This was a super cute addition to the Lovelight Farms universe! I think it’s my second favorite of the series behind the first book. I loved all the characters and the love story between Nova and Charlie and how their families all knew and were just waiting for them. So sweet.

This is my first book by Ms. Borison and what a wonderful introduction to her writing. I love a story that is unexpected in that that Grump in a Grumpy/Sunshine book is generally the Hero. In this book, our Grump is Nova and Charlie is happy and filled with unexpected feelings for a woman that really has no desire for more than one-night together so she can get him “out of her system.”

I loved this story and the witty banter between Nova and Charlie. She’s this fierce business owner in her new tattoo shop and he’s a straight-laced financial man… talk about opposites! For his part Charlie will do anything he can to help Nova because he’s just the nicest guy ever and his attraction to her has grown exponentially since their steamy one nigh together. But this woman is determined to protect her heart and opening herself up to this man might just break her permanently if it does sideways.

The more I read this book, the more I fell in love with Charlie, Nova, their small town and Lovelight Farms. This laugh out loud rom-com with some marvelous characters in small and quirky Inglewild is exactly what I needed! I’m definitely going to start at the beginning of this series so I can immerse myself in this fabulous world created by Ms. Borison.

I started reading this on my kindle and ended up finishing it as an audio.
I enjoyed the 2 narrators for nova and Charlie. It made listening more enjoyable.
I loved nova and Charlie’s relationship. How they started as friends, turned into a “one time thing” and ended up together ♥️ being supportive of one another throughout the book.
I haven’t read any others from this series, but I also felt like it could’ve been read as a stand alone! I plan on picking up the previous books to read about the other characters.

I promise you this is one you are going to want to read in 2024. Charlie was actual perfection and I could not get enough of this book and this story. I think that this was such a perfect way to end the series.

4.5⭐️
3🔥

Quick Breakdown

Small Town
Black Cat x Golden Retriever
Bed First / Feelings Later
He Takes Care of Her
Found Family
No 3rd Act Break Up
Dual POV
Open Door - Moderate Detail

All my thanks to @berkleyromance for the gifted eARC & @dreamscape_media for the gifted ALC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Goodness, I can’t believe the Lovelight series has come to an end, but what a beautiful trip back to Inglewild. I once compared Borison’s prose to poetry & that clearly still stands. Business Casual is entirely too cozy soft & tender for this world, with Nova & Charlie deserving nothing less.

I adored this combo of tropes for these MCs. Nova was a beautiful blend of structure & contentment, happy to be on her own & not letting herself experience anything more. While Charlie, who has never felt like he belonged, constantly performed in attempt to seek approval, wanting to be everything for everyone. A perfect embodiment of a black cat & golden retriever pairing. The bed first / feelings later arrangement allowing them to step outside of their self made constraints & unknowingly giving themselves to one another. The open communication when they realized their feelings & subsequent lack of a third act breakup, knocked my full on my butt from swooning. The ending was also SO satisfying. She wrapped up the series flawlessly. You won’t be left disappointed!

I was fortunate enough to listen to the audiobook for most of this read. It’s narrated by Pippa Jayne & Benjamin Walker who only added to the romantic vibes you’d expect from Borison’s writing.

Such a perfect end to a sweet small town contemp romance series!
I loved the playful black cat fmc x golden retriever bf dynamic going between nova and charlie. I’ve had my eye on them for a minute since we started to get hints earlier in the series and this delivered. They had such a fun, great connection. and the spice ugh I was not prepared! So so good!!

Yes. Yes. Yes. This book gets all the stars and this author gets all the praise!!

This entire series gets ALL OF THE STARS AND ALL OF THE HYPE.

Business Casual is literally the best lil romance ever. The characters are super fleshed out and I adored both of them, I loved the sunshine x grumpy trope. The banter was phenomenal and the spicy scenes were S P I C Y!!!

I genuinely don't have anything other than this was perfect!

I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect ending to the love-light farms series! I loved having Charlie and Nova’s story! They are both such people pleasers and where they can’t advocate for their own needs they really push each other to remember it’s okay to have needs. Nova is preparing to open her very first tattoo shop in Inglewood! And Charlie is in town for a month to help with the farm! They set up a “business casual” relationship and quickly realize it’s more than that. What I absolutely love is we do not have a third act breakup. I laughed, I cried, I blushed! Seriously my fav book out of this whole series! Almost makes we want more but it’s finished so perfectly!

The most beautiful end to a perfect, five-star debut series. B.K. Borison is a mastermind and I loved every second of Charlie and Nova!

Black cat Nova can't put her finger on what is attracting her to Charlie, an investment banker and brother's friend, Charlie, who is helping her open her own tattoo shop. The two run into each other at Charlie's step sister's wedding and finally decide on the “get it out of our systems” method after Charlie realizes how fast he's falling for her. The problem is, he lives out of town and she wants to focus on her business and not a relationship. When Charlie decides to stay in town to run his sister's farm while she's gone for a few weeks, Nova can't stay away from him.

I love a good black cat fmc! I love watching all the lovey dovey emotions run through their mind and tear them apart. Nova is one of those book characters I felt like I could be besties with. I was so-so on Charlie at first, but it didn't take long to change my mind about him and I grew to really like him. This book is full of fun side characters too. Oddly enough, as much as I love small town romances, there are very few that I'd love to actually visit, but I would absolutely love to find myself in a real-life Inglewild one day.

THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF: You're a fan of secret relationships and “just get it out of our system” stories.

I loved this book! I think it’s bk Borison best book yet and one of my top reads of the year! It was a five star read for me!

What a perfect ending to this amazing series 🫶🏼 I love Inglewild! Charlie & Nova were utter perfection and have taken the spot as my number one favorite Lovelight couple. “Just once to get it out of our systems” turned friends with benefits arrangement turned the most beautiful love story 🥹 I felt positively giddy the entire time while reading this! These two couldn’t be more different but they are perfect for one another.

The writing is so atmospheric and imaginative! And all the characters are lovely. Whenever Charlie said “Nova girl” I audibly swooned 💞 the tension was everything in this book and the spice was delightfully explosive! Becs best work for sure 🔥

Read if you like:
• small town shenanigans
• friends with benefits to lovers
• golden retriever x black cat
• forced proximity
• brothers best friend
• slow burn
• mental health rep
• found family

This was my first BK Borison but it will NOT be my last. I loved everything about this book; the opposites attract, the flirting, the SPICE, all the tattoo talk, the finding the strength to set boundaries and have hard conversations. I am SO pleased to find out this author has so many other books to go back and read and so proud to hear she's from my town! Go Baltimore!

Thanks to Berkley and NetGalley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Business Casual by BK Borison
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Pub Date: July 16

What a bittersweet book - to visit the Lovelight Farms series characters one last time was so special. I love the way that B.K. Borison writes!

Charlie and Nova were precious. I’ve loved each of the Lovelight couples, but Charlie is just a big softy and I love him. This one wasn’t quite as intertwined with the other characters, but really focused on Charlie and Nova.

I only took off half a star for the M/F role reversal at the end which just isn’t a personal fave of mine. I’ll miss this small town, but I’m excited for what B.K. will write next!

Perfect for you if you like:
Opposites attract
Neurodivergent rep
Best friend’s sister
Once to get it out of our systems
Small town romance

my first bk borison book!! and i had a great time with charlie and nova.

i haven't read any other of the lovelight farms books, but this book made me want to! i'm sure if you have already read the other books this one would've been much more special to you, but regardless i enjoyed this book a lot!

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC, i highlighted and annotated so so much because there was just so many good quotes and scenes!!

it was a bit weird starting a series from the last book but you don't need to read the other to understand this one! i loved the small town vibes so much and i love a friends with benefits when done well! it still has that tension and spice from an enemies to lovers but keeps that sweet and wholesome nature of a friends to lovers!

charlie and nova are perfect opposites attract! charlie has this charming and sunshine-y personality which contrasts novas grumpy perfectly!! their chemistry is amazing and i loved seeing them go from friends to friends with benefits to lovers!

a big reason i loved this book was because of all the amazing tropes:
- friends to lovers
- friends with benefits
- opposites attract
- grumpy x sunshine
- small town

3.8 stars from me!

Business Casual is the last book in B K Borison's series. It is a friends-with-benefits to lovers trope. Charlie and Nova's story is so sweet. Nova Porter wasn't looking for love and she certainly did not have time for love, but then she ran right into it when she met Charlie Milford. In an effort to get Charlie out of her system once and for all Nova comes up with a plan to get over him, but is it a smart plan? Her plan, a one night stand with no strings attached. Read Nova and Charlie's story to figure out if her plan worked. Cute characters with funny banter.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Thank you Berkeley Publishing, NetGalley, and B.K. Borison for a free copy of Business Casual in exchange for an honest review. This book is out now!

This is the fourth book in the Lovelight series, but the first that I’ve read. And I’m about to buy the whole series because I loved this so so so much! The characters, the setting, the spice, it was all immaculate. I miss being in Lovelight Farms already. I thought I loved Nova, and I do, but Charlie? He has my whole heart!!

Check out this book if you like any of these tropes:
Friends With Benefits
Small Town
Black Cat x Golden Retriever
Chronic Illness Rep

!! fave quotes!!
“I always get the feeling Nova wants to crack open my head and take a look around. I’d probably let her and thank her for the pleasure.”

“Little Miss Grump”

“I don’t think I’ve ever known the spreadsheet preferences of a bedroom partner before.”

“I want to reduce him to cinders. I want us both boneless and stupid.”

“I make an embarrassing noise when I feel her, but I don’t care. It’s Nova. She’s already seen me moonwalk in a reindeer costume at the tree farm during the holiday season. I’m not trying to impress her. I’m just trying to make her come.”

“‘Has anyone ever told you that you’re a stubborn woman?’
‘With alarming frequency and incredible detail,’”

“‘What the fuck is happening?’ he mutters. ‘What the fuck is this?’
‘It looks like a gaggle of geese.’”

“A tiny, aggressive barnacle.”

“’The only things you’ve given me are an irrational desire to please people and a constant fucking headache.’”

“He lifts his newly tattooed arm and wipes quickly under his eye. He sniffs once and digs his knuckle into his cheek. His eyes drag up to meet mine, red rimmed but bright. Forget-me-not blue. ‘I’ve never been anyone’s favorite,’ he whispers.
‘Well,’ I say, feeling defensive. ‘You’re mine.’
He leans his body across the table and cups his hand around my face, hauling me to him. His kiss is slow and deep, a methodical undoing of every last hesitation I have. I fall into it happily. ‘Nova,’ he whispers, somewhere against my mouth. ‘I don’t think my feelings are business casual.’
I sigh into him. I hold onto him wherever I can reach. ‘I don’t think mine are either.’”



For 2024, I’ll be using this rating scale:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I mourned the ending of this journey 🥹
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ really enjoyed and would recommend
⭐️⭐️⭐️ it was fine
⭐️⭐️ I didn’t enjoy this journey
⭐️ I dnf’d or wish I’d dnf’d
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ this is smutty smutty erotica 🥵
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ a lot of spice
🌶️🌶️🌶️ some spice
🌶️🌶️ romantic b plot / closed door / YA romance
🌶️ no romance / nonfiction

What a bittersweet read! I knew this was the last book in the Inglewild series, so I was sad knowing I wouldn’t be going back to these characters. Thankfully, this was the perfect ending to the series, featuring a tattoo artist trying to find her footing and a sweet man looking for a place to call home.

I loved reading about Charlie and Nova, getting to know them better and watching them find their home in each other.

it is official. this series is now my comfort series && i am obsessed, head over heels for nova & charlie!! literally, this book had me giggling & giddy from the very first chapter!

nova & charlie’s banter was incredible! the way their relationship ebbed & flowed was perfect for who they are as people & the trajectory of their relationship. i truly felt like i was reading about a real life couple recounting their romance story while it also being perfect to be adapted for the big screen. these two complimented each other in the best ways. they were similar in places & yet complete opposites. it made their banter literal *chefs kiss*

i. am. in. love.

this was by far my number one book in the series. i would highly recommend reading the other books before this one to get the most perfect well rounded story & get the most out of all the side characters as well. 10/10 would recommend!!

So cute and heartwarming. 10/10 read and will recommend always! The characters and their development was adorable and sweet!