After saving Layla from another date gone bad, he has a simple proposition: One month of no-strings dating. From previous books we know Layla followed Stella from college to Lovelight Farms and fell into the bakery business, not so much a conscious choice.

I actually really do like her writing style and I feel she could do better with the plotting of these stories.Before I start my review, I have to emphasize that Caleb Alvarez is a real cinnamon bun, the best book boyfriend you can ever be introduced to. He wants Layla to give him feedback on his dating skills and style and he’ll try and show her how she should be treated. Apparently, owning the bakery at Inglewild’s most romantic destination does not help one’s love life – despite her best efforts. And it often is, unfortunately but this just felt quite a bit weaker than a lot of others and it was done for flimsy reasons and took like one random conversation with someone to set it straight and for me, that just felt a bit unnecessary. As a professional baker I was really looking forward to main character Layla Dupree’s book, Mixed Signals.

layla and caleb are so perfect together, both laugh and smile at each other, at everything, all the time. Mixed Signals is the third book in a seasonally inspired quartet of cosy romances following four friends finding love in the small town of Inglewild, from TikTok favourite author B. Overall it was a pretty meh book and I have to say I am honestly glad that I finally managed to finish it.My heart swelled at how supportive and patient Caleb was, and yet he was so insecure and vulnerable. This confident, independent businesswoman who has had the courage and hope to date a series of not-Mr-Rights, who stands up to her family when they don’t understand her decisions, who has been dating and having sex with a super-hot guy really nice guy, suddenly has no confidence in herself.