CALL ME ANYTIME
Max Monroe
• 25 November 2025
• standalone
• The Protectors #1
A virgin phone sex operator. A detective. And a murder. Love shows up at
the oddest times in this funny, emotional, and suspenseful romantic comedy by
New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe.
Down and almost out in Nashville, Hannah May takes a job at what she
thinks is a telemarketing company. To her shock, it’s a phone sex hotline.
Unfortunately, the only role-playing Hannah can do with conviction is as a
cash-strapped twenty-five-year-old virgin caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s.
If only her callers were into that fantasy. Instead, one of them is
looking for a killer.
Detective Dominic Dunn is investigating the murder of another hotline
operator when Hannah’s endearing awkwardness, quirky charm, and fierce devotion
to her mother crack his professional facade. Despite the circumstances, their
connection is instant and electric. For the first time in years, Hannah finds
herself living instead of just surviving—even if that means playing amateur
sleuth between awkward attempts at phone seduction.
But as their relationship deepens and the investigation intensifies,
Dominic’s protective instincts go into overdrive. With every call Hannah takes,
she gets closer to both love and danger.
Because
somewhere in Nashville, on the other end of her line, a killer is waiting.
Hannah + Dominic
Hannah needs a job asap. She needs to pay her mom's caregiver. Her family home is the only thing of value left but her mom's Alzheimer would get worse if she had to leave her beloved house.
So this new telemarketer job would be perfect. Even though Hannah is way too shy and nervous to talk to strangers on the phone.
But it gets even worse. It's not a normal telephone sales job - nope. It's a sex hotline! What?!
But she needs the money - so let's try it.
LOL!
Dominic is a cop. Detective Dunn of the famous coffee shop Dunns.
He doesn't need the money, but he loves his job and he couldn't imagine sitting behind a coffee empire desk all day long.
And now a dead lady in a hotel room leads him to our (not yet very talented) Hannah at the sex hotline.
Let the fun times begin...
That was adorable and so hilarious!
I really loved reading this.
I think I found my favorite Max Monroe genre:
Super Hilarious Romantic Mystery Suspense!
I didn't love the age gap of ten years. But they're both so perfect for each other.
And I loved the friends and family and the locations and Cowboy Dom and all the things.
I could've done without him calling her by her name in 98 % of his sentences, but pfft. It was okay - she needed it because her mom doesn't know her name anymore.
I wanted more moments of them falling in love, more about the crime, more about so many things. Maybe a bit less about NCIS and I didn't love the break-up/fight towards the end. Serious girl? Ugh!
But still - this was such a sweet and funny and suspensy mysterious rom-com with some moving and heartbreaking moments thrown in.
I so want to see the movie!
And there are possibilities for more stories. The bestie & the sister! That's at least two or even only one book more!
Oh...side note about this clueless reader.
This book is called Call Me Anytime. The sex hotline company is called exactly that too: Call Me Anytime.
And guess who it took almost half the book to understand that whenever CMA was mentioned - it meant Call Me Anytime!? Yup. this idiot reader! LOL!
CALL ME ANYTIME was such a hilarious and sweet and just beautiful suspensy mystery rom-com! Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Dom Dunn - this one is so mine!
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