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Heartstrings #3

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Expected 23 Feb 27
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A workaholic radio station manager does her best to resist the charms of her corporate enemy in this swoony, You’ve Got Mail–inspired romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author B.K. Borison.

Maggie Lin has been seamlessly running her retired father’s radio station for years, keeping 101.6 LITE FM thriving, often at the expense of her own personal life. Her only friends are her coworkers—and her anonymous online pen pal. But when the future of the station is threatened by a Fortune 500 corporation, Maggie has to get creative to outsmart their shark of an acquisitions executive.

Cooper West arrives in Baltimore determined to put an end to Maggie’s stonewalling and finally collect his next big promotion. Armed with advice from his anonymous online friend and plenty of charm, Cooper somehow seems to know every move Maggie makes—just before she makes it. But in between the verbal sparring and office plotting, something else begins to grow. Something neither of them wants.

There’s a fine line between love and hate, and Cooper and Maggie are tap-dancing along the edge. Will their fledgling feelings be enough to bridge the gap between them? Or is this merger bad for business?

400 pages, Paperback

Expected publication February 23, 2027

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B.K. Borison

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New York Times, Sunday Times, and USA Today Bestselling author B.K. Borison is the author of cozy, contemporary romances featuring emotionally vulnerable characters and swoon-worthy settings. When she’s not daydreaming about fictional characters doing fictional things, she’s at home with her family, more than likely buying books she doesn’t have room for.

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269 reviews15.7k followers
August 26, 2026
b. k. borison does it again 🙂‍↕️ this was so, so fun!

we are following maggie and cooper, who are somewhat workplace nemeses, but are obviously obsessed with each other. there’s also a pen pal plotline, which is one of my absolute FAVOURITES, and i thought it was done so well here. watching their online friendship develop while they were simultaneously butting heads in real life was so entertaining, especially knowing what we knew as the reader.

the first third of this book was a tad slow for me, and i was struggling to fully see the chemistry between maggie and cooper at first. BUT once we got into the second half, i was completely hooked. the tension really started to build, their relationship became so much more compelling, and suddenly i could not put the book down. i finished this at 2am, which i feel speaks for itself.

i also really loved maggie as a main character. she’s so passionate about the radio station and the people she works with, and i loved seeing how much she cared about keeping it going. cooper was also such a fun love interest, especially as we got to see more of him outside of his ‘intimidating’ corporate persona. their whole dynamic was just really sweet once they finally started letting themselves be honest about their feelings.

and i have to mention all the cameos from the rest of the heartstrings series because i LOVED seeing everyone again!! those little moments added so much to the book for me and made it feel like such a nice continuation of the world.

overall, this was addictive, fun, sweet, and so entertaining. i loved the you've got mail-inspired setup, the pen pal romance and the workplace rivalry. definitely recommend if you love a good romcom with lots of tension and a romance that eventually has you fully invested!!
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565 reviews586 followers
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August 29, 2026
𐙚⋆°。⋆♡ ── pre-read
GUESS WHO GOT THE ARC?!!?! will be starting this asap!!

thank you so so much berkley for the eARC

𐙚⋆°。⋆♡ ── pre-release

OH MY DAYS THE FREAKING COVER.

edit: not every single one of the reviews copying mine word for word... be original bye


release date early 2027??

this is defo maggie and cooper so enemies to lovers and you've got mail vibes?!!

berkley i'll be begging for an arc this summer!

arguing as foreplay 100%
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1,238 reviews468 followers
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August 26, 2026
over the moon to have the arc. move aside, current reads, queen b k borison demands my attention.


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yeah the cover is stunning. cannot wait to have all three afterlight editions together on my shelf 🫂🫶

omgg bk borison posted the title!! longtime listener🥹🥹 need this asap tyyy

this is very much likely maggie’s book, but i am also manifesting a book for gianna too, please🥹🤞🏼
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365 reviews166 followers
August 26, 2026
“How many conversations have we had? How many secrets have we shared? How many times have I reached for my phone, wanting to tell him something first? He’s been my person since before I knew who he was.
‘You forget, Cooper' I smile at him.
'𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓘’𝓶 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻.’”



on repeat 𝄞 ࿐♬ 𓍢ִ🎧ྀི ᯓ ‎♪ˎˊ˗
“ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ sʜᴇ ɢᴏᴇs” x ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀ’ꜱ
0:33 ─♥──────── 2:42


Maggie is determined to keep her dad’s radio station afloat while Cooper, the corporate executive sent to acquire it, is determined to get her to finally give in. Between their constant back-and-forth and Maggie’s anonymous online pen pal, she has enough going on without accidentally developing feelings for the one person she absolutely should not want.

I was absolutely feral for this. Enemies to lovers is a trope I will forever be down bad for, and B.K. Borison knows how to write some GOOD hating. Their arguing had me sitting there like, "ohhhhhh this is definitely going to become foreplay eventually." 😏 And when I realized we were getting a pen-pal plot too?! PLEASEEEE. I have always been a sucker for You’ve Got Mail vibes, so I was immediately invested.

I adored Maggie. She is so fiercely loyal to her dad, her employees, and the little world she has worked herself half to death to protect. She carries SO much, and underneath all that competence and determination is someone incredibly soft and caring. I especially loved her relationships with her employees and her dad. The loyalty between them all felt so genuine and warm. I hated that people sometimes mistook her strength for a lack of softness when, really her heart was always right there🥺🥺

And Cooper? My goodness. I loved him just as much. Getting to see the person underneath the corporate villain exterior was so different from what I initially expected. His background genuinely broke my heart, and even though he was technically there to take Maggie’s business, I couldn’t help feeling for him. What really got me, though, was how much he respected Maggie. He never diminished her or underestimated what she had built. If anything, he was impressed by her, and the way he just wanted to take some of the weight and stress off her shoulders??? I CANNOTTTTTTT (we love a caring and supportive man cmon now🙂‍↕️)

And onto the banter... literally so good. So sharp. So edged. I was just waiting for the breaking point. I KNEW it was going to happen, and when that tension finally snapped, it was so delicious. But I especially loved that even after the tension broke, they still barbed back and forth with each other. They didn’t lose that part of their relationship, and I appreciated that SO much because sometimes in enemies to lovers books, once the tension snaps, the banter kind of disappears. Not here. They kept that spark, and I loved it 🙂‍↕️😝🫶🏼

I was genuinely freaking out toward the end because WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT HAPPENED THREE CHAPTERS BEFORE THE BOOK ENDED??? Everything fell apart so fast, and I was sitting there wondering how on earth things were going to get better. 😭 and then that little plot twist??? I was STUNNED to say the least

Honestly this was the perfect wrap-up to the series. I’m genuinely sad it’s over. B.K. Borison just knows how to write a romance that feels warm, nostalgic, funny, and completely consuming. I loved the vibes of this entire series, and now I desperately need recommendations for books with that same 90s rom-com feeling because apparently that is my personality now😝😝😍🙊

(also time to go pick up the first in the series because i was in a book slump when i started it and was nottt feeling it)

favorite quotes ↓

“I argue with you because I like you, because I respect you, and because no one else makes me work for it the way you do.” “You make me better, and I think I make you better, too.”

“Because I shouldn’t like that Cooper sees all my sharp edges and only leans closer. That he gets the very worst version of myself and only ever asks for more.”

“Margaret rubs her hands together like a tiny, greedy troll.
I am, unfortunately, immediately charmed.”

“I’m pretty sure I’d agree to dancing around in a chicken costume if it meant I got to kiss Margaret again.”

“With Margaret, I simply want. And that’s an awful, dangerous, delicious thing.”

“Why else would the universe hand her to me twice, if she wasn’t supposed to be mine?”

“I was always going to fall in love with you, I think.” He doesn’t look away. “With every version of you I was lucky enough to get.”


things to know about the book ↓

💌 enemies → lovers
💌 rivals → lovers
💌 “you’ve got mail” vibes
💌 opposites attract
💌 he falls first
💌 slow burn
💌 workplace romance
💌 dual POV

swearing: yes
spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
→ chapters: 23, 26, 27

Thank you NetGalley, publisher & author for this arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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・❥・⁀➷ 💜🩷 𝕡𝕣𝕖-𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕

august 24th- excuse me as i scream because
I GOT APPROVED FOR THE ARC!!!!!!
brb as i set everything aside for this

june 6th- WE HAVE A COVER MY FRIENDS!!!
AND THAT COVER IS SO FREAKING GOOD.

april 22nd- "she loves to hate him" LIKE COME ONNNN
I really need to finish the first one 😭

series reviews 🫶🏼
#1
#2- And Now, Back to You
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133 reviews1 follower
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June 10, 2026
I'm betting it'll be based on You've Got Mail
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230 reviews65 followers
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June 5, 2026
The covers in this series are SLAYING. I CAN'T STOP OBSESSING OVER HOW PRETTY THIS COVER IS. I would have preferred purple, but this is still so pretty!!

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EEEEEEEEKKKKK SHE POSTED THE TITLE, AND I GOT FLASHBACKS TO BOOK 1. EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO UGLY CRY NOW, BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET THESE CHARACTERS AGAIN.

This series is easily making its way to my top five. Hope this series ends on a very high note.

⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ heartstrings
✦︎☆┇ First-Time Caller - 4.5 stars
✦︎☆┇ And Now, Back to You - 4 stars
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532 reviews457 followers
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August 24, 2026
Oh this will probably be my most FAVORITE one. Maggie, like myself, is a workaholic and always wrapped up in taking care of everyone and everything. I just KNEW that when Cooper was introduced, there was LOTS of tension and this would be her story. I really can't wait to see how their story unfolds. Massive thanks to Berkley. You just literally made my day and possibly whole week.



Many thanks to NetGalley, Berkley Publishing Group and the author, B.K. Borison for an early ARC.

Publication date: February 23, 2027
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424 reviews791 followers
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August 28, 2026
· ˚ ☎️⊹ ⌇ pre-read:

THERE'S NO WAY!! 😱 I got the arc!!!!! The cover is STUNNINGGGGGGG
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323 reviews236 followers
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August 27, 2026
WDYM I GOT THE ARC THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 💗🩷💗🩷💗🩷💗🩷💗🩷💗🩷💗🩷
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June 3, 2026
THE MOST GORGEOUS COVER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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June 4, 2026
🌷┆ 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ࿐ ͎. 。˚ ° ⊹ ˚.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⤿ release date: february 23

YAYYY so happy to finally have the blurb and cover!! 🥹💝 enemies to lovers + inspired in a romcom?! sold 🛒
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July 12, 2026
pan macmillan I heard from a very credible source that the best way to store proofs / arcs of this is to send them to me for safe keeping 🫶🏼
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March 8, 2026
maggie and cooper west book or i’m shaving my head
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August 24, 2026
ARE YOU FLIPPING KIDDING ME!!!! I GOT THE ARC 🥳💃🏻 Thank you so much Netgalley and Berkely 😭😭😭🩷
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June 4, 2026
ETA: Ughhh that cover! 💌💜
While Maggie isn't my absolute favorite, her book being You've Got Mail inspired? I'm seated.
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June 29, 2026
pre-release : OH MY GOD WE HAVE THE COVER ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ ITS SO GORG 😭
after rereading "and now, back to you" , I NEED THIS EVEN MORE PLEASE 🙏
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423 reviews121 followers
August 27, 2026
4.5 ⭐️ omg I love this series 😭 I wish there were like 15 more books bc I’d read every single one with a smile on my face

This is definitely my top 2, it only loses to First-Time Caller (which is my absolute favorite) but tbh it’s a veryyy close second. I loved Cooper, but I especially loved Maggie. My girl definitely pushed my patience a little too far at times, but I will defend her forever!!!! The banter between them was exceptional and I really loved the little glimpses we got of their pen pal relationship. For me, this was just shy of 5 stars bc I thought the final resolution was a little silly and felt like it came out of absolutely nowhere. But overall, this has definitely become one of my favorite romances.
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May 28, 2025
There’s a third book coming out in 2027? Locked in.
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April 17, 2026
About to fight these people leaving negative ratings when they haven’t even read the book. 😒

The day this book is in my hands will be a good day! 🙌🏻
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1,515 reviews1,374 followers
August 24, 2026
Longtime Listener is BK Borison at her absolute best, and I devoured the whole thing in a single day. Am I sorry? No...but also Yes, because this is the final book in the series and now I have to leave these people behind.

The You've Got Mail homage is pure joy- Maggie and Cooper's banter has that same slow-burn tension where you can feel them falling for each other one exchange at a time, even when they're supposedly just talking or arguing. Borison knows exactly how to write two people who are clearly perfect for each other and still make you ache through every step of them figuring it out.

And the glimpses of Aidan and Jackson scattered throughout? Absolute gift. Getting to check back in with couples from earlier books without it feeling forced is such a hard needle to thread, and she does it effortlessly, it makes the whole series feel like one big, warm, connected world instead of just a checklist of sequels.

This is cozy romance done right: witty, tender, and impossible to put down!
Thank you to the publisher for an early copy for review!
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March 10, 2026
the way cooper has had exactly 1 page of screentime so far and i'm already feral
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June 4, 2026
THE COVER IS STUNNING..😭💜💖
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June 3, 2026
I imagined them to be in their 40s, why they look 27 on the cover lol?
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March 10, 2026
eeeek we have a title and an early 2027 release?!!! the title is giving "first-time caller" vibes. so it's gonna be maggie and cooper aka enemies-to-lovers, i'm so sat for this! if berekley doesnt approve my arc, i'm gonna go cry in a corner lol
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So so seated
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