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This is my third book by this author and I really enjoyed this. All of the side characters were amazing! The development and depth of all the characters in this book was great as well. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the miscommunication and the third act breakup between the main characters. All in all a great rom-com.

Read if you like:

🎬 Enemies to Lovers
🎬 Forced proximity
🎬 Celebrity romance
🎬 Second chance

Thank you to NetGalley and PutnamBooks for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This was such a good book. I devoured all three of her romance novels in a week. She is a wonderful author and I would recommend her to everyone!

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I really enjoyed this book! It was a good, easy read, with everything you’d expect from a steamy romance! There was the classic enemies to lovers trope, with plenty of miscommunications and misunderstandings. The setup of the relationship was unique, though! The writing was really good, so it kept me very engaged, even with a little bit of predictability. There was a third act breakup, which I don’t love, but it was resolved very satisfactorily!

I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for an easy, steamy read! I really liked this author!!

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I love everything Falon writes. I devoured this book in one sitting. Right on Cue was right on cute!! perfect cozy fall read.

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Emmy is a screenwriter. When the team can't find an actress that meets her performance, her best friend and director convinces her to play her own lead.
But just as they get on location a curve ball is thrown. Grayson, the guy who ruined her acting career before it even got started at 15, has replaced the male lead.
Forced to work together may just be the best thing to happen to them. They just don't know it yet.

This was a cute story. A mix of fade to black and detailed steam scenes.
There was a communication break up, that was resolved pretty quickly.
I really enjoyed the behind the curtain look at movie making, promotions, and scene work.
I would have liked a little more secondary character interactions, sometimes it felt like Em and Grayson were on their own little island.
Overall a fun, steamy, and sweet love story.

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I was blown away about how much I loved this book! Emmy & Grayson were hot and steamy and I was here for it!
The idea of starting from enemies to lovers, to friends with benefits to falling in love. It gave exactly what I wanted. My heart sank at the mini plot twist but so happy when the course corrected itself.

Emmy & Grayson deserve all the love in the world. Graysons my new favorite book boyfriend 😍

Can’t wait to get the physical book of this!

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I am a big fan of Falon Ballard, and her latest book does NOT disappoint! It tells the story of Emmy and Grayson, two actors with a history. These two definitely start out as enemies, but they agree to become lovers for the sake of the movie. Neither one plans on truly falling for the other though. The ending was adorable if predictable.

Just to give you a heads-up: this one is definitely SPICY! I laughed when I read that she told her child not to read the book in the Acknowledgements section ;) Her previous books have not been nearly as spicy, but I didn't find it over the top.

I truly recommend this book.

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This was cute-ish. If you like a friends-to-lovers trope, this is it. As with many of these books, though, much of the drama could be solved through a simple conversation which can feel infuriating as a reader.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

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This book was so cute! Grayson and Emmy had excellent chemistry. I loved their witty banter. The spice was top notch!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

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I am really growing to love Falon Ballard’s books. This one was so cute, despite the lack of communication by the MCs. Loved both their characters and all the tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, second chance romance. All leading to a sweet and satisfying HEA.

Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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This was such a fun and cute book. Easy to read with characters that are also easy to love. The flow of the book was smooth which I loved. It's my first book by Falon Ballard but it won't be my last. I would easily recommend this book to romance readers.

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I L-O-V-E-D this book!
To be candid, after the first 4 chapters, I thought I was not going to like it at all...it seemed to develop a bit slowly for me, was a bit cliche with the *enemy* trope in the start, but as it developed and dug deeper, I couldn't read it fast enough!
I really enjoyed the fact Emmy was a real, down-to-earth, sassy lady, although she grew up with the golden spoon, if you will. She is smart, snarky, and witty, and I loved that it made her relatable. Grayson...jeesh, I just adore him. Even when he was stubborn in the beginning, it didn't take long to warm up to him at all! {Although, I have to be honest here and say that I think the name Grayson is overdone at this point. It fits him, it's a great name, don't get me wrong, but it's also ev-er-y-where.}
Also, supporting characters: Liz, Sam, and Mama Harper are everything! What a support system this gal has. Love them all!
This was such an enjoyable, moderately spicy, humorous, and quick read. I loved it, and would definitely recommend for a light-hearted, super-fun read!

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Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. Fallon Ballard does not disappoint. I love her writing style. A very fast read that I didn’t want to put down. Emmy and Grayson are perfect in the enemies-to-lovers troupe.

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I got pulled into this one fast and I was really feeling it. I couldn’t stop reading, it was checking all the boxes and then the drama happened…and it was a total buzzkill. I was like where is this childish behavior coming from? There was communication! Adulting! Next thing I know we are not adulting. I had to deduct a star for that. It left me jaded. That all said, this book was an enjoyable read. I’m not unhappy I spent time with it. I would recommend and look forward to this author’s next book. Thanks Netgalley and publisher for the chance to read and review this ARC. I had fun and lost a little sleep.

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Grayson and Emmy warmed my freaking HEART. Right on Cue was an adorable, cozy read.

Emmy Harper and Grayson West are actors filming a rom-com and trying to work through their past history for the sake of their film and their careers. This enemies-to-lovers (my favorite!) novel got me good. I read this book with a perma-smile on my face. Falon Ballard's writing is so witty and relatable! There's been a pretty intense examination of "nepo-babies" in the culture recently, so I was a little daunted by that. Falon is such a lovely character and honestly one of the funniest leading ladies I've read in a bit. I had a massive amount of empathy for her despite her nepo-baby status. Grayson is such a lovable hottie, I kept imagining some cross between Paul Walker and Chris Evans. The kind of guy who can't get out of the shadow of the characters he plays and has so much more to him than meets the eye. The setting was super cute, I'd like a long stay at the Bed and Breakfast in Pine Springs! Sex on a rug in front of a fire? Sign me UP. Sorry, is that a spoiler? It won't ruin anything because the intimacy in this one is SPICY. This book comes out in February and will be a perfect Valentine's Day read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Falon Ballard, and Penguin Group for the ARC and the opportunity to read/review it honestly.

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This book is absolutely amazing involving beautiful writing and top tier sex jokes. Falon Ballard absolutely killed it with this rom com from keeping me on my toes to twirling my hair to want to my heart dropping. I loved it so much I read it in one sitting and then 2 more times in the week plus made a Pinterest board. Top 3 authors for sure.

Tropes;
-Forced proximity
-Second chance
-Right person wrong time
-Enemies to lovers
-Rom com

Summary;
Emmy Harper a city girl raised by hollywoods it couple who gave up her passion of acting at 15 and turned to screen writing after a failed experience with her costar Grayson fucking West a small town boy and Hollywoods hunky heartthrob action star. After struggling to cast leads in Emmy's newest film she decides to take on the role herself finding Grayson to be the one she has to act alongside. As filming goes on tension thickens causing the production to lead down the same road as their first ever project. Can they go from hating each other's guts to falling ‘inn’ love and becoming Hollywoods a list power couple?

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I loved this Hollywood enemies-to-lovers story. Great banter between the main characters. It felt like a holiday read because of the setting. I would pick this up for a nice feel-good story or a quick holiday read.

I received an ARC from Netgalley and the publisher.

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I loved Just My Type, but I love Right on Cue even more!! This book covered so many tropes such as enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and second (and third) chance romance. I love a Hollywood / celebrity type romance, especially with some behind the scenes hookups. Overall this book was cute, fun, and the perfect rom-com!

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I loved this one even more than Just My Type! The whole cast of characters, the setting, the story, it was lovely. I did have doubts about the MMC’s major grumpiness, but the second and third acts made up for the frustration in the beginning.

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What a fun, swoony escape! RIGHT ON CUE by Falon Ballard is a fast-paced, read-it-in-a-day romance that combines so many of my favorite tropes: second chance, right person/wrong time, forced proximity, and enemies-to-lovers. The chemistry between Emmy and Grayson jumps off the page quickly, and the shift from costars-with-benefits to lovers is so satisfying to read. Both characters are well developed, the backdrop of their fame makes for extra fun complications, and the opposites-attract banter is snappy from the start. I particularly loved the picturesque settings throughout, and I really liked Emmy's friendship with Liz. Overall, it's a great, cozy rom-com I'll definitely recommend to friends.

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