Call Her Mine is the first book by Melissa Foster that I have read but most definitely not my last. It had all my favorite elements, lifelong friends, big awesome family and enjoyable characters who already have books I can't wait to read. Ben and Aurelia were awesome together, their chemistry was hot and I loved the transition for them to an us. I will admit the whole baby thing made my heart break for Aurelia but she was an awesome friend and stood by his side. Now although I did love this book I will say the first half was definitely 5 stars but unfortunately I felt it lost a little because it became to sugary sweet for me and there were to many I love you's that it started to feel like fillers. Overall I would definitely recommend Call Her Mine and I look forward to more books from this author.

I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love with the Daltons all over again, especially Ben. I love how Ben and Aurelia’s lives are turned upside down from the very beginning because it causes them to finally admit their feelings for each other right away. I didn’t have to wait the whole book for them to be together. It was more about them navigating their new relationship along with the new baby thrown their ways. Ben surprised me in more ways than one and I love how he went all in and everything he did showed how much he loved Aurelia. I loved seeing the rest of the Daltons and the extended family and it made me realize how much I missed them. I had a huge smile on my face but I also cried. I cried because of all the love and the sage advice that Ben receives from everyone but especially his dad. And the plot twist towards the end is heart wrenching. I loved meeting new characters too and now I’m hoping we get Piper’s story but also all the other characters too. Melissa Foster has done it again with this story. It’s captivating, heart wrenching, and had me on the edge of my seat.

CALL HER MINE (Harmony Pointe Book One) by Melissa Foster is a new friends-to-lovers contemporary romance with a secret baby, too. I have never been disappointed in a romance written by this author and this book was no exception.

Ben Dalton is an extremely successful businessman, but when it comes to his love life, he just never seems to get the timing right to get the girl he loves. It seems he has loved his sisters’ friend, Aurelia forever, but the planner in him has never found just the right time to tell her. Just as Ben decides to make the big move, Aurelia beats him to the punch by literally moving to the next town.

Aurelia Stark has decided to turn the page and start a new chapter in her life. She has moved to Harmony Pointe to open her new bookstore “Once Upon a Time”. She has a great apartment above the store and she is hopefully just far enough away to avoid constantly running into her commitment-phobic, unrequited love and best-friend, Ben.

Aurelia cannot believe she gave in and spent the night, as “friends”, at Ben’s once again. As she goes to leave, she opens the door and finds a baby on the porch. The attached note says it is Ben’s baby. Aurelia is there for Ben, though neither knows the first thing about the care of babies. What follows is a journey into nighttime feedings, lack of sleep, learning, laughter and love.

I am once again in love with a Melissa Foster romance. Ben, Aurelia and baby Bea feel like more than just characters in a book. I feel as if I should be able to meet them in Harmony Pointe. The laughter, tears, fears and love are all realistically portrayed in the dialogue and each characters actions. Ben is uber sexy and lovable. The perfect mix of take charge business man and lover mixed with the vulnerable best-friend and new dad. Aurelia works to open her dream bookstore even as she helps Ben. She deals with everything thrown at her and learns that it is not a bad thing to ask for help when she needs it. The love between Ben, Aurelia and Bea is beautiful to read. As in all of Ms. Foster’s romances the sex scenes are sexy, hot and explicit. Keep some tissues handy for the ending; it is emotional.

I absolutely loved this romance and highly recommend it.

Melissa Foster rocked this fabulous, very emotional and loving book!! This is a friends to lovers story with a very cute baby thrown in the mix!! Ben and Aurelia have been friends since they were little and both had crushes on each other!! It never seemed like the right time to speak their feeling until a baby was dropped in their laps and they finally have to face their feeling and express them to each other!! The beginning was comical with the two of them trying to care for this beautiful baby. Through out this book you see the love of family and the love pouring out of this couple and their new edition to their family!! Great revisiting all of Ben's sisters and parents!! Definitely don't hesitate to buy this book and this series!! No cliffhangers but lots of lust, love and drama that should not be missed!!

This was such a sweet, heartwarming read. I laughed quite a bit at some of this couples antics. I love the friends to lovers, girls next door, nice guy theme. It had all the baby cuteness and reality of parenting inside. This is my first book by this author. I kept feeling like I missed some of the story. There were so many secondary characters relationships that I had to look and see if there was a book before this one. Then I saw that there were several stories in this intertwining world of this author. Ben he was all that and then some. I enjoyed the heroine. I liked that she was a book nerd just like me. I recommend this book.

If you're looking for a heartwarming, emotional read, look no further--Call Her Mine has all the attributes that make a friends-to-lovers romance a winner, but then throw in a surprise baby and it gets even better! I've read all the books in the Sugar Lake series so I was familiar with Ben and Aurelia and all the secondary characters. I find these small town contemporary romances so very enjoyable and although you can read this as a standalone, I would suggest reading the Sugar Lake series first so you're familiar with the other characters. I enjoyed the Dalton family and the small-town feel of Sugar Lake/Harmony Pointe so much that I wanted to move there! Call Her Mine is a great addition to this series and a must read! I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.

A fun friends to lovers tale. I thought he was a bit of a twat though and she was naive. Time for them to both grow up. An unexpected baby in their lives will either make or break them. You're going to love or hate this book and the characters...maybe like me, both.

All.the.feels.

I laughed, I was angry, I cried, I loved! The absolute best surprise baby story I have ever read!!

Ben and Aurelia take the friends to lovers to the ultimate next level when there's a tiny baby added to the mix! Neither of them are prepared for what happens or know what to do! It's a crack up!! Every parent will be thrust back to reliving the "brand new parent" stage of their lives and nodding their heads with a "Yessss! I remember this!!" The challenges they face with Baby B are tied, twisted, and wrapped around the newness of their super hot and steamy, all-of-a-sudden, our-timing-sucks, it's-about-time relationship. But they're a great team who have awesome family members to lend their two cents and helping hands. The supporting characters in this book bring it to life!

Yeah, I had some leaking eyes partway through because it was just so beautiful and moving. But holy tissues, nothing prepares you for Chapter 22. Nothing. I was a sobbing mess!

Everyone needs this book. It's happiness!! (With the added tears.)

Call Her Mine is a sweet friends to lovers read!

Melissa Foster is an author that I have enjoyed before, but have missed some of her more recent books. I was glad to come back to her with the first Harmony Point installment.

It was fun getting to know Ben and Aurelia as their lifelong friendship faces an unique challenge brought about by Ben’s romantic past. I enjoyed seeing both of them realize the depths of their feelings and begin to explore them in the face of a mini crisis.

Rounded out with a fun secondary cast Call Her Mine pulled me back into the world of Ms Foster and made me 1) want to read the future Harmony Point books and 2) read the stories of Ben’s sisters.

Ben and Aurelia are a dynamite couple. From the start you will be laughing out loud at their wild and crazy story. There will also be moments when you will tear up as they deal with the heartbreaks that come their way. They get hot and steamy to keep you turning the page. This is a love story all the way true that has vibrant and very lovable characters. They have been dancing around each other for years until a baby dropped on the doorstep forces them to face the love they have for each other. A marvelous story.

I had no idea this book was even in the works until I saw it and I will admit to a little bit of a happy dance. More Sugar Lake can never be a bad thing and I was so excited to see this spin off.

Obviously I love Melissa Foster's writing and her characters are all really easy to fall in love with. But damn I am a sucker for a secret baby and this baby was so secret Ben never even saw her coming. Aurelia however took to her so immediately which just made me love her even harder.

Ben pissed me off as much as I liked him. On one hand once he decided to move his relationship with Aurelia out of the friend zone there was no doubting his feelings. And I loved that he showed her how much he had always wanted her through their shared history. But on the other hand WTF Ben? It took you forever to make a move and you were far from celibate in that time.

So while I loved the storyline and characters and got the amazing secondary characters I expected I just didn't get quite enough to push it to a 5 star read. But I have high hopes for Remi's story, I just have to pay better attention to my stalking.

Once again this author has reduced me to tears and left me laughing at the real life situations her characters find themselves in. Being able to feel everything the characters are feeling draws me into the story like nothing else can.
Ben and Aurelia’s story is such a sweet, loving book. They’ve loved each other for so long, but never told the other. And then just when Aurelia thinks she needs to distance herself from Ben they find a baby on his doorstep. Life as they knew it changed beyond their wildest imagination. However despite all the craziness and fatigue a baby can bring with it their love for each other and the baby blooms so big and open.

Super sweet small town romance. A surprise baby and a love that just never worked until now. The characters are great, supporting ones as well as the main ones. Theres a lot of personal growth and challenges for each that make it an enjoyable read.

4 What Was Meant All Along Stars
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Melissa Foster can do no wrong in my book. She knows exactly how to weave a tale of two people who both have a love for each other...but think the other isn't interested.

She has them grow up together, see how they fall for others and then watch when the relationships fall apart.

Our guy has been biding his time waiting for the perfect moment to finally approach the woman he really loves, not the here and there one night stands.

Our gal is tired of carrying a torch for her best friend. After this last break up, she has decided she is going to move away and start a fresh new life without always wishing and hoping things were different with her bestie. Well, he is not thrilled about her moving and is trying to come up with a way for her to stay...

Only the way it all happens was not his gameplan...

A Baby is left on his door and the only person he can think who would help him is the one moving away...

Well, the power of caring, the power of concern and the power of a little itty bitty baby puts everything in perspective...Leave it to Melissa Foster to put this all together.

A gifted copy was provided by author/publisher for an honest review.

The first book in the new Harmony Pointe series is all about friends to lovers and unrequited love. While crossover characters from the Sugar Lake series appear in Call Her Mine, it isn't necessary to have read any of these novels but they do come highly recommended if you do.

When the lives of best friends, Ben Dalton and Aurelia 'Rels' Stark get complicated because it isn't normal to find a baby on your doorstep!

I liked how Ben quickly accepts the unexpected situation he finds himself in even before official clarification has been obtained. It's especially welcome after we find out how he coped to distract himself when Rels was dating other men. This latter fact tainted his character but 'manning-up' to the consequences of his actions is admirable. Rels is the best friend anyone would be happy to have and Ben is a lucky man even though he doesn't deserve her support and love. Yet, the tricky situation highlights how close Ben and Rels are and how the foundations of their unconditional love for each other make it easy for them to become a couple within a short space of time, now they are both unattached. However, nothing is straightforward and both have to make sense of their pasts and communication skills to move forward, together.

Many times throughout the novel where the protagonists' reactions are a bit over the top for this 'less is more' reader like myself. The flamboyant verbal gestures accentuate the slapstick humour generated by two hopeless adults with zero childcare skills. Even though it's a bit over the top, any parent like myself will raise a smile and laugh out loud at their comedy of errors in a 'been there, done that' way.

Overall, a fabulous start for what promises to be another winning trilogy from Ms Foster. The storyline is engaging, the characters are like friends with a delightful community backdrop. What's not to like?

***arc generously received courtesy of Montlake Romance via NetGalley***

This is my first Melissa Foster read. I admit I am bad because I have a few of her books on my kindle unread. Yep, I am such a procrastinator sometimes. But I can no longer be that way, because I fell in love with Ben. Let me tell you the ways. But I am going to try to keep it short, sweet and a bit vague.

In Call Her Mine, we get to meet Aurelia and Ben, who've been friends for years, and are seemingly comfortable with each other. But they are both harboring feelings for one another for so long. But neither make a move until it's almost too late.

Ben isn't your typical man-whoring playboy. He a successful businessman from his own making from hard work and planning. And his best friend Aurelia is starting up a new book store a few towns over from where they grew up. Neither one thinks that their friendship will ever change.

Oh, but it does!

After finding Baby Bea on his doorstep, Ben realizes that he can't live without Aurelia. I loved the dynamic between them as their friendship grows and changes. The two of them navigate their newly found feelings while dealing with the a newborn baby and her paternity with trepidation.

Now, Ben takes his new may or may not be parenthood very seriously, almost immediately. He does everything he can for this little girl, from buying her everything under the sun to finding her irresponsible mother is number one on his agenda.

This is kind of book that wants to keep guessing if the baby is his or not. But this story isn't exactly the kind you're used to. There a some subtle and some huge changes. I loved the family-focus and it's devotion to help both characters. Essentially, this is a light hearted read that will keep you glued to the pages until it's finished.

At least it was that way for me.

★★★★★ Baby Bea Stars

4 stars

All the feels for Melissa Foster's new book, Call Her Mine.

What's the zip code for the friend zone? Because that's where Aurelia and Ben live and they needed to get a clue in the beginning of this book. They're both so in love with each other it's ridiculous but blinded by their best friends status.

Ben is an incredibly hard working, very successful businessman taking the saying "to get over a girl, get under another one" to heart. He's a little bit of a playboy but it's to keep him from reaching for the one he really wants and then messing everything up. Aurelia is his best friend, she's everything and he couldn't bear it if someone happened to their friendship. Wouldn't you know it, Aurelia feels exactly the same way. Deciding that she's waited long enough for Ben to step up, she decides to move away and open a bookstore but lately it's seems Ben's doing everything in his power to keep her tied to his side.

The newest complication to their lives shows up on his doorstep with a bottle, a bib and a basket??! A baby! Baby B was an adorable addition to this story and effortlessly brought together our two love birds! Family oriented story with super hot sexy times! Great book, can't wait for the next book!

AnnMarie - Alphas Do It Better Book Blog

A touching and simple beautiful romance.
Ben and Aurelia are truly captivating, the storyline is filled with heartfelt emotions and dazzling sexiness. Plenty of charming characters to warm your heart.
A true swoon worthy romance.

Ben and Aurelia’s story is special and Ben is definitely swoon worthy! Melissa Foster always has a knack creating characters who feel like they are already your best friends. You feel their highs, their lows and all the funny crazy stuff in between. While secret baby is not one of my favorite tropes, Melissa did it stunningly well. And like most of her books, the story is about the couple navigating their new and somewhat awkward relationship together. Low angst, but with all the emotion and intrigue that kept me turning the page. Call Her Mine is definitely a feel good book that is the perfect escape.

Melissa Foster's first book in her Harmony Pointe series, hits all my checks for a great story. Friends to lovers; sweet handsome best friend; single dad; hot chemistry and a tear jerker all in one. These two as friends are great, but when the timing finally seems to be right for these two, them as a couple is the best. When Ben gets the unexpected baby on his front door with a note telling him she is his, the only thing he can do is turn to Aurelia for help. It was so much fun to see these two take on a baby, I mean let's face it the first time we became parents was probably just the same as it was for these two. everything seems to be on track for them, until Bea's mom shows up, you think it will put a wedge between them, then boom, you hit with the real story and that's when the tears will start. Make sure to pick up Ms. Foster's new series, and the fist book call her mine, you won't be disappointed.