Spoiler Free Review: And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison

Title: And Now, Back to You (Heartstrings #2)

Author: B.K. Borison

PubDate: February 24th 2026

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: DRC

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 464

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When Radio Meteorologist Jackson Clark gets the news that his network will be working together with the TV Network across the street, he realizes he has a problem. Organized, meticulous, reserved, and responsible Jackson does NOT do TV. Many of his loved ones think this may be a great opportunity for him to tap into his non-existent fun side and who better to bring that out in him than TV journalist Delilah Stewart. Manic Pixie Dream Girl, quirky, bubbly, always colorfully dressed and clumsy seven days out of the week Delilah who is set on being taken more seriously by her network. When she’s assigned the coverage of THE biggest storm of the century alongside Jackson, she strikes a deal with him. In exchange for his help in nailing this assignment, she will help him get back in tune with his fun side. They have a long history of catastrophic run-ins over the years that usually leave Jackson wearing whatever food/beverage Delilah is carrying and her parking methods grind his gears but he doesn’t have a choice. Jackson’s twin teen sisters he’s been raising and his close friend/co-worker Aiden (First-Time Caller’s MC) are cheering him on in hopes he detaches a bit from his routine.

Tropes/Inspo

❄️ Opposites attract

❄️ Workplace Romance

❄️ Close Proximity/ One bed

❄️ When Harry Met Sally

•.¸♡ “ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴡ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʙʏ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄʜᴏsᴇ ᴍᴇ. ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.” ♡¸.•

It’s rare when I’m equally invested in both the FMC and MC when reading romance but Jackson and Delilah had all of my attention in that mountain cabin in the middle of a storm. First-Time Caller (My Review) introduced me to B.K. Borison’s writing but And Now, Back to You made them an auto-buy author for me. These are inter-connected stories but unlike others, we actually get a healthy dose of previous characters appearances (bestie Aiden Valentine & Lucie Stone) in this latest installment. What I loved? the inclusion of their careers in detail, it never felt like they weren’t on assignment and we even get to see some of the bonkers pieces Delilah was given that landed her in some silly costumes. This added meaning and urgency to Delilah successfully covering this snowstorm, she’s a baddie woman in STEM fighting for some respect and acknowledgment. Jackson’s shyness/stuttering on air wasn’t his biggest hurdle, healing his inner child and allowing himself to accept help from his found family was. Jackson’s mom checked out mentally when he was still a boy but continued to have kids, twin girls that fully became his responsibility until he was able to full out adopt them. His responsible more serious nature paired with Delilah’s sunshine and rainbows friendliness (When Harry Met Sally inspired) was a fun time to watch evolve to friendship and then some. Before I wrap this up, my girl Delilah is a fellow plus size girly and Jackson loved every curve! she loves her sprinkles on EVERYTHING! be it donuts or coffee, her confidence and love for the baddie she knows she is was what made me love her even more. Lastly, I LOVED Baltimore as a back-drop setting seen through the ears of listeners/watchers of the radio and TV station and the different assignments Delilah was sent to cover. This was slow burn close to 500 pages of slow burn and that in and of itself is a tough task to take on but there wasn’t a dull moment in sight! tbh this is what I consider a real rom-com and would love to see a movie adaptation.


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Spoiler Free Review: Exes & O’s by Amy Lea

Title: Exes & O’s

Author: Amy Lea

Pub. Date: January 10th. 2023

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: eARC

Publisher: Berkley Books

Pages: 361

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In this friends to lovers story, we follow Tara Chen a “stage-five clinger” who has had her heart broken by ten different men but it hasn’t soured her to romance. Our girl is in search of the right one and that means kissing a few frogs. Tara is a Pediatric nurse, social media book influencer, lover of the romance genre in search of her own happily ever after. The idea to revisit her past exes in hopes of finding a missed opportunity takes off after she shares it with her followers. She is locked in and committed to going down that list despite the awkward encounters she sees coming. We see her move into a new apartment and meet the new roomie Trevor who isn’t attached to anyone and isn’t really trying to get into anything serious. He finds Tara’s experiment to be not quite a great idea but this firefighter who has NO problem keeping it casual with the ladies, is also her wingman. He’s also the only one Tara doesn’t seem to scare away with her optimistic approach to love and dating…if there was a fast forward option, our girl would definitely hit it if it meant meeting and falling for the one. Along the way he starts to see how great Tara really is and sparks begin to fly…

Too many times I’ve picked up a rom-com that’s somehow missing the comedy but this one had the right recipe, the balance was just a bit off. The whole premise of going back and calling these guys she’s broken up with sounds pretty awkward but she takes up the task with genuine hopes that one of them was a missed opportunity. Although we did get to meet two of the guys, these scenes felt rushed. I feel it would’ve added just the right amount of humor to the story if we had more time going through her list. Also, her ex fiancé is first class trash and any time he was on the page I cringed so hard for Tara SMH! 

I would’ve loved to have seen our male lead Trevor’s POV a bit more fleshed out. We spend a lot of time in Tara’s mind which made for an unbalanced attraction. While it’s true that Tara is very clingy which probably made her POV come through a bit stronger, I felt we only got to see Trevor’s feelings towards the very end. That being said, the friends to lovers trope is my favorite and reading a MC who is a member of her fictional book community was pretty dope. The opening scene alone with Tara riding the train while reading her romance novel and making eye contact with a cutie had me shaking my head with thoughts of BEEN THERE! Who can resist a steamy dust jacket?!? Haha! I will be continuing on with The Influencer books, Mel’s story arc “The Catch” is next and it’s already snagged a spot up on Goodreads!


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