RAINY DAY MEET CUTE, is the latest compilation by author
Debbie Macomber. I have loved Debbie's stories or rather her
series of cosy interconnected stories spanning either
generations or a bunch of friends or folks of a small town.
I picked up this title as it had two stories and would be
great as a weekend read. I liked the first story which is an
office romance where the executive assistant is roped in by
the others to seduce their uptight top boss. The story
worked out well and I enjoyed it. The whole tussle between
Boss Jonas and his temporary assistant Stephanie is very
playful, with nice banter and sparks flying, along with some
sharp words. The part where they are on a business trip to
Paris was very much fun and felt old school. I liked the way
their story plays out, from exchanging some tough words to
falling for each other, the little moments of jealousy and
realizations were too good.
The second story is two childhood friends meeting after a
long time. They are both on yury duty and get reacquainted
in the course of time. The case they are assigned to be on
the jury of plays out in a manner which brings them together
or rather ensures forced proximity. Their childhood
insecurities and petty fights resurface, and for a time they
revert to their childish behaviors. While the case is over,
it leaves them in a situation where they have to lie low
together, all when they each feel the other doesnβt
want to be together. All this time together, they are
fighting their growing attraction towards each other. And in
a rather long-drawn-out affair of lying low due to the case
they were on, they fall for each other.Β
I liked the first story the best and the second one was
simply okay for me.Β
If you are in the mood for cute love stories where the
couple comes together and has those heady first thrills and
joys of falling in love, do pick up this book from an author
who knows well how to spin stories.
A 2-in-1 from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, includes Love 'N' Marriage and Jury of His Peers.
Love 'N' Marriage: A young woman discovers that sometimes love’s right there in front of you in this workplace romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.
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 (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—in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. 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 in 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.
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