Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-m/f contemporary romance
-practice dating
-friends to lovers
-he falls first
-sex lessons
-your food is my love langauge
-slow burn
-small town

Gosh I'm pretty sure BK baked in some of Layla's baked goods for how sweet and tender this book was. This series is just small town romance perfection. Watching Caleb and Layla fumble through falling in love, slowly, not perfectly but true to themselves just felt real and authentic.

I absolutely love this series and these characters. B.K. Borison is becoming a fave of mine. I loved the small town romance centered around the bakery. Friends to lovers/fake dating trope.

B.K. Borison is making her way into becoming a favorite author of mine. The way she writes love and intimacy is unparalleled. It feels like every character has such an emotional connection with one another that transcends anything else. Loved it!

Okay, I wanted to live at Lovelight Farms right from the start of book one, but Mixed Signals totally had me packing my bags. The whole little community of Inglewild has held a piece of my heart throughout this series, and this sweet story definitely solidified my wanting to move there. I fell head over heels for Layla Dupree and Caleb Alvarez and their awkwardly sweet romance. Layla's deliciously described baked sweet treats had me longing for shortbread cookies. Caleb's kind, gentle nature had me swooning. This story was loaded with all the good stuff. It had fake dating, but was it truly fake dating? It had hilarious roller skating and escape room dating disasters that had me laughing out loud. Throw in the sizzling, hot, spicy scenes. (Oh, that kiss in the rain. Whew!) and it was romance novel perfection! Caleb and Layla's romance was magical from beginning to end, and their story left me smiling from ear to ear. Mixed Signals is a book that romance lovers do not want to miss!

This cover art style on the cover is so beautiful and captured my attention right away, knowing nothing about what the book was about, other than I knew many book friends who loved this story, so I was excited to read it!

MIXED SIGNALS is the third book in the Lovelight series, and it was a delight to read. I loved that it was both spicy and sweet, with the friends to lovers and fake dating tropes I love so much. The story follows Caleb and Layla who end up fake dating in their small town.

WHAT TO EXPECT
-friends to lovers
-fake dating
-part of a series
-small town romance
-bakery/food

*many thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for the gifted copy for review

Sugary, sweet, and SPICY hot. This has definitely been my favorite of B. K. Borrison's books. Caleb and Layla are sweet! I especially enjoyed how refined Caleb was, and genuinely think that Borrison does such a good job of writing an unapologetically romantic small-town romance. Again, I didn't *love* the conflict or feel like the ending was as satisfactory as it could've been, but I'm happy enough that these characters finally found their happiness and home together.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝘼 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙮.

📍 Read if you like:
• Friends To Lovers
• Fake Dating
• Small Town Romance
• Sunshine/Sunshine
• Bakeries

This is the third book in the Lovelight series and I’m absolutely obsessed with this series. These characters are extremely likable and enjoyable to read about.

This one is a friends-to-lovers with a sunshine/sunshine trope, it’s so difficult not feeling a connection towards these characters. Layla, a baker, and Caleb, a former deputy but is now a high school teacher, end up fake dating to be able to critique each other for future dates.

This was such a sweet and steamy romance. I have fallen in love with this author’s writing and can’t wait to read the next book in this series. Highly recommend picking this up (and the previous two books as well).

Thank you so much NetGalley and Berkley for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

•𝗧𝗪/𝗖𝗪: Sexual Content, Abandonment, Cursing, Toxic Relationship, Misogyny, Sexism

"Why are you settling for crumbs when you deserve the whole damn cake?" I am Layla. I am attacked. I should backtrack. Layla is a black cat. Caleb is very much a golden retriever. They both make terrible dating decisions. I'm not really a baker, as I hate measuring, and cooking, but everything else about Layla hit me in the feels. Specifically, the sex related stuff. Caleb's Latinx family is very much my Asian one. I also want a croissant tattoo.

This book was sooo cute!! Oh my goodness, I absolutely devoured Layla’s and Caleb’s story and I can’t stop smiling! Caleb was so dreamy and I loved being back at Lovelight Farms!

Indie authors turned traditional are amazing. I’ll read anything by BK! This series is amazing. Love the small town charm.

This was very much a will-they won't-they story and I really enjoyed watching the characters come together.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

✔️ Teach Me How to Date
✔️ Cinnamon Roll MMC
✔️ He Fell First
✔️ Small Town

Layla thinks that love is not in the cards for her after a failed relationship and a string of terrible dates. Everyone thinks she is just picking the wrong guys but she thinks it's something about her. Caleb has the opposite problem: he goes out on dates with nice people but it doesn't turn into more. Good things these two worked up a deal where he can show her a good time while she gives him feedback on his dating skills. Only thing that could go wrong is developing feelings 😆

I loved all the longing in this book. It felt so raw and real, how much these two wanted happiness and wanted each other but couldn't find the words (or courage) to say so.

Their fun dates where not everything goes right made me giggle and I loved how they both rolled with it.

While there was a coziness to the storytelling in this book, it had some terrific steamy scenes. You know that last scene in Bridget Jones where she says "Nice guys don't kiss like that" and Mark Darcy responds "Oh yes they f#!$ing do" - that's the vibe of the love scenes.

It's 5⭐️ - I adored and had to buy my own physical copy. Highly recommend!

Steam 🔥🔥🔥
Banter 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Swoon 💕💕💕💕💕

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

MIXED SIGNALS - B K.BORISON

4.5⭐

PLOT -
This is Laylas story. Layla who has given up on love even though she is successful in her bakery. After seeing Layla go through another bad date Caleb presents a simple proposition one month of no string dating to renew her faith in men and Caleb gets his romantic game up a perfect win win situation for both. But one thing they didn't consider their next level chemistry and comfort with each other.

MY THOUGHTS
I honestly had to wait to read as I was hell bent on reading Beckett s story first..which I did and immediately got to this..hence the delay
But it was worth the wait. The dates between Caleb and Layla were just too cute and had so much fun reading it. Also the small town charm which we see throughout the series works well too here also. ( Beatrice was a star)
A perfect binge worthy series to enjoy during the upcoming holiday season.

this was probably my least favorite of the series so far, but that barely says anything because this one was WAY too cute to be legal!!! I’m talking cut the cheese with a knife, heart full of pastries and cakes cute 🥹🩷

layla has constantly been one of my favorite characters from this series, so to say I’ve been anxiously awaiting her story was an understatement. and I’m so sad that it didn’t live up to the hype for me!! 😭

for me, the fake dating plot didn’t work, especially since it was doused in miscommunication. if layla and caleb had spent 5 minutes talking about their true feelings instead of relying on their “arrangement” - this book would be 15 pages long … and it suspiciously felt like a repeat of stella and luka’s fake dating story. even when stella picks up on the similarities later, it was 😴🥴🫠 it was super copy and paste

however, caleb’s family and beatrice really stole the story for me. I was obsessed with the no nonsense abuela and the way beatrice was revealed to be a softie in the end 🥹

overall, a quick and easy romcom to cleanse my palate! thank you to berkley and netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!!

rating: 3.5 stars
wine pairing: provence rosé

I really loved her writing style, and was completely engrossed for the first 25%, but then I lost interest. There was just no real plot? Lots of fun, but no conflict. It was obvious they'd get together, nothing really stood in their way, and the breakup was OTT. I didn't leave a public review because I prefer to keep those more positive. Thank you for the chance!

Mixed Signals is the third installment in the Lovelight series taking place in the small town of Inglewild and following Lovelight Farms’ resident baker who we met in the previous books, Layla. Layla is extremely happy that her best friends and business partners at the farm have found love, but after a series of bad dates, she’s feeling down and wondering if she’ll ever meet her person. During a particularly terrible date, she runs into Caleb Alvarez who rescues her and drives her home. On the way back, the pair decide to start fake dating as practice since they’re both down on their luck in love. But little does Layla know that Caleb has been harboring feelings for her, and Layla starts to get attached after finally being treated well despite the terms of their one month agreement. I truly thought that In the Weeds would be my favorite book in the series after how much I loved getting to know Beckett and Evelyn, however, Mixed Signals completely proved me wrong! Layla and Caleb are definitely sitting pretty at my number one spot and I’m so thrilled that we’ll be getting yet another book at Lovelight. There’s so much to love in this series from the charming small town, to its quirky residents, to the mouth watering descriptions of Layla’s baked goods, and most especially, the romance. Watching Caleb and Layla’s feelings for each other blossom and see them ease into a relationship with their soulmate is beyond heartwarming. I have so much adoration for this pair of sweet cinnamon roll characters that it truly makes my heart flutter! I really appreciated how well these two characters communicated with one another- something that can be pretty rare in romance. Of course there is still the third act hiccup, but overall, this book was just so nice. I loved reading about two nice people connecting, caring about one another and forming a lifelong relationship. It’s also worth mentioning that I was in a huge reading slump and this book pulled me right out of it!

Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison, book three in her Lovelight series, is a sweet, heartwarming and endearing story with a sunshine/sunshine trope. Layla Dupree, a bakery owner, has been unlucky in love. She is looking for a man who appreciates her, wont stiff her with the bill, and who will stick around. Caleb Alvarez, a former deputy but now high school teacher, shows up at Layla's bakery, like clockwork, ordering one butter croissant and coffee, before school. Caleb has had a crush on Layla since he first set eyes on her; but has not acted on them as he has been unlucky in love. Layla has no faith in men because of past experience so she doesn't even notice them until she actually does start noticing Caleb. After saving Layla from a bad date, Caleb suggests that they date for one month. He will renew her belief in men and dating and she will rate his dating skills.

Layla is amazing with her sense of humor, caring nature, and optimism, but she has a lot of internal self-doubts. Her family doesn't support her decision to be a baker and she questions her own judgment, especially the men she’s dated. They both wanted to find love and that right person. Their dates are sometimes hilarious and sometimes tension-filled filled due to their attraction and chemistry. Their chemistry is sizzling and off the charts. Commiserating with each other these two finally find strength, fun, light-hearted happiness, and eventually love in each other.

Mixed Signals is a community affair in many ways with wonderful supporting characters. Delivered with humor and hints of smexy, this is a story to make you fall in love with love again. I highly recommend Mixed Signals to other readers.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

As the third book in a small town romance series, I’m always a little hesitant to be excited. Oftentimes in romance novel series, the characters are similar, the story lines similar, and everything just falls flat.
Mixed Signals, however, was anything but that. I thoroughly enjoyed the relationship between Layla and Caleb. Their story line followed the age old “fake dating” but it was so genuine and heartfelt. I had butterflies every time it was apparent that Caleb fell first and fell so dang hard.
Borison writes a story that is relatable, engaging and warm. I can’t wait to read more of her books!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this Advanced Readers Copy of Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison!