What happens when Lucie's tweenage daughter calls into a love themed radio show. Who doesn't love a good radio-themed romance? She's a car mechanic with a kid, he's just a sad radio host. It took me a little bit to get invested but once I did, the romance was very satisfying and it looks like it might start a series? Curious to see where it goes. Thanks for NetGalley for this one.

I adored this book. I really saw a lot of myself in Lucie, and found myself relating to her so much. I, like all the radio show listeners, wanted to see her get her happy.

My heart hurt for Aiden, as someone who has lived through cancer diagnosis and treatment, I also found myself relating to him, sometimes you want to hide from people so they don't get hurt.

This was a really slow burn romance, but I loved that because it made Lucie and Aiden's romance more realistic.

The author continues to write delightful romances, and I can't wait for more!

I went into this book with little to no knowledge about it's plot and it was my first B.K. Borison book! I feel like all I really need to say is that after reading this, I went out and bought three more of her books. Aiden and Lucy were so lovely to read about. The way the author wrote them as perfect opposites, but somehow made them to bring one another out of their comfort zones was so seamless. I also really enjoyed the radio show setting!

One thing I always appreciate in a romance book is strong relationships outside of the two MCs and this definitely delivered. I found myself looking forward to all the interactions Lucy had with the supporting characters :)

The only part I left wanting more about was Aiden's backstory. We got some glimpses into this past and why he is the way he is, but I would have loved if we got more of his story.

Overall, I loved this book and WILL DEFINITELY be reading more B.K. Borison!

OBSESSED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

Aiden & Lucie are now the two great loves of my life. I love Sleepless in Seattle, and was so excited to see a gender-bent edition coming to the small screen (aka my kindle) and this exceeded all my expectations.

Aiden Valentine is the host of “Heartstrings” a Baltimore romance radio show. Lucie’s daughter Maya calls into get some advice for Lucie’s dating life, and Lucie’s conversation ends up going viral. The radio show offers a guest spot to Lucie to help her on her “Road to Love” and help Aiden maybe believe in romance again.

This delivered on so many levels. The banter was phenomenal, the pining was perfect, and the burn was slow. Lucie was a tall girl, upwards of 5’10”, which is something I have been actively searching for. I love a tall FMC & it’s so nice to have another one.

I highlighted a ridiculous amount of Aiden moments. Aiden is such a grumpy “I don’t believe in love, romance is a construct” kind of guy but homeboy is smitten. He is a perfectly imperfect guy, and I loved his arc & how he not only worked on himself but on his relationship with his family.

Lucie is a darling, I loved that she was a mechanic & I especially loved the healthy coparenting with Grayson & Mateo. She’s so funny and I loved how realistic her feelings about love were.

This was a 12/10, I’m already dying for a physical copy so I can read and annotate it.

A massive thank you to NetGalley and Berkeley Publishing for the digital arc!

I posted on my instagram story about this book, and will be doing a full review closer to the publishing date on my feed in January.

Lucie hasn't made love a priority since welcoming her now 12-year-old daughter, Maya, with her best friend. But then Lucie discovers Maya making a late night phone call to the local radio station's romance hotline to help her mom find love. Lucie ends up chatting with the show's host, Aiden, and their conversation goes viral, resulting in Lucie's own recurring segment on the show. Lucie and Aiden develop an easy rapport and start to develop feelings for each other, but Aiden has his walls up after watching his mom battle cancer for the past decade. Can Lucie learn to prioritize her needs and can Aiden open himself up to love even if it means the risk of heartbreak?

I really enjoyed the cast of characters in this story. Lucie and Aiden had great banter and this was a lovely journey for both of them, but I especially loved the addition of Maya's dad Grayson and his husband Mateo. As the mom of a young teenager, I could relate to Lucie's struggle to prioritize her own needs. And one of my favorite romance storylines is when one of the characters has to do the work to heal themselves from past heartbreak before they can move their relationship forward, so I really enjoyed seeing Aiden come to terms with how his mother's health journey impacted him and learn to move past that.

Overall: 4.5/5 rounded down
Spice: 1.5/3

I loved this book. It was so fun, I loved Lucie and Aiden and all of their family and friends. The book was clearly inspired by Sleepless in Seattle and I loved that but feel like it was also original enough that it wasn’t just a copy paste of the movie. I thought the chemistry between Lucie and Aiden was great and I would happily hang out with other people in their world in more books.

Jaded radio host Aiden Valentine has fallen out of love with love, while Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine until her daughter calls into Aiden's show looking for help for her Mom. Lucy quickly becomes a radio sensation and everyone wants her to have her happily ever after, but date after disastrous date makes Lucy wonder what's wrong with her, while Aiden comes to realize he might not be done with love after all.

The banter between Aiden and Lucy was great. The side characters were lovable and laughable. Overall, one of the best romance books I've read in a while.

I received this advance review copy from NetGalley & the publisher for my honest review.

HE KEEPS A LIST OF HER FAVORITE THINGS IN HIS GLOVEBOX!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹

Mark this down as one of my favorite books I read in 2024 and I did it all in one sitting.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for this early access e-ARC!!

This is my first time (no pun intended) reading a B.K. Borison book ( I know, I’ve been living under a rock apparently) and this won’t be my last!!!

I absolutely adored Aiden and Lucy’s story! Sleepless in Seattle inspired, umm hello, immediately yes!

Lucy is a single mother working as a mechanic to support herself and her daughter. She has a found family in her best friend, her coworkers and her ex-partner and father of her child and his husband Mateo. She isn’t looking for a relationship at all but one night she overhears her daughter talking to someone on the phone WELL past her bedtime. She bolts into the room and hears a full grown MAN on the phone and flips the crap out on him only to find out he is a host of a popular radio station show called Heartstrings. Lucy’s daughter had called in to get advice for her mother to the love hotline! How embarrassing lol! Lucy ends up having a conversation and gets very open with Aiden and Baltimore falls in love with her when the call goes viral.

Lucy agrees to come on the show and do a series with Aiden so she can find true love. Of course, along the way they end up falling for each other. *awwwww*

Aiden is the cutest with his secret list of Lucy’s favorite things and jealousy over her dates. He even shows up for her when she gets stood up! He knows he is not what she needs and can’t be the type of man to settle down but can’t come back from how hard he’s fallen for her.

Top tier banter and TENSION!!! 4 ⭐️ and 1.5 🌶️

I couldn't put First-Time Caller down. The concept of this story was fun. I loved the radio show plotline. I liked that Borison sprinkled in clips from the show. Lucie and Aiden were fantastic main characters. They had all the traits you want to see in your main characters. Lucie was funny, vulnerable, and tough. Aiden was charming, sweet, and protective. The chemistry and banter were done perfectly. The back and forth between Aiden and Lucie had me swooning and laughing. I liked how Aiden was around Lucie. Their scenes together were sweet and romantic. The skee-ball scene with them was creative and cute! The side characters added a comedic and supportive layer to the story. I enjoyed Grayson and Jackson's characters. I also adored Maya and her shenanigans. I thought Lucie's co-workers could have been featured a little bit more. The story takes place in Baltimore and there are a lot of references to the city. Baltimoreans will read this book as a love letter to their city. I liked the little coincidences between Aiden and Lucie before they met in person. This was a fun little nod to the invisible string theory. I'd give the writing a four out of five stars. There were some instances where the writing felt too long. I also thought the metaphors were a little too heavy. Some of the metaphors felt unnatural to the characters voices. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

Great banter and I loved the way it reminded me of Sleepless in Seattle! I love the grump sunshine trope and think fans of rom coms an Borison's other series will love it too!

I thought this was a really cute and warm read. I was in a major reading slump and this pulled me out of it. It was so good! I really enjoy how relatable B.K Borison's writing is especially when it comes to the current dating scene. I loved it and I hope we can hear more about what happens next in Aiden and Lucie's life! I can't wait to see what comes next in the Heartstrings series! :)

You know when a book leaves you speechless and how you just feel restless because how did you even exist before reading it? This book gave me that feeling! I finishes this book about a week ago and it's still in my heart! i can't stop thinking about it gaah!!

It was such a beautiful spin on the iconic movie, and it just really pulled at my heartstrings (you see what i did there ;,)) This is my favorite book so far from B.K., and I can't wait to pick up the physical book on release day!!!

Aiden was just perfection. i saw so many parts of myself in him. He was so human in a nutshell. I feel like so many people wait for the other shoe to drop, and the author did such a good job displaying the complexities of dealing with this perspective.

lucie! what a woman! I just resonated with her dejection of all things romantic but at the same time still whole heartedly wanting it! It gave me so much comfort and a feeling of community in the fact i am a hopeless romantic, but I am also done with romance!

The friendship and building of their relationship was so beautiful! I could talk on and on about this book! Please pick it up on release day you won't regret it!! and Maya what a sweetheart! She was the cutest ever!!! <3

I love how the author navigated these complex characters and their stories with such grace and sympathy! I love lovelight, but this one knocked me off my feet! I am so excited to see what is store for us !! <3

When i finished Business Casual, Borison’s most recent release I remember thinking to myself, ‘each book seems to get more and more better than the last. I can’t wait to see what she does with her next one considering how good this one was.’

BK. Becs. BABE. OH MY FUCKING LORD.

This book was the warmest hug a rom com could provide. It was not only entertaining and fun to read, but i cried (not just damp in the eyes, i mean CRIEDDDDD) for both sad and happy moments.

AND THE TENSION!?! I’m GAGGED!!! Borison really hit me with the “we shouldn’t do this. Tell me to stop” while they were rubbing noses. CALL A NURSE I’M GOING TO TO FAINT!

I fear BK might be writing too close to the sun at this point. Will my soul leave my body in her next work? Will she ascend to godhood, thus missing out on a US Tour? Will the Illuminati claim her for themselves? I guess only time will tell 🤷🏼‍♀️

This was adorable quirky rom com. This will forever be a top pick and I will forever recommend it. I will definitely get a physical copy once it’s released.

This was my first Bk borison Book. And I loved every minute of it. It felt like I was watching a movie - i was fully immersed into the world she had created for Lucie and Aiden. I was so invested in their story and the dual pov made me feel truly connected to them. I knew 20% in that this was going to be one of my favorite reads of all time. It is everything I want a romance book to be. Bitter sweet, beautiful, spicy and unforgettable.
I cannot wait to put this book in my store and tell everyone of my customers to read it.

This is my first book by this author and will definitely look for more. Enjoyable spin on the Sleepless in Seattle storyline. Thank you Netgalley!

Thank you to Berkeley and NetGalley for this advance reader copy. All opinions are my own.

I think this might be one of the best books I have read in a while.

I love the Lovelight Farms quartet, so naturally, I was looking forward to anything B.K. Borison put out after. I requested this as soon as I saw it and absolutely loved it.

The characters felt so real and their relationship and struggles were so captivating to read about. I have found myself thinking about this book so often after I finished it, wanting to reread it again and again. I am so looking forward to this series and more from B.K. Borison.

Smooth like thunder. Crackles like a toasty fire. Rough at the end, like his short stubble. Aiden Valentine’s voice is an inspiration just like his call-in radio show, Baltimore’s Heartstrings! Just as his belief in romance is dwindling, a preteen calls in seeking advice for her mom. What ensues is an absolute delight of a rom-com featuring a radio show host and a young mom mechanic.

This Sleepless in Seattle-inspired story wooed me with its lovelorn talk show host and love-starved mechanic. I’m going to wrap myself in the pages and spend cozy days with Lucie and Aiden— my new favorite couple!

Thank you so much for Berkley Romance/Berkley for a galley of this one. I loved it SO, so much. B.K. Borison is an auto-buy author for me after her incredible Lovelight series and this new series is off to a STELLAR start! Everything B.K. writes, I am there:)

Will B.K. Ever miss? I don’t think so.

I am a huge fan of B.K.’s Lovelight Farms series and was so excited when she announced this new romcom based on Sleepless in Seattle.

A romance radio host that feels like romance has died & a single mom who is finally letting herself want more? SWOON, YOUR HONOR.

I adored both characters perspectives in this book & could not get enough of Aiden. I fell in love with him instantly.

Even if you didn’t know this was a nod to Sleepless in Seattle, you could FEEL the Meg Ryan romance of it all. (Personally, my favorite kind of romance.) Sweet and nostalgic in a way that feels magical.

So excited for everyone to get to read this. Will absolutely be THE book of Valentine’s Day.