A sweet collection of short stories. I enjoyed reading these. All were easy and quick reads. Some I enjoyed more than others. All were quite predictable since they were all “meet-cute” stories but it was fun to read them and perfect timing right before Valentine’s Day,

Some I loved 4-star worth, others were 4 star for me. Relatable, funny, cute, meet-cutes, Pick them up and love them yourself.

This set of books was absolutely wonderful! Six fun & romantic new short stories that make you laugh & cry, while introducing you to new authors you may never have heard of before. I particularly loved the stories by Abby Jimenez & Christina Lauren, but all were fun and I'm looking forward to reading more books by all six of the authors.

I definitely loved this collection of short meet cutes. Each one was different and super cute. I had my favorites. The author's include:
- Christina Lauren
- Abby Jimenez
- Jasmine Guillory
- Sally Thorne
- Ashley Poston
- Sariah Wilson

This a definite must read for this valentine season. I loved it and I hope they continue the collection idea.

The prompt: get six of the biggest names in Romance to turn an improbable meet-cute into a romantic happily ever after in 60 pages or less.

Congratulations to whoever came up with this idea and convinced these authors to participate because this was a wildly successful project! I suspect writing a short story can be more challenging than a novel and these authors mostly pulled it off. I loved that each story was unique but tied together in some little way.

My personal favorite of the series is The Exception to the Rule. What Christina Lauren did here was pure magic. I was smiling, squealing, and kicking my feet in delight for the whole read! C & T forever!

The Exception to the Rule - 5 ⭐️ - two teenagers “meet” after a typo in an email address and continue to exchange emails for 10 years.

Worst Wingman Ever - 5 ⭐️ - a mistaken Valentines delivery leads two people to exchange notes during a trying time.

Rosie and the Dreamboat - 5 ⭐️ - Rosie meets a firefighter after an incident at a day spa.

Drop, Cover, and Hold On - 4 ⭐️ - it takes an earthquake for a bakery owner and customer to finally see eye to eye

With Any Luck - 3 ⭐️ - The best man and maid of honor must retrace their steps to find the missing groom.

Royal Valentine - 3 ⭐️ - A princess switches places with her assistant for a weekend in Rome only to meet a handsome Scottish man.

Ranking the actual meet-cutes not the stories themselves:
1. The Exception to the Rule
2. Rosie and the Dreamboat
3. Worst Wingman Ever
4. Drop, Cover, and Hold On
5. Royal Valentine
6. With Any Luck

Each story in The Improbable Meet-Cute series can be read or listened to for free now with Amazon Prime or Kindle Unlimited.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced digital review copy.

The Improbable Meet-Cute series was everything my heart needed and more. I loved this collection so much! I highly recommend these novellas. Thank you for allowing me to read this advanced copy.

A wonderful collection for romance meet cute novella for Valentine’s Day.
I reviewed each separately.
A few were fantastic. The othes a promise of a happy for now.
I enjoyed reading each of these creative author’s stories.

The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez
Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory
With Any Luck by Amy Poston
Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson

Freaking PERFECTION. 10/10. This was just so so good. I couldn’t get enough of it and wanted a thousand more pages of this.

A short story collection from six of the best romance authors... yes, please! This was such a joyful and amazing read. All of the stories had great characters in unpredictable situations. Each of the writers put their own unique spin on the idea of a meet cute. My favorite story of the bunch was The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren, but they were all wonderful. If you're looking for books that make you smile with happiness, check these out individually on Amazon!

This was a fantastic collection of short stories from some favourite, big name romance authors with an enticing common concept. Reading how six romance authors created such unique stories from the same writing prompt of an improbable meet-cute was fascinating.

Without question, The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren felt like the most well rounded story. Given the story spanned over a decade through emails, we were able to gain a lot of context for both character and relationship development. This lead to a very well rounded story that had me swooning by the end.

Given the length of these stories, most already had well developed characters with the exception of Royal Valentine. Princess Ilaria felt underdeveloped. She came across as whiney, horny and desperate - wanting to fall in love with the first man she laid eyes on. Also, these are supposed to be Valentine's themed meet-cute stories, and yet Royal Valentine delivered on the meet cute, but within 71 pages also delivered a "third act break up". That didn't feel congruent with the themes of Valentine's days and the hope and possibility of a meet cute.

Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez was a close second. Jimenez's ability to make me laugh while reading about illness/death/dying is unparalleled. She can always get me in my feels.

My overall rating for the series is 4 stars. My individual ratings are as follows:
The Exception to the Rule - 5 stars
Worst Wingman Ever - 4.5 stars
Rosie and the Dreamboat - 4 stars
Drop, Cover and Hold On - 3 stars
With Any Luck - 4.5 stars
Royal Valentine - 2 stars

This was so fun & I cannot recommend enough! The highlight for me was the Abby Jimenez novella. I also have to add that I love that they put out the audio the day of publication, then in my mind there is no reason not to pick this up.

This collection of Valentine’s Day novellas is the perfect escape between larger books. Mostly heartwarming and fun, you can easily read only one or all of them as your time allows. I particularly enjoyed the more humorous plots as I want love to be quirky. There was only one of the six that I did not connect with.

Thank you NetGalley, Amazon Original Stories, and the authors for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

I absolutely love a good meet-cute, and a whole collection of them by some of my favorite authors? Perfection! I loved these little doses of sweet romance and think anyone who loves to read romance novels of any kind will appreciate these little stories of love.

I have to say that this group of stories is perfect for Valentine's Day, they are short enough that you have a great read but can get a story done in one sitting.

I have to say that these six books are a mix of 3.5 -4's star ratings. I personally enjoyed the Worst Wingman Ever and the mix up between them that keeps happening. I related to that one with the hospice parts and that hurt my heart reminding me of my own personal lost. I also enjoyed Royal Valentine, because I am sucker for Royal fun stories.

Very cute stories for the Valentine’s Day. Gets you in the mood for the season, but overall, stories were good but not wow! Maybe that’s just thing with short stories.

This is a sweet short story collection about improbably first encounters becoming HEAs! The stories are written by some of the most popular rom-com authors who are known to produce remarkable stories. Each story has the author's fingerprint with storytelling and were told in a cohesive way. You will have to pay attention to how the stories connect but they do connect. A great way to celebrate love and Valentine's Day early. Thank you to NetGalley for sending me an electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Improbable Meet Cute series was a fun little jaunt into romance novellas. I found all of them to be easy to read and enjoyed them, some I enjoyed more than other. Each told a unique story, but I did appreciate the Easter eggs in the later stories that tied them together, that was fun! I am happy that I got the chance to read them and review.

The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren was my favorites of the collection. I loved the different format, the emails back and forth between our two main characters, and it was a super fast read. I loved the concept and appreciated the work that the authors did to put so much plot into such a short story.

In The Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez, the reader gets to experience what Abby does best, which is create an experience with fully developed characters. I think this was my favorite of the collection. It was quick to read, made me go "awww" at the end of the novella. I could have certainly used more!

Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne was such a fun and even quicker read! I loved the dialogue between the Rosie and Leo, and found them both to be charming. While their relationship seemed to move extremely quick, I found it to be adorable and appreciated how much connection that they developed in this novella.

Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory also involved a bit of a quick relationship between the two main characters. I found this one to be a bit mid tier, I did enjoy, but there needed to be a bit more development of the characters or story line for me to buy fully in on this relationship. I did still enjoy it, however.

With Any Luck by Ashley Poston had timeline changes, which I imagine is hard to accomplish in such a short novella. I found it to be fun, but perhaps the most forgettable of the stories. I do like the writing style, I just didn't resonate with the story as much.

In Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson, we get a bit of a royal troupe. This was a fun story, but I do think there were better stories in the group. I found the characters to be fun though, and truly believed in their relationship, I just hate a third act breakup, especially in such a short story.

Overall, the six novellas in the Improbable Meet Cute collection were fun escape and put me in the mood for Valentines Day. I think they're a good toe dipper into romance novels, and I appreciate how the authors quickly told such great stories. I am certainly happy I spent my day reading them.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy of this collection. All opinions within this review are my own.

The Improbable Meet-Cute series of short stories by the biggest romance authors was the perfect gift we all needed this Valentine's Day! These short stories were full of romance, relationships and spice. I know they were short stories, but I would of loved full books for all of these. They were that good and I didnt wan't them to end!

Overall this is a really fun collection of short stories. I loved seeing how several different authors whom I love approached writing a short story meet-cute. My favourites in the collection were The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren and Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez, they were a little bit longer than the others in the collection. Reading all of these stories I would have loved to see several of them as full length novels, they left you wanting more and not ready to say goodbye to some wonderful characters. This collection is a perfect lead up to Valentine's Day.

The Improbable Meet-Cute by Christina Lauren; Abby Jimenez; Sally Thorne; Jasmine Guillory; Ashley Poston; Sariah Wilson is a super cute collection that will come out just in time for Valentine's Day. All of the authors are must reads in romance/rom coms, and this collection of short stories was super cute.