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I enjoyed this upbeat, well-written book. Aurelia and Ben are best friends and they both have unexpressed feelings for each other. The timing has never been right for them to get together. Then Ben is thrown for a loop when a baby is left on his doorstep. Aurelia offers to help care for the baby, and they start working together to figure things out. This was an entertaining book and I look forward to reading more books by this author.

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Call Her Mine is a best friends to lovers romance. Ben and Aurelia are best friends who are brutally honest with each other, except for when it comes to their feelings for each other. They have loved each other forever, they just didn't know it. Just when Aurelia starts to separate her life from Ben's, a baby turns up on his front porch and he needs her more than ever.

I'm a sucker for a friends to lovers romance. This story was super cute and sometimes antsy with Baby B in the mix. Baby B brings to the forefront all of the emotions that Ben and Aurelia have for each other. I felt all of the emotions while reading this story; I cried, I laughed and thoroughly enjoyed Ben's journey into surprise fatherhood with Aurelia by his side.

LOVED THIS BOOK! Loved the characters and the story line. Pick this book up, you won't regret it!

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Ben and Aurelia and baby makes an amazing story!!! A little twist on the friends to lovers trope with a surprise baby mixed in.

Ben and Aurelia have been best friends for years but both have wanted to be more. Neither one knew how the other truly felt until a surprise baby shows up on Ben's doorstep. He doesn't have the best timing with admitting his love, but couldn't image another woman by his side and being the mother to his daughter. They manage to take care of a baby and enjoy their new relationship amidst the rest of their busy lives.

I love these characters and the Dalton family. Melissa Foster never fails to write a story that I fall in love with. I think my favorite part of this book was the epilogue. Whew, that was hot!!! I can't wait for the next book.

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Call Her Mine by Melissa Foster was a heartwarming and beautiful love story. This friends-to-lovers and single dad romance was a soothing, delicious and sexy escape from life.

I love the detailing in the stories by Melissa Foster. She creates absoultely relatable and realistic characters with fine details about their life. Like their home, their family and their work. And it doesn't feel like story anymore. Big family with the bonding, support system and unconditional love is another of her speciality. And Call Her Mine had both. And then some more. I was laughing and smiling all the time. And I was swooning so hard too. I felt blissfully happy while reading this story. And that is a feeling to be cherished. It was a sexy, funny, hilarious, adorable and loving story.

Ben is so dreamy, gorgeous and amazing! Life threw a surprise baby but he stood up to the occasion. His soft, caring and protective side melted my heart. He can also be dangerously charming , confident and incredibly sexy. Aurelia is yin to his yang. She has a big loving heart. She has been his forever best friend and also the girl he always wanted but did not try to win her in fear of losing her. And Aurelia also loved him but could not come out of the friend zone. Ben's manwhore tendency did not help but that was Ben's coping mechanism.Now Baby Ben has arrived and they have to face the challenge together. And soon they will admit their feelings. It was slow burn followed by explosive passion and sweetest romance. I loved their intense chemistry so much!

Melissa Foster created another amazing love story in Call You Mine. It was fascinating, engaging and tempting. I was deep in the story with Ben and Aurelia. And the feelings were incredible!

Received ARC for Honest Review

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A wonderful start to a new series by the well acclaimed author.
With her signature style, humour, emotion, Melissa Foster brings us another beautiful story, wished it could have been a little longer.

A fabulous read

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How adorable is a hot guy with a baby?

Ben and Aurelia are best friends. They also both have a secret: they're in love with their best friend. When a baby gets dropped off at Ben's front door, the two work together to take care of the sweet baby girl and maybe they stop fighting their attraction to each other.

Ben and Aurelia are clearly made for each other. And everyone in their lives seems to know it. I loved that they had this amazing connection. I also love that Aurelia is this amazing, strong business owner. Ben is this sweet guy who is a billionaire. I loved how sweet he was with both Aurelia and his daughter. Some of the book just seemed a little too perfect, but overall, I loved this story. This story is so adorable!

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Another great friends to lovers’ story that had will make you laugh and cry as you are reading it. Ben and Aurelia have been friends for years. They sleep in the same bed but no hanky panky is happening even though Aurelia wouldn’t mind if it did. They are just too stubborn to admit the feeling that they have for each other. When she has a chance to start over somewhere else, Ben doesn’t want to lose her. He starts to find ways to make her stay. Finally a really big reason presents itself in the form of a baby. A baby he doesn’t know who the mother is. Ben is a bit of a playboy because instead of being with the one he wants, he compensates by sleeping with everyone else. They will work together to figure out how to be a family. I will admit that I had some tears in my eyes when I was finished with this book. Once you get started, you won’t want to put it down. I read it in one sitting and it was worth it.

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I love the Dalton family! I realize this is Ben and Aurelia's love story, but his family and the extended family & friends...they are part of what makes a Melissa Foster book so heartwarming. Aurelia & Ben finally get together with some help from a surprise on the doorstep. Friends to lovers. Perfect blend of feels and passion and humor. So many feels!! Love, love, loved!! Cannot wait for more!! I received a review copy. I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

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Call Her Mine is the first book in the Harmony Pointe series, but it does revisit the Sugar Lake Dalton family. This is a friends-to-lovers, surprise-baby-with-a-twist story.
I enjoyed this book for several reasons. It is well-written, you get to truly know the characters, and you feel invested in the situation. There is a good mix of humor and drama, but not too much drama and angst so that you feel that your heart is constantly breaking. The characters are engaging, intelligent, and actually have character and depth.
I'm a fan of Melissa Foster, and I'm looking forward to more books in this series.

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I was definitely hesitant to read this book based on the idea of a baby but I ended up falling completely in love with the whole story line, from start to finish. It is obvious that people make assumptions, as Ben and Aurelia originally did about the baby's mother - but the truth isn't always clear cut.

I also really enjoyed how caring for a new baby was not all "sunshine and smiles". Aurelia's struggle to adjust and her guilt over it were so on point. Just because a parent is not a birth parent does not mean that the struggles with a newborn are not present. This lesson is a strong reminder to all parents that it is okay to say you are overwhelmed and need help.

I cannot wait for the next book in this series!

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Ben and Aurelia have been best friends forever. They have also had feelings for each other forever, but neither knows about the others feelings and timing has never been right. When a baby shows up on Ben’s doorstep will it be too late for Ben and Aurelia or will this be the kickstart they need to finally admit their true feelings?⁣⁣
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Melissa Foster is one of my favorite authors. I will automatically buy anything she releases. Call Her Mine is definitely one of her best books yet! I enjoyed Ben and Aurelia’s friendship in the Sugar Lake series so I was excited for them to get their own story. I love a good friends to lovers story and this one set the bar high. I adored Ben and Aurelia’s relationship and how they both navigated their new world with Baby B. It was low angst but not without a few surprises. It made me laugh and cry which is always a good sign in my eyes. ⁣⁣
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Call Her Mine is one of my favorite reads this year. If you haven’t picked it up yet you are definitely missing out! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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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.

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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.

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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!!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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