Thank you to Katherine Center, the publisher, and NetGalley for the chance to read an early copy of “The Rom-Commers.”

This book is so good - charming, funny, heartwarming - it made me laugh and cry at different parts. (I am still kind of teary now!). Beautiful characters, interesting premise, and engrossing prose make for a captivating read. I could not put this one down. Hopefully someone adapts this one for the big screen soon. 5 Stars is not enough!

Oh, how I love her books. And this one is no exception. They're just so fun, and I end up loving the characters and wishing the book would just go on forever.

THE ROM-COMMERS is classic Katherine Center— cute, quirky, witty banter, fun characters, and an overall feel-good story. I loved the internal dialogue of the female MC and the way that she kind of talked to the reader throughout the book. The premise was very cute and the sexual tension was great. It definitely had some fluffiness but also more deepness than I expected about the characters and their life experiences. While probably not my favorite from this author, I did enjoy it and would recommend it. 😊

5 🌟

This story lit me up with joy from the inside out (albeit with a dash of sorrow). I’m finding that I can always count on Katherine Center to provide me with all of the fuzzy feelings and witty banter I tend to seek out in romances. There was never a dull moment between Emma and Charlie. They were two of the most heartfelt characters and I was invested in their journey towards a happy ending from the get-go.

— Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I have been reading Katherine Center's books for years, so I am definitely a fan and have her books set to auto-read no matter what comes out. While that sounds biased, it is just a reflection of how enjoyable her books are for me. All of her books have been hits, no misses thus far. This book is no different. Take this book with you to the pool, beach, couch, wherever, and enjoy this in your summer romance reading rotation!

Emma Wheeler desperately wants to be a successful screenwriter, but she has put that on hold to take care of her father. Charlie Yates is a famous Screenwriter, one of Emma’s absolute favorites, but just wrote a horrible Rom Com. How could he write a good one without even believing in love? Can Emma help rewrite his rom com and potentially rewrite her love life as well?

Katherine Center is quickly becoming a favorite of mine! The Rom-Commers is an enemies to lover + grumpy x sunshine romance with well developed characters, great backstory, witty engaging banter, humor and heart. Despite being a romance limited in spice, these was still a lot of heat and tension between the two main characters that was honest, believable and shall I say realistic. Since this is a book about two writers writing, there is a lot of unique behind the scenes looks at how the book with play out, which I found fun. Overall a great read to take to the beach or read on a cold night by the fire.

A wonderful story of two people re-writing a screen play. One is a rom-com master and one is not. The retelling of their backstories is heart wrenching. What unfolds is a story of two people who hold too much back and ignore the chemistry between them. Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC.

She is beauty, she is grace, she is The Rom-Commers.

Holy moly @katherinecenter what did you put into this book? While admittedly I am a major rom-com fan, this doesn’t automatically translate into book format. But you did it and then some! The love and commitment that Emma has for her dad and sister. Gutted.

Of course Charlie doesn’t believe in love and of course Emma is a sucker for it, it’s a rom-com! The development, the banter, the will they/ won’t they. They’re two screenwriters from very different genres, styles, fame (!). I fell hook, line, and sinker.

This is definitely my new favorite Katherine Center book and I hope it becomes yours too. Get your copy on 6/11 and let me know how much you loved it 💖 Thanks to @stmartinspress @netgalley @katherinecenter for this arc! Can’t wait to get my physical copy with sprayed edges once it’s out 🫶🏼

Katherine Center is one of my favorite authors, so I was super excited to check out The Rom-Commers early!

Emma wants to be a screenwriter, but her dreams have been set aside to care for her father, who suffers from paralysis on one side of his body after an accident years ago. When she is hired to help star screenwriter Charlie Yates revamp his rom-com script, Emma is thrilled yet hesitant to leave her father in her younger sister’s care.

There were things I enjoyed here, and things that drove me bonkers. I loved the casual banter between Emma and Charlie, loved the concept of the story, and thought some of the physical comedy was funny. And I absolutely loved seeing the characters from The Bodyguard in small cameos!

However, the main characters were not my favorite. Charlie was kind of a douche instead of an amazing book boyfriend, talking trash about Emma time and again and then pushing her away in a ridiculous scenario. I was on Emma’s side until she got in a nasty fight with her younger sister, acting very martyr like and above everyone else. I felt like pretty much every character in the book needed a good therapist, and instead they all just decided to think happy thoughts and hope for the best. Panic attacks by our main character were basically brushed over with no real care or representation.

I’m very much in the minority on this one, as plenty of people are absolutely loving it. While this wasn’t my favorite by the author, I’ll still be excited to read whatever she writes next!

Thank you to NetGalley and SMP for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Romance is typically not my thing, but I will read Katherine Center all day long. This new one from her, out next month, was just a treat. Loved her characters, the story, all of it. I like how the reader got a little behind the scenes of screen writing. The characters were fun and complex. It was well-layered, kept moving and had the best ending!

I loved every single thing about this book. The balance between the light and heavy was perfect. I could not be more satisfied with ending. So good!

Loved the story of Emma and Charlie. This was a fast paced, witty and sweet story about literary crushes, family, and career goals. Highly recommend! Great summer read!

Unfortunately due to the current SMP boycott, I will not post my review until the concerns are addressed..

Katherine Center has redeemed herself from her last book. This book not only was it good but in my opinion it wasn't problematic. If I'm wrong someone please correct me.

The enemies to lover's trope, I'm usually not a huge fan of however, it was done differently in the sense that the FMC did stand up for herself throughout the story. It was more of a workplace romance and that is a preferred trope of mine. It has the typical Katherine Center delight also the typical Katherine Center tragedy so be prepared it's not all rainbows and butterflies.

Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review as always, all words are my own.

A new Katherine Center book?! Sign me up!

Emma wants to be a screenwriter but is the caretaker for her father after a rock climbing accident left him with health problems and killed her mom. Her best friend/ex from high school just got her her dream job co writing a script with her dream guy and everyone’s favorite screenwriter Charlie. He just wrote a romcom (not his usual genre) and it’s terrible. Hopefully together they can write a hit.

I was very excited to read this book. It’s probably more of a 3.5 star for me. I really enjoyed the first part, the fmc annoyed me a little but she got to the point of me actively cringing and hoping she would just stfu. 😆 she felt borderline problematic… I may be in the minority feeling this way… it definitely had some great parts and all full of a spectrum of feelings. I’m still a Katherine center fan and love her writing especially how every book I’ve read has a medical aspect and swoony moments.

Thanks to netgalley and st martins press and Macmillan audio for advanced reading copies.

The Rom-Commers Katherine Center’s newest book is a dazzling addition to my favourite genre- yup you guessed it Romance! Did we have any doubt in our minds that this book would be amazing? I didn’t. It’s Katherine Center and she’s an absolute Queen. She first snared me with The Bodyguard (an absolute delight if you haven’t made it there yet on your TBR -you should) and for a second time with her short story The Guy at the Wedding. Her style, wit, attention to detail and progression through all the feels is exquisite. The Rom-Commers made me laugh, cry and cycle through all the other big feelings one might have with the very real topics she unpacks. Her characters were so rich and had such depth and integrity I couldn’t put this book down. Thank you to @KatherineCenter for another literary masterpiece- I’ve got so many more of your books in my TBR and I cannot wait to start them. Thank you to @NetGalley and @Stmartinspress for early access to this book. Please run don’t walk to get your hands on it. I definitely think you’ll love it as much as I did.

Emma does what needs to be done…for everyone else. When it comes to herself, she has a dream of what she would like to do, but after putting it on hold to take care of others, she’s contented herself with rom-coms and fan-girling over Charlie Yates. What could happen if she takes the chance to put herself first?

This romance title, like the other Katherine Center titles that I’ve read, is a fun read that also unpacks a serious topic along the way. The characters are easy to like (or dislike, when warranted) and the story is enjoyable. Definitely a title I will recommend.

What a fantastic read!
Emma has dreamt of being a screenwriter instead she is a full-time caregiver to her dad. When she’s offered an opportunity to go to California to help one of the best screen writers of all times, and her secret crush, she doesn’t jump on it. It takes some convincing.

Charlie, who could not love Charlie from the second you meet him.
We get to meet Charlie in layers, who we think he is and who he really is are two different people and he is just probably one of the best characters I have read!

Emma is attracted to Charlie, and she’s actually falling for him… Can she get this man who doesn’t believe in love to believe in love?

Honestly, every character in this book was amazing, I would love more about them! ( hint, hint)

Such a fantastic read from beginning to end!

Emma Wheeler, talented screenwriter and devoted daughter, has just about given up the fight between the two priorities in her life. Her father, injured 10 years before in a climbing accident that Emma carries secret guilt about, needs her constant attention and care in their modest Houston apartment. Or does he? An unexpected offer comes out of the blue from an old friend, now a very well-connected Hollywood agent, to work with top screenwriter Charlie Yates in LA on a script that needs…how shall Logan put it delicately… work.
Em is sorely tempted but who would help her dad? It takes her younger sister, just graduated from college, to give her the push she needs, offering to come home and take over for the 6 weeks the job will require. And so, Em sets off with equal parts fear, trepidation, and fangirling, because Charlie Yates is her screenwriter idol. That illusion lasts until she and Logan are at the doorstep of Charlie’s Beverly Hills mansion, and then bursts in light of his immediate and negative reaction. She didn’t see that coming, but then, neither did he from his side of the situation.

Enemies to lovers trope: check (double, triple check). Does the author expertly convey the distinctive voices of the characters in all their messy lovable glory? Yes! Does Ms. Center have a propensity for rhetorical questions? Yes! (but by that point, I’m in, hook line and sinker, so.. so what?)

Katherine Center expertly ratchets up both the narrative tension and romantic entanglement in carefully plotted spirals that weave together so seamlessly that it truly takes a second reading to go back and catch all the breadcrumbs that she’s dropped in. The happily ever after (HEA) is a given trope for the romance genre – which in this case is missing in action in the initially doomed remake screenplay for “It Happened One Night”. Em pulls no punches when she bluntly tells Charlie his draft is apocalyptically bad. The HEA is also the guiding North Star that Em and Charlie navigate towards in their own relationship, which moves from antipathy to reluctant partnership, and then (carefully navigating the traumas that both have experienced in their lives), to a new understanding and a new relationship that survives some pretty rocky waters.

Highly, highly recommended.

I have never been so happy to receive ARC permission for a book than for this one. I have been a Katherine Center fan since her very first book. She is a one-click author for me and this newest book, THE ROM-COMMERS, proves why.
Emma Wheeler is a failed screenwriter who is hired to help a famous screenwriter get over his case of writer's block and do a rewrite of the famous movie, It Happened One Night.

Emma is stuck in her life. After a tragic accident took her mother 10 years ago and made her father someone who needs round-the-clock care - by Emma, she never gets to fulfill her desire to be a screenwriter. When she is given the chance to help Charlie Yates- her favorite screenwriter - revamp a script, and a ROmCom at that, she jumps at the chance.
This book is so filled with my favorite tropes - opposites attract, enemies to lovers, forced proximity. And Katherine Center executes them all perfectly.
What follows once the two get working is a story so filled with angst, trust issues, becoming the person you were meant to be, medical drama, and family issues.

I can't recommend this book enough and I thank NetGalley for allowing me to listen to it prior to publication.