Characters in First-Time Caller

Lucie Stone

A Baltimore single mother whose love life becomes public property after her daughter calls in to the show.

Aiden Valentine

Host of Heartstrings, Baltimore's late-night radio romance hotline, who has privately lost his own faith in love.

Grayson Harris

Lucie's ex-partner and co-parent to Maya, still one of her closest friends; married to Matteo.

Maya (First-Time Caller)

Lucie's young daughter, whose late-night call to the radio show asking for dating advice for her mother sets the story in motion.

Jackson Clark

Aiden's best friend and a weatherman at the station; the lead of the next Heartstrings book.

Also in And Now, Back to You

Maggie Lin

Aiden's boss and the manager of the radio station, fighting to keep Heartstrings on the air.