Love ‘N’ Marriage: A young woman discovers that sometimes love’s right there in front of you in this workplace romance.

As Stephanie Coulter discovers, sometimes you find it in the most ordinary places―and what could be more ordinary than the office? Stephanie, who works as an assistant at Lockwood Industries in Minneapolis, is temporarily assigned to the boss – Jonas Lockwood himself. Jonas lives up to (or down to!) his reputation as a tyrant, dictator, and grouch.

But Stephanie’s colleagues, romance readers all, decide that he’s really the classic lonely hero. What he needs, they say, is Love ’n’ Marriage. And the woman they have in mind for him is…Stephanie.

Jury of His Peers: Two childhood rivals reconnect during jury duty—and are forced to navigate their complex feelings for one another.

Caroline Lomax is eager to exercise her civic duty and report for jury duty. However, when she sees a familiar face on her first day, she is near certain that she has come face to face with Ted Thomasson, the thorn in her side throughout high school—and the last person she’d want as a fellow juror.

Ted still seems to relish making Caroline squirm, but he shocks Caroline when he declares that he’s always harbored feelings for her. Just as she attempts to make sense of it all, they’re both selected for the same case . . . and as things intensify in and out of the courtroom, it becomes clear that Caroline has an enormous decision to make.

~Standalone~2-in-1 novel~

This is a no-spice romance, perhaps with closed-door or fade-to-black scenes. Tension and kisses might be involved.

Title:  Rainy Day Meet Cute
Series:  Standalone/2-in-1
Author:  Debbie Macomber
Published:  May 5, 2026
Publisher:  Harlequin Trade/MIRA
My Rating:  4 stars

Rainy Day Meet Cute is a 2-in-1 novel featuring Love ‘N’ Marriage and Jury of His Peers, two short stories by the delightful Debbie Macomber.  Frankly, I’ve never met a story of hers that I didn’t enjoy and most likely loved.  To be fair to new readers of this author, these titles have been previously released in the 1980s. And as such, are a bit dated.  I really wish they had been updated for this re-release, but… here we are.

I actually shook my head a bit at the memory of what was once seen as normal in both the romances released and in society’s acceptance of how women were treated in life and in fiction in that earlier time period.  My opinion may get me in a bit of trouble with the very publishing houses that I request eARCs from, but if they are going to re-release older titles without any revisions that update the time period of the original story, then they shouldn’t be surprised if the ratings of those books aren’t as high as this author deserves.  I enjoyed the stories in Rainy Day Meet Cute for the nostalgia of a beloved author’s work, yet again, I really wish they had been updated before this re-release.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley, and I sincerely thank the author or publishing house for their trust. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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