Call Me Maybe

Description

The longest customer service hold in history leads to a love connection that no one could have called in this laugh-out-loud romance from the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine–first time in print in the U.S.!

Paints her toes. Picks up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drives from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow she want to tear her hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things Vera can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when she should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days.

Except her shiny new website is glitching, and her inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth…when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice she 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 she’s flirting with him? And it seems like he’s flirting back. And suddenly it’s been hours, and they’re still on the phone talking and ordering each other takeout while he troubleshoots her website. And suddenly they’re exchanging numbers and sending texts and DMs every day, leaving voice mails (who even does that anymore?!). And suddenly Vera’s wondering if it’s possible for two people to fall in love at first talk.

Because she’s falling…hard.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Cara Bastone
Published: 07/14/2026
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 9798217199556
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 0.67″ H x 8.02″ L x 5.33″ W

About the Author
Cara Bastone is the bestselling author of Call Me Maybe, Sweet Talk, Seatmate, Ready or Not, Promise Me Sunshine and No Matter What. She lives and writes in Brooklyn with her husband, sons, and an almost-goldendoodle. 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 Romances 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.