Books like Learning to love by Debbie Macomber

Jayne Gilbert, a librarian, feels the pressure to surprise her former classmates by bringing a man to the high‑school reunion. She turns to a self‑help book titled "How to Pick Up a Man," hoping it will guide her to a suitable partner. The plan almost works when she attracts the attention of the handsome Riley Chambers—only because she carries the book, not because she follows its advice. In the second story, Ellen Cunningham, an adult college student, returns to campus and becomes the housemother of an inexpensive shared‑living space. The house, owned by the absentee Reed Morgan, is now filled with her roommates—three young college boys—and a new tense dynamic. Ellen must navigate her new responsibilities while keeping Reed’s discontent at bay. Both stories weave humor and heart as the protagonists confront love, friendship, and the challenges of adult life in contemporary America.

First publish date: 2011