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The Improbable Meet-Cute #4
Drop, Cover, and Hold On
It takes nothing less than a fateful natural disaster to throw two opposites together in a ground-shakingly charming short story by the New York Times bestselling author of Drunk on Love.
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.
Jasmine Guillory’s Drop, Cover, and Hold On 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.
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.
Jasmine Guillory’s Drop, Cover, and Hold On 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.
40 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 23, 2024
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Jasmine Guillory
22 books24k followersJasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling author of nine novels including The Wedding Date, the Reese's Book Club selection The Proposal, and Flirting Lessons. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Bon Appetit, and Time, and she is a frequent book contributor on The Today Show. She lives in Oakland, California.
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February 2, 2024
What even was this one. 🤦🏼♀️
January 23, 2024
1.25⭐
It was only 40 pages, so I don’t have much to say. It wasn't anything special and I don't understand how the mmc claimed that he liked her all along, but is always glaring at her. I didn't really feel anything for this short story.
It was only 40 pages, so I don’t have much to say. It wasn't anything special and I don't understand how the mmc claimed that he liked her all along, but is always glaring at her. I didn't really feel anything for this short story.
January 23, 2025
╰┈➤ 1 star
what even was this??
what even was this??
April 26, 2024
1 ⭐
Oh no... Two readings in a row that I didn't like at all
The main character is so unbearable and stupid, seriously, it's impossible for a person to be THAT stupid 💀
And...seriously? The first thing that comes to your mind after being in an earthquake is having sex with a guy who, 2 hours ago, you thought hated you? The story doesn't make any kind of sense 😭
Oh no... Two readings in a row that I didn't like at all
The main character is so unbearable and stupid, seriously, it's impossible for a person to be THAT stupid 💀
And...seriously? The first thing that comes to your mind after being in an earthquake is having sex with a guy who, 2 hours ago, you thought hated you? The story doesn't make any kind of sense 😭
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 24, 2024
sigh. I didn’t feel like anything happened. no plot just vibes and they were not vibes I enjoyed.
February 8, 2024
★2 stars
Hmmm wasn't expecting it to get almost smutty but Daisy was a no for me 😵💫
EAT YOUR FAV BAKERY SWEETS WHENEVER YOU WANT LIFE IS TOO SHORT 🧁
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Pre-Review:
Lmao this one is rated even lower but I'm a sucker for punishment and can't leave the series unfinished 😅 At least it's only 40 pages! 🏃🏻♀️
Hmmm wasn't expecting it to get almost smutty but Daisy was a no for me 😵💫
EAT YOUR FAV BAKERY SWEETS WHENEVER YOU WANT LIFE IS TOO SHORT 🧁
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Pre-Review:
Lmao this one is rated even lower but I'm a sucker for punishment and can't leave the series unfinished 😅 At least it's only 40 pages! 🏃🏻♀️
August 29, 2025
★彡 1.25 stars 彡★
➷ Sometimes you hate a book.
And then sometimes, you just hate yourself (⊙ _ ⊙)
Not going to lie, I really am a fan of how these meet-cutes go above and beyond to not be cute. Respectfully? Get this health-hazard of a series banned ⚠︎
So I say, and still continue ~
➷ Sometimes you hate a book.
And then sometimes, you just hate yourself (⊙ _ ⊙)
“Maybe he thought she was too fat to be eating his pastries? She didn’t think it was that, because the two women who worked with him in the bakery were her size or bigger.”
Not going to lie, I really am a fan of how these meet-cutes go above and beyond to not be cute. Respectfully? Get this health-hazard of a series banned ⚠︎
June 25, 2024
This is the 4th novella in the Improbable Meet-Cute series, a series of 6 novellas written by popular romance authors. I've accidently went out of order while I've been reading these, and this is the 3rd book I've read from the series. I have not liked the last 2. I am starting to think novellas are just not my thing because they aren't long enough to have much of a storyline. I need more than what these novellas are giving me to get invested. This one was super corny, and there was no chemistry felt at all. I like Jasmine Guillory's books and I know she can write well so I'm not sure what happened here. This is the first one in the series I've read that has had some spice. I was thinking I was going to give up on this novella series but there is one by Abby Jiminez and I really love her books so hoping hers will be a winner for me!!!
February 14, 2024
2 barely there Stars
Eh.
A baker and his customer get trapped in his bakery in the aftermath of an Earthquake.
She thinks he hates her; he's been pining away since he met her, even though his resting bitch face has been telling the world otherwise.
This could have been fun and sweet, but all the moving parts just felt awkward in their execution.
The chemistry was weird and the dialogue did not work for me.
This short story was only 40 pages and, to be honest, I struggled to get through even that many pages.
At this point, I'm just not sure I get along with Guillory's writing style, so this may very well be my farewell to trying. *waves*
Eh.
A baker and his customer get trapped in his bakery in the aftermath of an Earthquake.
She thinks he hates her; he's been pining away since he met her, even though his resting bitch face has been telling the world otherwise.
This could have been fun and sweet, but all the moving parts just felt awkward in their execution.
The chemistry was weird and the dialogue did not work for me.
This short story was only 40 pages and, to be honest, I struggled to get through even that many pages.
At this point, I'm just not sure I get along with Guillory's writing style, so this may very well be my farewell to trying. *waves*
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February 8, 2024 Oh no... this one is rated even lower than the last trainwreck ... do I even bother? 😩😭
What the hell... here I go! 💘
What the hell... here I go! 💘
February 11, 2024
Oh it’s rockin!😉
A California earthquake is about to rock Daisy’s world! She now finds herself trapped in a bakery with the grumpiest baker in San Francisco!
An Enemies to Lovers trope. They have to make peace pretty quickly, as this short story audio is only 1 hour!😂
But on the bright side…if you have to be trapped somewhere during an earthquake, I can’t think of a better place than a bakery!👩🏼🍳
Unlike the previous short stories in this collection, this one did deliver a bit of spice🌶️🌶️.
Did you hear that?
It was my stomach rumbling! I’m off to my nearest bakery for croissants while I queue up the next in the series!
A California earthquake is about to rock Daisy’s world! She now finds herself trapped in a bakery with the grumpiest baker in San Francisco!
An Enemies to Lovers trope. They have to make peace pretty quickly, as this short story audio is only 1 hour!😂
But on the bright side…if you have to be trapped somewhere during an earthquake, I can’t think of a better place than a bakery!👩🏼🍳
Unlike the previous short stories in this collection, this one did deliver a bit of spice🌶️🌶️.
Did you hear that?
It was my stomach rumbling! I’m off to my nearest bakery for croissants while I queue up the next in the series!
January 25, 2024
he falls first trope will always be the best<333
this made me realize it’s been forever since i last read something by this author. i loved her books in the past so i should check them🏃♀️💨
this made me realize it’s been forever since i last read something by this author. i loved her books in the past so i should check them🏃♀️💨
February 10, 2024
3.25 stars
Similar to the last book in this series (Rosie and the Dreamboat) this book takes place during one scene and I think that’s the reason I had trouble connecting with the characters and the romance. I think if this was a little longer, it would have been better for me.
Similar to the last book in this series (Rosie and the Dreamboat) this book takes place during one scene and I think that’s the reason I had trouble connecting with the characters and the romance. I think if this was a little longer, it would have been better for me.
Audio book source: Audible
Story Rating: 3.25 stars
Narrators: Aure Nash
Narration Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Romance
Length: 1h 05m
July 15, 2024
⁀➷ ★.75
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✦ He fell for her because she said his pastries were so good it was like porn… And they say romance is dead 😍
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✦ He fell for her because she said his pastries were so good it was like porn… And they say romance is dead 😍
February 22, 2024
uh... no. i couldn't feel a single ounce of chemistry, their conversations felt weird, and the jump from that to them kissing and having sex was so anticlimactic. i'm confused on what was this 😕
February 5, 2024
Another improbable meet cute story! 🤗 This is a cute valentines fleet! 🥰
February 10, 2024
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 2 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
I don't know what to say about this one.
A grumpy man secretly in love with a client, because she's too good, too smiley to notice?
Until an earthquake put them together…
February 13, 2024
Drop, Cover, and Hold On, Jasmine Guillory
Narrator: Aure Nash
We finally got a kiss! And an erection! There’s nothing like a good we-almost-died make-out and near third base sesh. This is the first novella in the anthology where they actually kiss on page lol. It felt like it could’ve been pulled out of the If the Sky Is Falling anthology which is a HUGE plus.
This one felt more like a full story because it didn’t only center meet-cute…which didn’t even happy because it was a meet-disaster almost? I felt like I got to know the characters more.
✨Valentine’s Day
✨Baker hero
✨Pastry porn
✨Forced proximity
✨Grumpy/sunshine
Narrator performance: Fantastic, A+, no notes! I don’t recognize that narrator’s name so I don’t think I’ve listened to her work before, but I hope to again!
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 🌶️/5
CWs: Earthquake
I received an eARC via NetGalley. All opinions are honest and my own.
Narrator: Aure Nash
We finally got a kiss! And an erection! There’s nothing like a good we-almost-died make-out and near third base sesh. This is the first novella in the anthology where they actually kiss on page lol. It felt like it could’ve been pulled out of the If the Sky Is Falling anthology which is a HUGE plus.
This one felt more like a full story because it didn’t only center meet-cute…which didn’t even happy because it was a meet-disaster almost? I felt like I got to know the characters more.
✨Valentine’s Day
✨Baker hero
✨Pastry porn
✨Forced proximity
✨Grumpy/sunshine
Narrator performance: Fantastic, A+, no notes! I don’t recognize that narrator’s name so I don’t think I’ve listened to her work before, but I hope to again!
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 🌶️/5
CWs: Earthquake
I received an eARC via NetGalley. All opinions are honest and my own.
February 7, 2024
With peace and love... no.
I think the first two were absolutely amazing stories, and anything past that has been disappointing so far.
I don't plan on continuing reading this series for my own sanity.
I think the first two were absolutely amazing stories, and anything past that has been disappointing so far.
I don't plan on continuing reading this series for my own sanity.
January 26, 2024
This was not very good.
No build up, no true conversation, just how fast can we get into bed without actually knowing each other.
No build up, no true conversation, just how fast can we get into bed without actually knowing each other.
October 28, 2024
Haha this was not great
January 24, 2024
Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory
Improbable Meet Cute Collection. Contemporary romance novella centered around a meet cute on Valentine’s Day. All six can be read on their own.
Daisy Murray has been going to the local bakery since it opened. She absolutely loves all the pastries. The owner always throws her a fierce scroll her way and Daisy is sure he hates her. So she vows to stop going. But she loves the hand pie so much she goes in anyway on Valentine’s Day where she first sees everything has been sold out and then there is an earthquake and she is stuck in the bakery with the owner.
Impressions are everything. He frowns and looks mean. She has a “resting smile face”. Their time trapped in the bakery makes them talk to each other and Daisy finds out why she always gets an extra pasty in her bag.
Look beyond first impressions. You don’t know what they are actually thinking.
3.5
Improbable Meet Cute Collection. Contemporary romance novella centered around a meet cute on Valentine’s Day. All six can be read on their own.
Daisy Murray has been going to the local bakery since it opened. She absolutely loves all the pastries. The owner always throws her a fierce scroll her way and Daisy is sure he hates her. So she vows to stop going. But she loves the hand pie so much she goes in anyway on Valentine’s Day where she first sees everything has been sold out and then there is an earthquake and she is stuck in the bakery with the owner.
Impressions are everything. He frowns and looks mean. She has a “resting smile face”. Their time trapped in the bakery makes them talk to each other and Daisy finds out why she always gets an extra pasty in her bag.
Look beyond first impressions. You don’t know what they are actually thinking.
3.5
February 3, 2024
1 star. literally no. ew. no. i couldn’t wait for this 40 page book to be over😅
February 9, 2024
I mean, if a guy wooed me with pastries, I’d want to lick sugar and lemon curd off him, too.
March 1, 2024
Reread for bingo. On second listen, I’m dropping my rating to 3.5⭐️. It’s cute but not my favorite.
When an earthquake traps Daisy Murray inside her favorite bakery with the grumpy baker who does nothing but scowl, the two have no choice but to finally get to know one another.
When I think of Valentine’s Day, it’s hard not to think of baked goods and decedent desserts. Guillory takes us right there with this super cute foodie romance involving a grumpy baker and a sunshine customer who just so happens to have a “resting smile face.” I’ll admit to a moment of frustration that our MC was so blind to the obvious, but overall this adorable novella was such a ray of sunshine, I can forgive her.
Read if you like:
•grumpy x sunshine
•foodie romance
•he falls first
•forced proximity
Available on KU and Audible (free listening).
When an earthquake traps Daisy Murray inside her favorite bakery with the grumpy baker who does nothing but scowl, the two have no choice but to finally get to know one another.
When I think of Valentine’s Day, it’s hard not to think of baked goods and decedent desserts. Guillory takes us right there with this super cute foodie romance involving a grumpy baker and a sunshine customer who just so happens to have a “resting smile face.” I’ll admit to a moment of frustration that our MC was so blind to the obvious, but overall this adorable novella was such a ray of sunshine, I can forgive her.
Read if you like:
•grumpy x sunshine
•foodie romance
•he falls first
•forced proximity
Available on KU and Audible (free listening).
January 23, 2024
It did take me until the fourth one to realize they’re all on Valentine’s Day 🤣
March 23, 2024
I liked it. It was cute. Three Stars.
July 30, 2024
I ATE this story up 😋 (note: the story takes place in a bakery 🧁)
Miss Jasmine Guillory, you served queen 🍰👑😩🙌🏽
Miss Jasmine Guillory, you served queen 🍰👑😩🙌🏽
January 24, 2024
As with any jasmine guillory book, WAY too much exposition. And the dialogue is so simplistic. Why do the characters narrate every minute thought in their heads? Its exhausting.
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