Call Me Maybe: The gorgeously charming love story that will leave you smiling (Love Lines)

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❤️ Could this be love at first talk? ❤️

From the author of Promise Me Sunshine comes a charming, laugh-out-loud rom-com, perfect for fans of Netflix's Love is Blind, Jo Watson, Lauren Layne and Hannah Orenstein!

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Pure sunshine in book form'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Just gorgeous and utterly charming'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Absolutely adorable'

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Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It's amazing how many useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service.

Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth . . . when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Cal. He's surprisingly helpful and really knows his stuff, even if he's a little awkward . . . in an adorable way.

And suddenly I'm flirting with him? And I think he's flirting back.

And suddenly it's been hours, and we're still on the phone talking and ordering each other takeout while he troubleshoots my website.

And suddenly we're exchanging numbers and sending texts and DMs every day, leaving voice mails (who even does that anymore?!).

And suddenly I'm wondering if it's possible for two people to fall in love at first talk.

Because I'm falling . . . hard.
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❤️ Readers are loving Call Me Maybe! ❤️

'If you are looking for a funny, heart-warming read! This is it!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'The best romance ever . . . Kal can be my book boyfriend any day' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'I felt like I was watching a 90's romcom' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Vera and Cal were all sunshine, so sweet together' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'This book made me so happy' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

❤️ Your favourite authors have fallen in love with Cara Bastone's slowburn romances and emotional tales ❤️

'Bastone delivers on this truly heartwarming, funny, and real story' Abby Jimenez

'Cara Bastone is one of the most talented writers in the romance genre today. With her signature blend of heart, humor, and honesty, Cara's books remind you that the best stories begin and end with hope' Lyssa Kay Adams

'The perfect slow burn, friends-to-lovers romance. Cara Bastone's voice is wholly unique and sparkles with effervescence and joy' KJ Dell'Antonia

'One of the most emotionally satisfying romances I've read in years' Joanna Lowell

'A delightfully romantic story that celebrates modern love and the excitement of the unexpected' Amy Poeppel

Ratings and reviews

4.5
2 reviews
Alison Robinson
December 7, 2021
Vera has a small business which chooses bespoke gifts and days out for people based on a website questionnaire. Unfortunately, her website is a big fat mess - which is a problem because she is going to need it for an exhibition she is attending on Friday. Having spent hours on hold with Curio, the website hosting company, (a company her brother recommended) she is delighted to speak to Cal from customer support and, as you would, she refuses to hang up and let him call her back (haven't we all sat around waiting for that non-existent call-back from customer support?). As Cal tries to work out why Vera's website isn't working properly (I'll give you a hint, she hasn't updated her operating system EVER) they chat about this and that and over the course of many hours they develop a bond. Unbeknown to Vera, Cal is actually the owner of Curio, he randomly takes customer service calls one day a week to better understand issues with the software directly from the users. Cal usually finds it difficult to talk to women, but because of the nature of their interactions he finds it easy to talk to Vera and her offbeat sense of humour suits him. After 10 hours on the call on Monday Cal has fixed Vera's website, but the questionnaire still isn't working properly, he promises Vera he will have it fixed by Friday morning, in time for her expo. This is a big deal for Vera because her whole family think of her as a quitter, she's half-completed two degrees and taken up (and dropped) playing several musical instruments. If her website isn't fully functional her parents will chalk it up as yet another failure. Over the course of four days Vera and Cal call, DM and send text messages, they even order each other takeaway food, and fall in love, despite never having met - but will Vera forgive Cal when she learns the truth? I had already read the second book in this series, which features Vera's brother, so I knew what happened between Vera and Cal, but I enjoyed the journey anyway. A sweet romance.
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About the author

Cara Bastone is a full-time writer who lives and writes in Brooklyn with her husband, son and an almost-golden doodle. Her goal with her work is to find the swoon in ordinary love stories. She's been a fan of the romance genre since she found a grocery bag filled with her grandmother's old Harlequin Romance books when she was in high school. She's a fangirl for pretzel sticks, long walks through Prospect Park, and love stories featuring men who aren't hobbled by their own masculinity.

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