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Narrated by:
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Marli Watson
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Andrew Gibson
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By:
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Christina Lauren
About this listen
On February 14, an accidental email to a stranger opens the door to an unexpected relationship in a captivating short story by the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners.
One typo, and a boy and girl connect by chance. Wishing each other a happy Valentine’s Day isn’t the end. In fact, it becomes a friendly annual tradition—with rules: no pics, no real names, nothing too personal. As years pass, the rules for their email “dates” are breaking, and they’re sharing more than they imagined—including the urge to ask…what if we actually met?
Christina Lauren’s The Exception to the Rule is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute, irresistibly romantic stories about finding love when and where you least expect it. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s make a date of it.
©2024 Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Holly is dealing with the impending death of her grandmother and still reeling from a bad breakup. One bright spot: a Valentine’s Day card on Holly’s windshield—even if it wasn’t meant for her. An amusing mistake soon turns into a lovely exchange of anonymous notes, little acts of kindness, and a growing affection between two strangers. What happens when one of them has to say goodbye?
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Loved
- By Kristin on 03-06-24
By: Abby Jimenez
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Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Jasmine Guillory
- Narrated by: Aure Nash
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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This Valentine’s Day, Daisy Murray has her heart set on binge-watching rom-coms. Instead, an earthquake traps her inside a bakery with its impossibly rude and insufferably handsome owner and head baker. They already have a history: she’s always smiled, he’s always scowled. Where better to finally get to know each other than amid the disaster? Then again, they have no choice. Besides, it could have its sweet, undeniable, and unpredictable perks.
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DROP, COVER, AND HOLD ON
- By Robert R. Clarke on 02-13-24
By: Jasmine Guillory
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Royal Valentine
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Sariah Wilson
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Princess Ilaria has had it up to her tiara with the paparazzi, her own wild reputation, and the public eye. Trading places with her assistant, Ilaria wants just one blissfully ordinary weekend. Then a handsome photographer with a sexy Scottish burr offers to be her guide. Sparks fly, but how long can they last? Ilaria’s secret has to come out—and it could ruin a perfectly serendipitous romance.
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Sweet little meet cute between royals
- By Brandy Hartley on 01-26-24
By: Sariah Wilson
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With Any Luck
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Ashley Poston
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Audrey Love is cursed to be the person before you find your soulmate, the girl you dump for your true love. So when her best friend disappears hours before his Valentine’s Day wedding, Audrey fears that she did the unthinkable and kissed him at last night’s bachelor party. With help from the best man, she retraces her steps to find the missing groom and, with any luck, a true love of her own.
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Cute story
- By Kristin on 03-06-24
By: Ashley Poston
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The Improbable Meet-Cute
- Six Short Rom-Coms to Warm Your Heart
- By: Christina Lauren, Abby Jimenez, Sally Thorne, and others
- Narrated by: Marli Watson, Andrew Gibson, Andi Arndt, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.
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Great narrations
- By Terajo on 03-06-24
By: Christina Lauren, and others
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Rosie and the Dreamboat
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Sally Thorne
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Rosie Whittaker and her sister are up for some Galentine’s pampering at a day spa. Getting locked inside a flotation tank is so Rosie. Enter a firefighter hero determined to pry this luckless pearl out of her high-tech shell. All Rosie has to go on is a dreamy voice and a flirty sense of humor. Remain calm, Rosie. This could be what you’ve been waiting for. Is this the man she’s waited for her whole life?
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Great banter!
- By Kristin on 01-27-24
By: Sally Thorne
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Worst Wingman Ever
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Abby Jimenez
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Zachary Webber
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Holly is dealing with the impending death of her grandmother and still reeling from a bad breakup. One bright spot: a Valentine’s Day card on Holly’s windshield—even if it wasn’t meant for her. An amusing mistake soon turns into a lovely exchange of anonymous notes, little acts of kindness, and a growing affection between two strangers. What happens when one of them has to say goodbye?
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Loved
- By Kristin on 03-06-24
By: Abby Jimenez
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Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Jasmine Guillory
- Narrated by: Aure Nash
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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This Valentine’s Day, Daisy Murray has her heart set on binge-watching rom-coms. Instead, an earthquake traps her inside a bakery with its impossibly rude and insufferably handsome owner and head baker. They already have a history: she’s always smiled, he’s always scowled. Where better to finally get to know each other than amid the disaster? Then again, they have no choice. Besides, it could have its sweet, undeniable, and unpredictable perks.
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DROP, COVER, AND HOLD ON
- By Robert R. Clarke on 02-13-24
By: Jasmine Guillory
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Royal Valentine
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Sariah Wilson
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Princess Ilaria has had it up to her tiara with the paparazzi, her own wild reputation, and the public eye. Trading places with her assistant, Ilaria wants just one blissfully ordinary weekend. Then a handsome photographer with a sexy Scottish burr offers to be her guide. Sparks fly, but how long can they last? Ilaria’s secret has to come out—and it could ruin a perfectly serendipitous romance.
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Sweet little meet cute between royals
- By Brandy Hartley on 01-26-24
By: Sariah Wilson
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With Any Luck
- The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection
- By: Ashley Poston
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Audrey Love is cursed to be the person before you find your soulmate, the girl you dump for your true love. So when her best friend disappears hours before his Valentine’s Day wedding, Audrey fears that she did the unthinkable and kissed him at last night’s bachelor party. With help from the best man, she retraces her steps to find the missing groom and, with any luck, a true love of her own.
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Cute story
- By Kristin on 03-06-24
By: Ashley Poston
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The Improbable Meet-Cute
- Six Short Rom-Coms to Warm Your Heart
- By: Christina Lauren, Abby Jimenez, Sally Thorne, and others
- Narrated by: Marli Watson, Andrew Gibson, Andi Arndt, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.
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Great narrations
- By Terajo on 03-06-24
By: Christina Lauren, and others
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Know Your Newlywed
- By: Heather Taylor, Hillary Nussbaum, Elena Armas
- Narrated by: Mary Mouser, Tyler Posey, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) and Mary Mouser (Cobra Kai) star in this swoon-worthy, full-cast rom-com! When two super-fans of a beloved dating gameshow hear that it’s being rebooted, they decide to team up and fake a marriage to compete in the hilarious new audiobook Know Your Newlywed, written by Heather Taylor and Hillary Nussbaum, and executive produced by New York Times bestselling author Elena Armas.
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Adorable story
- By Cristina on 01-17-25
By: Heather Taylor, and others
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Same Time Next Year
- A Novella
- By: Tessa Bailey
- Narrated by: William LeRoy, Carmen Vine
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Adored by all, Britta is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. With a half brother on the team, Britta has a strict no-dating policy for hockey boys. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player.
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Short Sweet and Steamy
- By Jb on 12-16-23
By: Tessa Bailey
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This Summer Will Be Different
- By: Carley Fortune
- Narrated by: AJ Bridel, Carley Fortune
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn’t know he’s her best friend’s younger brother. Lucy and Felix’s chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again. It’s easier said than done.
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A book to fall asleep to.
- By Placeholder on 05-21-24
By: Carley Fortune
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The Love of My Afterlife
- By: Kirsty Greenwood
- Narrated by: Sofia Oxenham
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by choking on a microwaveable burger, but now she’s standing in her ‘shine like a star’ nightie in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen. And he’s smiling at her. As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise. That is until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth. And here Delphie was thinking her luck might be different in the afterlife.
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So Cute!
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-24
By: Kirsty Greenwood
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Maybe This Time
- By: Cara Bastone
- Narrated by: Zoë Chao, Noah Reid, Josh Hurley, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.
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Like a hug with mega dose of confidence
- By Amanda on 05-03-24
By: Cara Bastone
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How to End a Love Story
- A Novel
- By: Yulin Kuang
- Narrated by: Katharine Chin, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except…
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very good story
- By Jessi Johnson on 06-01-24
By: Yulin Kuang
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Evidence of the Affair
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, George Newbern, James Daniels, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.
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AN INCREDIBLE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE!
- By Kindle Customer on 01-16-19
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Don't Want You Like a Best Friend
- A Novel (The Mischief & Matchmaking Series, Book 1)
- By: Emma R. Alban
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells, Morag Sims
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.
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New twist on a period piece.
- By julia ny on 01-21-24
By: Emma R. Alban
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Cruel Winter with You
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Ali Hazelwood
- Narrated by: Vivienne LaRue
- Length: 2 hrs
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All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.
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Endless insecurities and translation fails
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-12-24
By: Ali Hazelwood
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Merry Ever After
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Tessa Bailey
- Narrated by: Summer Morton, Connor Crais
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
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Cringy lines ruined it
- By Lenna Crosby on 12-01-24
By: Tessa Bailey
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The Soulmate Equation
- By: Christina Lauren
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely. But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever.
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Love love love
- By Alexandra Patterson on 05-19-21
By: Christina Lauren
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The Bookstore Sisters
- The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories, Book 1
- By: Alice Hoffman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.
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The Bookstore Sisters
- By GSmith on 11-21-22
By: Alice Hoffman
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- SkySky
- 01-29-24
Perfect
This made me absolutely giddy. I will be reading this again. Excited for the rest of the books in this mini novella series.
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- Fallon Smith
- 01-25-24
It’s Perfect!!
5 Stars! I am normally not one for novellas or short stories so I was hesitant but Christina Lauren should never be doubted. This was absolutely adorable and I loved every second of it! Perfect Valentine’s Day read! It felt like you watched your favorite rom com!
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- Angie Rodriguez
- 02-08-24
Such a cute story
I loved this book! The story was sweet and the characters were so endearing. It goes by quick—the characters are so engrossing.
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- NightRunner
- 02-08-24
Read past 50%
4.5 Stars for me!!
I thoroughly enjoyed the story and will listen to the next book in the series. This story takes place over several years and is mostly back and forth email. When I first started listening, I thought that I would hate it but was pleasantly surprised. Give it to the 50 percent mark if you are prepared to DNF the story.
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- Lauren Smith
- 01-25-24
The dual POV
I absolutely loved this! It was so cute 🥰 the audiobook was fun to listen to while I was working.
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- Better with audiobooks
- 02-01-24
Perfect feel good Valentine’s Day story
I loved everything about this story. It was super sweet and fun. The narrator’s were fantastic and the way Christina Lauren was able to cover so many topics in a short story was perfection. The only thing that makes me sad is I wish it was a full length book so I could learn more about T and C!
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- crusader93
- 02-06-24
Fun Short Story!
I enjoy many of the authors featured in this series of short stories and was pleased CL started it off! The story was fun, lighthearted, and had a great HEA. I’ll admit it was a little slow in the beginning (which isn’t very long in a short), but things really picked up! The narration was perfect!
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- Kimberly
- 01-24-24
So cute and no drama
Sometimes romance novels get tiresome because of all the unnecessary drama. This story was short and sweet and I loved how it unfolded.
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- Books4litsouls
- 02-07-24
cute story
the concept is so cute 😍 I find it a little you got Mail without the competition
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- Michael Garner
- 03-25-24
Good Fun
This story had all the elements of a good story including shared history, mutual support, and flirty intrigue. The email address talking is always a little tedious but it was done as well as can be expected. I liked the characters and the situations but the meet was nearly unrealistic but made the story that much better.
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