Valentine's Slay

The Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances

Roses are red, violets are blue, Emma’s not dead, and her gravedigger’s hot too. This Valentine’s Day, love claws its way out of the grave in #1 New York Times bestselling author Navessa Allen’s steamy and hilariously dark rom-com.

Louisiana gravedigger Noah Evans’s Valentine’s night shift takes an unexpected turn when his high school crush starts screaming from her freshly dug grave. Whoever tried to bury Emma six feet under is in for a nasty surprise—they should have checked for a pulse because she’s got unfinished business, starting with the hot gravedigger who just saved her life. As they unearth a deadly family conspiracy, Noah and Emma discover that old flames burn even hotter the second time around—especially when someone’s trying to kill them.

Navessa Allen’s Valentine’s Slay is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances, stories for star-crossed lovers and hopeless romantics. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s do it again.

©2026 by Navessa Allen. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Scooby Smut? Is that a thing?

Snork. Good thing I knew to expect Dexter Romance, where the MCs are down for things like burglary or a little vigilante violence, but mostly it’s about two people finding love and Os. Kudos to the author for providing a fun, complete, but yes, implausible, killer mystery. And, unlike most of the novellas in this collection, we also get some naughty nooky instead of just a kiss and an epilogue HEA.

Bluntness

There was nothing to dislike! my coworker and I listened together and OMG ! we were speechless!

Valentines

I really liked this book, it was a good read. Nick is truly a gentleman

Emma

Emma's husband has tried to make her disappear. Luckily, Noah is near by and finds her. Now they're going to try to find out how her husband did it. Noah not only wants to help her, but he's also going to help her heal.
This ending to the meet cute series is fun and so worth the read.

Good but

I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline, though I wished it had been longer. I also wanted the villain to face consequences for their actions.