🍓The sweetest strawberry of the bunch! Love this sweet romance by B.K. Borison. I'm a huge fan of friends to lovers so seeing their relationship slowly develop is just chef's kiss. Only downside to this book that I'm seeing is it's making me want to eat all the sweet desserts. <3

Highly recommend! Thank you for the free book, Berkley!

This was really sweet. Well crafted characters and heartfelt emotions. I really liked the journey both went through and their interactions with their family and friends were great.

stop trying to make cops cute. also, continually referring to characters in ways that makes it clear they are Black but refusing to say "Black" feels racist. don't do that.

“I think I’ve been falling in love with you for a while, Layla. One butter croissant at a time.”

Layla and Caleb. Her dating life is terrible and his dating game needs work, so he suggests going on experimental dates for one month to help each other out. But the more time they spend together and learn about one another, the harder it gets to end the arrangement.

Brb, buying a one-way ticket to Inglewild so I can go to Layla’s bakery three times a week just for the butter croissants and strawberry shortcakes !!! This book is filled with delicious treats and swoonworthy moments. I absolutely adore @authorbkborison’s writing and all of the Lovelight characters!

🍓READ IF YOU LIKE🍓:
- dual POV
- friends to lovers
- sunshine x sunshine (golden retriever hero)
- bakery owner
- she’s bad at dating, he’s offering to help
- fake dating: experimental dates
- a deep love and appreciation for escape rooms
- he falls first
- coffee with cream & butter croissants
- teasing and witty banter
- small town: Inglewild

Thank you to @netgalley and @berkleyromance for the copy!

I haven’t read any of the other books in this series so I was a little lost. The small town romance was cute but it felt a little been there done that

In the third installment from B.K. Borison's "Lovelight" series, we find resident baker Layla Dupree is a funk. All her best friends have found their forever people and she's struggling with her family's beliefs about her career. After a less than stellar 6 month relationship and a series of bad online dates, Layla is ready to give up. So imagine her surprise when golden boy Caleb alvarez proposes a month long practice relationship. She thinks this month is just going to show her a fun time and give her a renewed sense of what dates should be like. Too bad she's the only one who doesn't realize Caleb has had a crush on her and the monthly cake orders are not for relative's birthdays, but an excuse to see her. This month long arrangement might be more than Layla's expecting and more than Caleb can handle if it ends badly.

I have been on a cozy romance kick lately and these books are the balm my soul has needed. No life or death, end of the world situations. Just two people (and a town wide phone tree) finding their way to forever.

Mixed Signals is the third book in the Lovelight series and definitely my favourite book from the three!

This book follows Layla, a bakery owner with very bad dating experiences, and Caleb, a teacher who has had a crush on Layla for a while. After rescuing Layla from a horrible date, he suggests they date each other for a month as an experiment to find out what they’re doing wrong as they have both had bad luck with dating.

Layla and Caleb were pure sunshine and their love story was the cutest! I had such a hard time putting this book down. I loved the small town vibes, it reminded me of Gilmore Girls.

This was such a heartwarming read that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a good small town romance!

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

I adore the Lovelight Farms books! They’re cozy, sexy, small-town Hallmarkesque, and full of characters who care about each other. Even as they meddle, gossip, and get overly involved in each other’s lives. The author delves into her characters’ hurts and insecurities in a way that feels authentic and believable. Which makes me love Layla and Caleb even more.

And the descriptions! Whether it’s a bouquet of flowers or strawberry shortcake, this book is full of lush imagery.

Mixed Signals is a fast read that you won’t want to put down. Inglewild, full of quirky yet fabulous people, is small-town perfection. There’s plenty of humor to balance the heartbreaking moments- the phone tree sounds hysterical. It’s a slow-burn romance but once they fall, yowza it’s spicy goodness.

This author is new to me but I’ve really enjoyed the books. This one had more feeling than I expected but was super cute. I live the small town and the swoony romance along with the side characters.

B.K. Borison is a talented and accomplished author whose work I highly recommend. Having read several of her books, I can say with confidence that she is a gifted storyteller who has a knack for creating compelling and relatable characters, engaging plotlines, and beautiful prose.

One of the things I appreciate most about Borison's writing is her ability to explore complex themes and emotions with sensitivity and nuance. Whether she is writing about love, loss, friendship, or family dynamics, she always manages to capture the essence of the human experience in a way that feels authentic and genuine.

Another strength of Borison's writing is her attention to detail. Her descriptions of people, places, and events are vivid and evocative, bringing the story to life in a way that is both immersive and captivating. She also has a talent for creating dialogue that is realistic and engaging, further enhancing the reader's connection to the characters and their experiences.

Overall, I highly recommend B.K. Borison to anyone looking for a talented and skilled author who knows how to craft stories that are both thought-provoking and entertaining. Her work is a testament to her talent and dedication to the craft of writing, and I look forward to reading more of her books in the future.

I’m going to be honest: I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Caleb. To be more accurate, I was really afraid I wouldn’t love him. I mean, Beckett takes up my whole heart. Would there be room for another?

Turns out, there would. This book is romance at sunset on a summer night. Layla and Caleb… sweet sweet misguided babies who take too many turns to figure themselves out but end up right where they need to.

The writing is it for me. This world. The details. I’m wrapped up in the loveliest of places with the loveliest people. It was wonderful to get a peek at some of my favorite characters from the previous books.

I knew that Layla and Caleb would end up together because of course they were. I felt slightly underwhelmed once it happened and maybe it’s because I was protecting my little reader heart against the possibility of anything painful happening between them. Overall, still an enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to book 4!

Rating: 3.5/5 (rounded up)

Mixed Signals is the 3rd book in the Lovelight series and each book has just gotten better and better! Before this book 2, In the Weeds, had been my favorite but now Mixed Signals is totally tied with it as a fav!

“Why are you settling for crumbs when you deserve the whole damn cake?”

Layla and Caleb are absolutely adorable and I could not get enough of them! Layla is one of the co-owners of Lovelight Farms (alongside Stella and Beckett) and runs the bakery there. One night she’s out on a horrible date and even ends up getting left behind at the bar when she spots Caleb there too. Caleb is a regular at the bakery, and has secretly been crushing on Layla for quite some time. They end up sharing a ride back to town together and chatting about their mutually bad experiences with dating. He shares that his dates recently haven’t been going well either, they always fizzle out by the 4th date and he’s always labeled as “the nice guy”. He suggests he and Layla should date to find out what they’re doing wrong and try to get it right, as a social experiment of course.

I adoreddddd Caleb! Such a cinnamon roll hero, he’s a substitute teacher, she runs the bakery, and it’s a sunshine-sunshine romance! Both he and Layla are romantics and I loved how he’s been pining for her! It was so sweet to see how much he believes in her and supports her. Loved seeing all the time at the bakery, how much he loves everything she makes, and the baked goods as foreplay! And Caleb is absolutely determined, and ready to work for it, when it comes to pleasing Layla! 🔥🥵 Such a fun time and I cannot wait for the next book in this series!

There are no mixed signals here on how much I love this book. BK Borinson, I am your biggest flan 🤣. Seriously, I have been waiting for this book since I met these characters in book 1. I cannot articulate the hold this book has on my heart. This author shines with every book she writes. What she can do with 26 letters and some punctuation marks is unlike any other author I have read before.

Never underestimate the power of a good looking Hawaiian shirt. Caleb is the kind of guy you dream about. He’s warm and kind and wears his heart on his sleeve, but he also has a spicy side to him that makes him more than “butter-croissant nice”. He’s unlike any other guy I have read. Layla is the girl that romance books are made of, but she’s nothing like the stereotypical “baker”. She is flawed and complex with more to her than how well she can bake a tart. She is relatable because of how authentic she is and how her internal struggles are things everyone has felt at one point or another.

This book is so good. It’s “like suddenly-buy-a-Christmas-tree-farm-and-demo-half-the-buildings invested. Binge-watch-all-of-Deadliest-Catch-after-reading-one-book-about-crab-fishermen invested.” You easily become attached to this world and these characters. And I’m beyond excited that I do not have to say goodbye to this world yet and that this author has more to come!

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for this ARC

Okay, I'm swooning. Caleb and Layla are the absolute cutest. This was a great slow burn, I love the town and all the characters so much.

"He’s a 10 but he compulsively orders custom cakes just so he can see the cute baker lady."

This book is like getting a sweet warm hug 🫂
I love it, love the characters and their chemistry between them❤️


"I spent a long time looking for the right kind of love, only for it to walk right through the front door of my bakehouse every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."

Thank you for the review copy

Mixed Signals is a 2023 romance novel by B.K. Borison. The book follows the story of Layla Dupree, a baker who has given up on love, and Caleb Alvarez, a former cop who is now a teacher. When Layla and Caleb are paired up for a fake dating assignment, they start to develop real feelings for each other.

The book is well-written and the characters are likable, well-written, and engaging. Layla is a strong and independent woman who has been hurt in the past. Caleb is a kind and caring man who is trying to find his way in the world. The two of them have great chemistry and their relationship is as believable as it is heartwarming. Their bond seemed really genuine and real.The book is also funny and heartwarming. There are a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, and the relationship between Layla and Caleb is very sweet. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good romance novel.

I CAN’T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS I NEED TO PHYSICALLY ENTER THIS BOOK AND LIVE BETWIXT THE PAGES.

Thank you @berkleyromance @berkleypub for the NetGalley ARC of Mixed Signals! Along with Lovelight Farms and In the Weeds, it has ruined my entire life and I will never be the same! 😌 And also a special shout-out to @authorbkborison for being the ultimate writer of soft boys and therefore tearing my heart out of my chest repeatedly and with vigor!!!

Layla Dupree has met everyone and she does not like them. Well, maybe not quite. But her dating history has proven to be so consistently disastrous that she might as well have. In any case, she has decided to give up on it forever, starting right now, tonight, on this specific disaster of a date.

Enter: Caleb Alvarez. Literally immediately. Like the date isn’t even over yet and our man is here and ready to roll. And he has an entirely motiveless (cough cough) proposition for Layla: they will go on practice dates - so that he can show her how her dates SHOULD be treating her, and so that she can tell him what he’s doing wrong on all of his.

Naturally, because fake dating is always very chill and casual and has never once resulted in the fake daters falling in love (pls avert your eyes from the first Lovelight Farms babes, thx), the two are ready for their entirely professional, super informative month of dates.

The only problem (!!!) is that the two of them each seem to have just what the other is looking for. But will the clock run out before they come to their senses? (👀👀👀)

Gonna go scream into my pillow for 3-5 business weeks and then restart this series again while I wait with absolutely no patience for whatever comes after that little Business Casual preview we got. Go add this to your TBR right now immediately.

Rating: 4.25/5
Warnings: N/A (that I remember)
Steam: 3/5
Tropes: friends to lovers, practice dating, small town and slow burn, sunshine x sunshine

Thank you to Berkley Romance for the chance to read this book again before the rerelease. All opinions are my own.

I really adored this book. The Lovelight series is such a dream. To enter this beautiful small town, with it’s very human characters and get to be a part of their love stories. Bec’s books are warm hugs, you read them and you feel comforted by the tenderness and heart in them.

Things I loved: Caleb and Layla, both individually and together. Such sunshine babies and Caleb is one spicy cinnamon I’d absolutely adore to have as an irl boyfriend. So many baked goods! The dates were adorable. Small town antics and seeing our previous book friends. The conflict was not miscommunication and thank you for that!

SWOON
“You made something for yourself here—out of an old tractor shed. Something incredible for the rest of us, too. No one comes to your bakehouse by accident and no one likes you by accident. I see you, Layla Dupree.”

He says it so firmly, so resolute, that I can’t help but believe him. “Clear as day. I always have.”

Things I didn’t care for: Nothing I can remember

Thank you Berkley for the eArc.

This series hasn’t disappointed me once so far and this book was just as good as the previous two. Layla and Caleb’s relationship was extremely sweet and one of my favourites I’ve read so far this year. This author has become one of my favourites because they just have a way of writing a romance that makes you FEEL with the characters.

As always the characters from the previous books and the side characters in the town were the icing on top of the cake and I love them all.

I will definitely be gushing about this series when it comes out and would recommend it to anyone looking for a romance between two really nice characters.

this was such a soft and delightful romance that had me craving baked goods. Becs has a way with words that leaves me longing to enter the world she creates