you, miscommunication trope). The situation is resolved almost too quickly, making it all a bit anticlimactic.

🦇 Recommended to all the romance lovers out there (especially you Hallmark movie fans). If you want to swoon over a leading man, Grayson is it.

✨ The Vibes ✨
🎬 Enemies With Benefits to Lovers
🎬 Forced Proximity
🎬 Workplace Romance
🎬 He Falls First
🎬 Second Chance Romance
🎬 Celebrity Romance

🦇 Major thanks to the author @falonballard and publisher @putnambooks for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

Main character, Emmy is a movie producer and her upcoming movie is going to be a rom-com set in a quaint small-town where the main character would fall for the owner of the inn. Long story short, Emmy couldn’t find anyone that fit the female lead so her co-producer and best friend (with the help of Emmy’s mom), convinced Emmy to act the part. It would be her first time acting in over a decade since Grayson West ruined her career.

Wouldn’t ya know, she showed up to her first day on the job and who’s there to play the male lead but Grayson “F*cking” West. Her enemy.

Clearly this wasn’t going to go well. This is where things get wonky. The two must have had some pent up sexual tension and they started getting intimate and then *poof!* — gone were the crappy performances during filming. They had instant chemistry and the movie ended up being so captivating and truly showed how much the two loved each other despite their enemy status.

I’m conflicted. Originally I rated this a 4 star book but the more I think about it, the more I’m annoyed with how their relationship turned because they shared an intimate connection. Kind of goes hand in hand with how I feel about open-door romances. The plot was amazing but there wasn’t really a key turning point other than the intimacy where they turned to lovers and I would have liked to see something more exciting be their turning point.

Such wonderful characters and such a fun plot! What kept this from a 5 star is the miscommunication. Just talk. It’s not that hard. Besides that I absolutely enjoyed this book.

Fairly predictable rom com but it was still a good read that I enjoyed it. It was also a quick read.

Emmy Harper is a nepo baby and a Oscar-winning screen writer. Emmy, and her best friend are making a new rom-com movie and Emmy became the lead female love interest. Only problem, the male lead had to change; it was her arch enemy - the man who turned her world upside down at 15, Grayson West.

Grayson got his big start in a indie movie with Emmy and went on to become a huge action movie star. He wants to get into more serious roles so he jumped at the opportunity to be in Emmy's new movie.

Only problem is Emmy still holds a severe grudge with Grayson, and he is trying to get back into her good graces.

I really enjoyed this book and how open Grayson was with his emotions and his patience with Emmy. The grovel scene could have been more, and I wish it was a dual POV.

Right On Cue follows Hollywood’s favorite nepo-baby, Emmy Harper, a screenwriter of rom-coms rivaling Nora Ephron and Grayson West, named Sexiest Man Alive (twice!). When Emmy agrees to star in her first movie since her first attempt at acting when she was 15, she has no idea that her co-star will end up to be none other than Grayson West, the same co-star from her first tanked movie. Tensions are high as Emmy and Grayson bicker and argue on set, but when they decide to cut the tension with a sexual proposition, the sparks–on set and off—start flying. Slowly, Grayson and Emmy begin to let their walls down and their co-stars with benefits agreement turns into something more.

After not loving Ballard’s debut novel, Lease on Love, I was admittedly nervous to read this. As I read this novel, some of Falon Ballard’s writing grated on me, similarly to my first experience with her work. Her characters feel superficial and do not have a lot of substance. For example, Emmy is supposedly grieving her father who past a few years ago, however, her father comes up maybe twice in conversation throughout the whole novel and the presence of that plot point felt like an afterthought, rather than something intentionally added to give the character some more emotions. Emmy doesn’t feel like she could be a real person, but instead is just a hodgepodge of popular heroines from romance novels without anything grounded in reality.

The one thing that saved this novel from my DNF pile was the plot, as flimsy as it might seem. Once Emmy gets to set and begins to interact with Grayson, the book is a lot easier to fly through. Ballard excelled at writing chemistry between Grayson and Emmy, even if the characters are one-dimensional, at best. But then again, she had to go and give this story the dumbest third-act break up I’ve read in a while.

As I’ve been writing this review, my qualms with Ballard’s work seem to be with the style of her writing. It is very millennial-coded and will most likely not age well. I visibly grimaced by her brief references to TikTok (“kombucha girl” – do not do my girl Brittany Broski like that) and use of terms like “himbo”. And although I do enjoy when authors use media-style posts in between chapters to give more insight to how their characters interact with the world, a la Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman, the way that Ballard utilized these breaks seemed derivative.

Overall, Right On Cue is a quick read with a cute story and good spicy scenes. Is it the next great rom-com? Probably not. But it’s not a complete waste of time either.

I really enjoyed this romcom! I haven't read many celebrity romance tropes but I really loved this take on it!  I loved the banter, emotional tension, forced proximity and how it felt like a romcom in a romcom.  The articles sprinkled throughout were a fun addition. The things that kept it from 5 stars? I wish some of their bonding didn't happen off the page so we could see more than just the physical chemistry. I would have liked a bit more on Emmy's career over those 15 years rather than glossing over it.  The miscommunication trope/third act breakup felt kind of rushed ..  I don't understand how it only took 3 weeks from the wrapup til the premiere?? I definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a fun romcom and am looking forward to reading Ballard's backlist now!

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group, for sending me this ARC.