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Meet Cute: Some people are destined to meet.

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Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today's most popular YA authors.

Listeners will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star, Nicola Yoon's imaginative take on break-ups and make-ups, Katie Cotugno's story of two teens hiding out from the police at a house party, and Huntley Fitzpatrick's charming love story that begins over iced teas at a diner. There's futuristic flirting from Kass Morgan and Katharine McGee, a riveting transgender heroine from Meredith Russo, a subway missed connection moment from Jocelyn Davies, and a girl determined to get out of her small town from Ibi Zoboi. Jennifer Armentrout writes a sweet story about finding love from a missing library book, Emery Lord has a heartwarming and funny tale of two girls stuck in an airport, Dhonielle Clayton takes a thoughtful, speculative approach to pre-destined love, and Julie Murphy dreams up a fun twist on reality dating show contestants.

This incredibly talented group of authors brings us a collection of stories that are at turns romantic and witty, epic and everyday, heartbreaking and real.

Audiobook Table of Contents:
"Siege Etiquette" by Katie Cotugno, read by Caitlin Davies
"Print Shop" by Nina LaCour, read by Dara Rosenberg
"Hourglass" by Ibi Zoboi, read by Bahni Turpin
"Click" by Katharine McGee, read by Betsy Struxness
"The Intern" by Sara Shepard, read by Kyla Garcia
"Somewhere That's Green" by Meredith Russo, read by Dara Rosenberg
"The Way We Love Here" by Dhonielle Clayton, read by Bahni Turpin
"Oomph" by Emery Lord, read by Betsy Struxness
"The Dictionary of You and Me" by Jennifer L. Armentrout, read by Caitlin Davies
"The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love" by Jocelyn Davies, read by Bahni Turpin
"259 Million Miles" by Kass Morgan, read by Sullivan Jones
"Something Real" by Julie Murphy, read by Kyla Garcia
"Say Everything" by Huntley Fitzpatrick, read by Caitlin Davies
"The Department of Dead Love" by Nicola Yoon, read by Sullivan Jones
Jennifer L. Armentrout View titles by Jennifer L. Armentrout
© Danielle Shields
Sara Shepard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, The Lying Game series, The Heiresses, The Elizas, The Perfectionists series, and Reputation. She is also the author of the Penny Draws series for middle grade readers. View titles by Sara Shepard
© David Yoon
NICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything, Everything; and The Sun Is Also a Star, and is a coauthor of Blackout. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award recipient, a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult best-seller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also the copublisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist David Yoon, and their daughter. View titles by Nicola Yoon

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Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today's most popular YA authors.

Listeners will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star, Nicola Yoon's imaginative take on break-ups and make-ups, Katie Cotugno's story of two teens hiding out from the police at a house party, and Huntley Fitzpatrick's charming love story that begins over iced teas at a diner. There's futuristic flirting from Kass Morgan and Katharine McGee, a riveting transgender heroine from Meredith Russo, a subway missed connection moment from Jocelyn Davies, and a girl determined to get out of her small town from Ibi Zoboi. Jennifer Armentrout writes a sweet story about finding love from a missing library book, Emery Lord has a heartwarming and funny tale of two girls stuck in an airport, Dhonielle Clayton takes a thoughtful, speculative approach to pre-destined love, and Julie Murphy dreams up a fun twist on reality dating show contestants.

This incredibly talented group of authors brings us a collection of stories that are at turns romantic and witty, epic and everyday, heartbreaking and real.

Audiobook Table of Contents:
"Siege Etiquette" by Katie Cotugno, read by Caitlin Davies
"Print Shop" by Nina LaCour, read by Dara Rosenberg
"Hourglass" by Ibi Zoboi, read by Bahni Turpin
"Click" by Katharine McGee, read by Betsy Struxness
"The Intern" by Sara Shepard, read by Kyla Garcia
"Somewhere That's Green" by Meredith Russo, read by Dara Rosenberg
"The Way We Love Here" by Dhonielle Clayton, read by Bahni Turpin
"Oomph" by Emery Lord, read by Betsy Struxness
"The Dictionary of You and Me" by Jennifer L. Armentrout, read by Caitlin Davies
"The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love" by Jocelyn Davies, read by Bahni Turpin
"259 Million Miles" by Kass Morgan, read by Sullivan Jones
"Something Real" by Julie Murphy, read by Kyla Garcia
"Say Everything" by Huntley Fitzpatrick, read by Caitlin Davies
"The Department of Dead Love" by Nicola Yoon, read by Sullivan Jones

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Jennifer L. Armentrout View titles by Jennifer L. Armentrout
© Danielle Shields
Sara Shepard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, The Lying Game series, The Heiresses, The Elizas, The Perfectionists series, and Reputation. She is also the author of the Penny Draws series for middle grade readers. View titles by Sara Shepard
© David Yoon
NICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything, Everything; and The Sun Is Also a Star, and is a coauthor of Blackout. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award recipient, a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult best-seller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also the copublisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist David Yoon, and their daughter. View titles by Nicola Yoon

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