The Rom-Com Book Collection Lighting Up The Kindle Charts
Many of us are saps for a good meet-cute storyline. These fated run-ins are often charming, clumsy, and full of chemistry. Your favorite rom-com probably features a meet-cute wherein both characters reach for the same muffin in the coffee shop or run into each other on a crowded sidewalk, causing important papers to fly everywhere. However the meet-cute unfolds, we can be sure a passionate romance is about to take place — and that's just what the love tales in the Amazon Original Stories "The Improbable Meet-Cute" series are all about.
The collection is comprised of six Kindle short stories from bestselling authors all available with audio narration — plus, they're designed to be read or listened to in one sitting. You can purchase individual short stories from the collection or opt for the whole set, which includes "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 Ashley Poston, and "Royal Valentine" by Sariah Wilson. You'll find many of the short stories on Amazon's Best Sellers list in the Kindle store and the series is proving to be quite irresistible to readers.
Classic and creative meet-cute tropes in 'The Improbable Meet-Cute' series
From forced proximity to heroic rescues, you'll find some exceedingly adorable first encounters and romance book trends in "The Improbable Meet-Cute" series — as to be expected. In "Exception to the Rule" by Christine Lauren, two strangers begin a correspondence on Valentine's Day, thanks to an accidental email that ends up in the wrong inbox and as you can surely guess, their story evolves into much more. In a similar vein, we see another message go to an unintended receiver when a Valentine's Day card is left on the wrong windshield in "Worst Wingman Ever" by Abby Jimenez. In "Rosie and the Dreamboat" by Sally Thorne, our damsel in distress is somehow locked inside a flotation tank at a spa and a dreamy firefighter must come to her rescue.
Another Valentine's Day mishap unfolds in "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" by Jasmine Guillory when upbeat Daisy is trapped inside a bakery during an earthquake with the brooding, handsome bakery owner. This sunshine-grump trope is sure to satisfy. We then enter into the magical realm in "With Any Luck" by Ashley Poston, where our love-cursed lead character, Audrey, takes off on a hunt for a missing groom who's disappeared just before his Valentine's Day wedding. Lastly, in "Royal Valentine" by Sariah Wilson, Princess Ilaria is fed up with the paparazzi and escapes in pursuit of a normal weekend — when sparks fly with an achingly handsome tour guide. Her secret is a hard one to keep, but who would want to spoil a star-crossed meeting like this one?
What Kindle readers are saying about 'The Improbable Meet-Cute'
These perfectly succinct short romances are the Valentine's Day treat we didn't know we needed. All six Kindle books have a rating of over three stars on Goodreads. What's more, the first book of "The Improbable Meet-Cute" series, "Exception to the Rule" has over 8,000 ratings on Amazon and 4.5 stars. "I probably can't even accurately explain how pumped I was to see this collaboration when it was announced. And so far, the first novella has lived up to expectations," one Kindle reviewer wrote. "I loved every single second of this, I've been in one of the biggest reading slumps ... and this is the first thing I finished to completion!," another commenter wrote on Amazon.
While all six stories are getting some hype on the Kindle charts, it looks as though the first two books of "The Improbable Meet-Cute" collection are the most beloved: "The Exception to the Rule" and "Worst Wingman Ever," with 4.5 stars and 4.3 stars on Amazon. "Agree with everyone that Lauren's and Jimenez's are the best two. They're actually thematically similar as well. Great pairing of novellas," one commenter wrote on Reddit. These are certainly romances Kindle readers agree are worth your time.