★Robb, Kate. Prime Time Romance. Dial. Sept. 2024. 336p. ISBN 9780593596555. pap. $19.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

After a dismal night out for her 30th birthday, Brynn Smothers ends up back at home on the couch with reruns of her beloved Carson’s Cove, the old teenage drama series where everyone is perfect and everything ends up okay. When a cake is delivered in the middle of her bingefest, her roommate, Josh Bishop, insists she make a wish and blow out her candle. In the morning, Brynn wakes to find that she and Josh have been transported to Carson’s Cove, where they’ve assumed the role of two characters, Sloan and Fletch. Brynn’s wish has somehow brought them here to right the only wrong about Carson’s Cove: fixing the epic cliffhanger the series ended on. However, the perfect ending Brynn has planned on might no longer make any sense for the town or for Sloan, and the perfect guy might not be the cute one next door but rather the hot roommate accidentally mixed up in this mess. Brynn and Josh will have to work against unexplainable forces and growing attraction to try and return to their own reality. VERDICT Robb’s (This Spells Love) sophomore outing has a swoon-worthy romance that gets an extra kick with the unique supernatural twist.