The Meet-Cute Collection by Lee Blair


An adorable collection of four short stories that showcase love, found family, and quirky traits that make everyone special and unique.


From the blurb:

Escape into a collection of four low-angst, queer romance novellas—each featuring a memorable meet-cute full of fun and feels.

Each story is a complete and standalone romance. This bundle comes in at 70,000 words, which equals a full novel. The first three stories are set in Lee Blair’s Dahlia Springs universe.

The novellas included in this bundle:

It Must Be Fate: The last thing Garrison expects is a knock on his door by someone wearing a broken heart costume who begins belting a break-up song—on Valentine’s Day of all days—in front of his coworkers. He’s not even dating anyone, so who supposedly got dumped? He can’t get the cutie with the beautiful pipes out of his mind, and like Garrison conjured him, he keeps showing up in the most awkward places making Garrison’s heart beat faster.

Pipe Dreams: Myles expects a fun night hosting a Dungeons and Dragons game night with his friends, but a plumbing emergency and unresponsive landlord have the night tanking fast. One of his friends suggests searching for a plumber on a dating app, and among a sea of unsolicited dick pics, Myles finds a man with a charming smile and the tools to save the day and steal his heart.

Under My Skein: When Heath learns of an organization that pairs skilled crafters with people needing help completing their deceased loved ones' unfinished projects, he signs up hoping to get his late uncle’s crocheted afghan finished. He gets matched with a local guy who knows how to hook some yarn and a willingness to finish the project. And in the process, he gives Heath a glimpse at a wonderful future he never dared to envision.

The Roommate Mix-Up: When the bubbly server at brunch flirts with Pablo, he flirts right back—and why not? It’s Pride! He leaves his number on the receipt, and witty texts lead to a case of mistaken identity. It all works out, but not at all in the way Pablo expected.

These novellas previously appeared in charity anthologies. Read full descriptions of each story at LeeBlairBooks.com/books.


Angel's review:

It Must Be Fate:
Lex and Garrison's story has the cutest meet cutes ever! The universe has shoved these two men together multiple times within a short time span, and eventually they stop fighting their interest for one another. I thought this story was absolutely adorable! Instead of there being one (slightly disastrous) meet-cute, there were four! Each one added an extra depth to the chemistry that slowly started to build between Lex and Garrison after each meeting, in addition to adding adorable humor to the story.

Pipe Dreams:
Myles and Brandon are absolutely adorable! I was smiling the whole time I was reading their story and I loved every minute of their unconventional romance. From the heartfelt conversations about the importance of animal conservation, to Myles's friends being so terrific, to Brandon consistently showing up for Myles, all of those moments just contributed to making this a really fantastic and enjoyable short story.

Under my Skein:
This story was so beautiful, these two men were brought together by a crochet project but ended up with something so much more. Ben and Heath have such great chemistry, from the moment they met there were sparks that just continued from that moment on. When Heath's mom met Ben for the first time, and a certain piece of information got disclosed, I 'aw'd' out loud. It was a beautiful full circle moment.

The Roommate Mixup:
Pablo and Sean's story is definitely the most bizarre romance story I've read in a while. When Pablo have his number to his flirty server, he would never thought he would end up dating the server's roommate. But life works in mysterious ways sometime! This story was quirky and fun, I felt sympathy for Pablo with him having a difficult time telling when someone is actually interested in him or not. I'm so glad that Sean took a chance and messaged him though, they definitely deserve one another.


The Meet-Cute Collection is currently available as an e-book and paperback

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