Review & Giveaway - - And Now, Back to You

And Now, Back to You

by B.K. Borison

Heartstrings - Book 2

Publisher: Berkley

Release Date: February 24, 2026

Reviewed by PJ

Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organization from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and adventure out in the field. When they’re partnered against their will to cover a historic snowstorm, they find themselves scrambling to figure out how to work together.

Eager to be taken seriously as a journalist, Delilah offers Jackson a deal: If he can help her ace this assignment, she’ll help him rediscover his long-lost fun side. With unexplored chemistry burning beneath their clashes, the unlikely partnership quickly tumbles into an easy and surprising friendship.

But when other feelings start to enter the equation, can Jackson and Delilah withstand the storm? Or does what happens in the mountains stay in the mountains?

PJ's Thoughts:

I pretty much grinned through this entire warm hug of a book. It's second in a series but can be enjoyed as a standalone (though Jackson does figure prominently in book one, his best friend's story). I must point out that the second I turned the final page of And Now, Back to You, I bought book one, First-Time Caller and began reading it immediately. It's another Top Dish selection (which has been optioned for a movie!). I highly recommend both books...in whatever order you choose to read them. 

And Now, Back to You is filled with a delicious mix of many of my favorite tropes. There's opposites attract, adversaries to lovers, forced proximity, snowed in, grumpy-sunshine, and workplace romance, to name a few and yet it never feels cluttered. Everything unfolds organically with sizzle, charm, humor, emotional depth, and top-notch banter. Borison has a flair for comedy centered by heart. And then there are the characters.

  

Jackson is tightly wound, a rule follower through and through - not surprising considering his upbringing - but also just so darn endearing. I love his relationship with his sisters, the love and support he pours into them while never quite believing he's enough. I want to hug him and tell him he is. 

Delilah is a force of nature - upbeat, slightly chaotic, never met a stranger - leaving sunshine and smiles in her wake and with much more depth than her personality would suggest. She's fiercely loyal, loves deeply, and leaves Jackson agitated and perplexed...at first. She's also up against a misogynistic boss who I'd like to toss off a cliff. I can't be alone in that thought. However, his machinations do end up with Jackson and Delilah snowed in at a mountain resort (Did I mention there's only one bed...and night sledding?) so maybe I'll skip the cliff and just send him off into retirement obscurity. Though honestly, he really does deserve the cliff. 

Jackson and Delilah together may seem like oil and water but once they start opening themselves (forced proximity reveals many misperceptions), it's fun to watch them reach the same conclusions readers already know: that they really are just right for one another.  

I'm late to the Borison bandwagon but after reading Good Spirits (one of my favorite 2025 books), And Now, Back to You, and First-Time Caller (both likely to land on my list of 2026 favorites), you can bet that if B.K. Borison writes it, I'll be buying it. 

  

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