I absolutely loved this story. Charlie and Emma were perfect. Together, apart, just absolutely delightful. I laughed and I cried and I smiled like a silly lil loon. Will absolutely recommend this to everyone I know who enjoys a good romcom.

Katherine Center is one of my must-read authors and she continues to deliver with The Rom-Commers. Emma is a dynamic character that is everything you want - funny, sad, serious, she has it all. Taking her into the Hollywood setting with writer Charlie is another level of fun for this book. I enjoyed the supporting characters as much as the main characters. (A visit from a character from a previous book was a nice surprise)
I will be recommending this for pool and beach bags all summer long. I look forward to the next book from Katherine Center!

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to preview The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center. This was a fantastic, upbeat read and I loved it. This is that book where you fall in love with all the characters and know what the ending will be and just enjoy the ride getting there. I highly recommend this book.

Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio for the free audiobook!

I don't even have to read a Katherine Center book to know I'm going to be giving it 5 stars; that's how confident I am in her ability to write exactly the book I want to read. She writes it. I read it. I love it. It's actually quite simple.

This one was no exception as I absolutely flew through the audiobook and was literally laughing out loud two different times by the 2% in mark. No one and I mean NO ONE actually makes me laugh in a book as much as KC does! She gets it! And she's actually just a funny person!

After reading Katherine's author's note in her previous book, HELLO STRANGER, and following her (religiously) on Instagram for years, I can't help but notice and understand her deep love for the romance genre and her defense of the romance genre. I really felt that part of her coming through in this book particularly through the female main character, Emma Wheeler. So while I could be way off, I feel like Emma Wheeler and Katherine Center have a lot in common which made me love the character Emma even more!

This story was just plain fun...which is always odd to say when you know how the heavy topics her books address while keeping the overall vibe light and airy. And this book had its fair share of big and hard topics: loss of parent, serious injuries, etc. etc.

The love story felt believable and realistic which I always appreciate, just two flawed people that find each other and can't live without each other.

The narrator Patti Murin did a wonderful job and definitely enhanced the reading experience!

I can't wait to read whatever Katherine writes next!

This one is probably my favorite of Katherine Center's books.

The Rom-Commers is witty, emotional (don't even get me started on Charlie's award speech 🥹) and fun. I loved the connection between Emma and Charlie. Their past struggles with loss, relationships, family and health had me bawling. But their friendship and banter had me laughing out loud (the Italian line dancer scene 😂). This book really had me feeling all the feels. I loved it!

Closed door/No spice
Famous MMC
Forced Proximity
Workplace Romance
Grumpy/Sunshine

The Rom-Commers comes out on June 11. It’s a must read! Huge thank you to NetGalley, Katherine Center, Macmillan Audio and St. Martins Press for the ALC and eARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Rom-Commers is a fun and heartwarming romantic comedy about Emma, an aspiring screenwriter, who lands a dream opportunity to work with her idol, Charlie Yates. The story is filled with humor, romance, and a touch of reality versus fiction. Get ready for a feel-good read that will make you believe in the power of love and the magic of storytelling!

This book was AMAZING! It had humor, romance, and real life struggles throughout the book. It was such a feel-good book. I loved that ending! It definitely was a great rom-com book.

What a wonderful book -- one of those that leaves you bereft when you finish, like you've just said goodbye to a very good friend. "The Rom-Commers" features characters who each have a strong sense of self that isn't dependent upon a romantic relationship (unlike too many other contemporary romances).

Both Charlie and Emma are script writers, and so it's not surprising that their dialogue sparkles, and the teasing banter between the two reads like a classic Hollywood film script: snappy, good fun. There are obstacles to Emma and Charlie's romance, but Katherine Center doesn't resort to the all-too-typical Misunderstanding that could have been solved by any attempts at Normal Communication.

Well-paced, strong characters, witty banter-- but the best parts of the novel are the characters' disagreements and arguments: honest, refreshing, and real. Most similar in tone and pacing to Center's novel "The Bodyguard," this latest effort should attract new fans and abundantly satisfy loyal readers of her previous books.

I am already a huge fan of Katherine Center’s books. The Rom~Commers was no exception.
Emma has given up the last 10 years of her life to stay home to take care of her Dad in Austin, TX, to give him the best round the clock care. She is an author at heart and knows all about writing but just doesn’t have the name or connections to go behind her work.
One day an opportunity of a life time come up or her to work with her favorite screen writer Charlie comes up and her family is able to finally let her work on her dream for the next 6 weeks in Los Angele, CA. But things are not as smooth as she expected them to be when she arrives at the famous Charlies house. But from day one this seems to set the stage for how this stay at home caregiver/aspiring big name writer. Emma is hired to help Charlie rewrite a romcom screenplay. But neither ever knew they would be living out a real life Rom Com of their own. This book has lots great emotional elements to it and helps you to see things in another view. I was so close to finishing this book I ended up losing 2 hours of sleep to finish it on a work night & did not regret it. I definitely recommend this book.

Katherine Center is an auto read author for me and I loved this book! I think it would make the perfect romcom movie. I felt all the emotions in this book; happiness at Emma getting her shot, sadness at the story of her mother dying, her fight with her sister, and Charlie's diagnosis, and laughter at the silly things Emma and Charlie would do while writing. I love that her hard work of taking care of her dad and putting herself last finally paid off and she got the opportunity that she deserved by working with her favorite screen writer and even director. There were a few throw backs to her previous books aka Jake Stapleton that made this story even more loveable. If this book is not on your radar for June, it should be!

Ohhhh wow. Katherine Center did it again with this wonderful novel! All of her stories keep you intrigued the whole way and also have an amazing way of making you feel different feels. I love her writing and the way she brings the characters alive on the pages. I highly recommend reading this book for laughs and romance all in one!

I've had the pleasure of hearing Katherine Center speak at a book signing event at which she said that she recommends people read her books in reverse publication order. She argues that just like most things in life, she has gotten better and better with practice and that she believes her newest work is always her best. To that, I'd have to agree. The Rom-Commers is a delight. The characters are lovable, and even though tough topics are discussed, Katherine Center always manages to masterfully weave themes of hope throughout her stories. I anticipate this will be a top read of the year for me and I hope you check it out as well.

After ten years of being her dad’s caretaker, Emma gets the call for an opportunity of a lifetime. She’s always wanted to be a screenwriter, and has even won awards, but her dad came first. Now that her sister is home from college and able to take over, she has the chance to make her dreams a reality, and to co-write with CHARLIE YATES. Her favourite screenwriter ever, who has written a terrible rom com and needs help. But he doesn’t want it. Especially from someone like Emma. Cue close-proximity with a grumpy man, who she might have a small crush on.

Omg I loved this book so much. I cried so many tears, both sad and happy, and can’t not rate it 5 stars.

I loved Emma’s energy and personality, and the way she behaved around the stars of LA resonated so much. Her family overcame so much and was so lovely. You could tell Charlie was in love with her from the first second, and the grumpy energy made for such a good build up.

Both characters have a lot of trauma that they work through, both together and apart, and they’re just such a power couple.

I also loved the nods to the tropes and writing style of a rom com throughout. Fantastic writing and story.

Loved this one. Katherine Center gets better with each book. Both mains are flawed and interesting and i love that they were good solid friends first.

Katherine Center is becoming on of my go-to romance authors lately! She delivers unique characters and a romance to make you swoon and kick your feet with giddiness.

Charlie Yates is a very well known and loved screenwriter and needs to write a Romantic Comedy in order to get his Mafia story filmed and his manager also happens to be best friends and manager of Emma Wheeler, a RomCom writer. Emma has put her whole life on hold while she takes care of her father after he got severely injured from a rock climbing incident. Emma is creative, a hopeless romantic, caring, sweet, and driven!

I adored Emma and Charlie together, they had such an easy dynamic together and I just love how she taught him so much, especially helping him realize what exactly love is. When he said he enjoyed going to the grocery with her and stocking the pantry!!! HOW CUTE!

when he said he wasn't in love because he googled it!!!!

also, I loved seeing Jack Stapleton from The Bodyguard make an appearance!

I have become a really big Katherine Center fan since THE BODYGUARD, and this entry is also very good. It's less of a romance than Bodyguard, but still a great, fast read about a woman who has struggled for a decade or so caring for an invalid parent only to be given her big break in Hollywood.

Like all Katherine Center books (that I've read, at least) there are some extremely heavy issues here. People who think the word "cancer" has no place in a rom-com should stay away.

But it's also very sweet and charming and I'm very glad I read it.

This book was everything I've come to love and expect from a Katherine Center novel: namely that it was fun and super cute and had a delightful cast of characters. From the witty banter to the grumpy/sunshine tropes, this book was thoroughly enjoyable. The romance is more sweet than spicy, and I personally love books about the writing process, especially when it's two writers butting heads. So if you enjoyed "Book Lovers" by Emily Henry and/or "The Roughest Draft" by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, I think you would really like this book. The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because I am personally not a huge fan of the miscommunication trope... (is withholding information considered miscommunication?). But apart from that, this might be my favorite Katherine Center novel, or at least tied with "The Bodyguard." Definitely recommend!

Thank you so much to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for allowing me to read this eARC early in exchange for an honest review!

Katherine Center is a favorite of mine. She has the amazing ability to write romance novels without making it overly spicy. You're able to feel the deep love and connection between two characters without all the smut. I loved the concept of this book. and absolutely fell in love with the characters. Highly recommend this one!

This was a charming surprise! As the main character says, rom-coms are formulaic, always containing certain elements. Yes, this novel has all the elements, but surrounded by a lovely and original structure. Emma narrates this story of being given an opportunity to write a rom-com with one of her idols, Charlie. Of course, it’s a rom-com so we know where it’s going, but full of charm and unusual characters with unusual problems.

So, I do recommend this book to readers of romance/women’s novels. It’s a great way to spend a weekend!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

Emma Wheeler is a screenwriter who hasn't been screenwriting much since she's been taking care of her dad for the past decade, a job that requires every minute of her attention. But when her agent sends her a screenplay that needs fixing and it's from her favorite writer, Charlie Yates, she is horrified to discover that the writing is execrable. So bad, she agrees to his offer to hire her to come cowrite with him. Dream come true? Not so much because Charlie has no idea she's coming and no intention of working with her once she's there. Cue: romantic situation.

I think this might be my favorite Katherine Center book yet. There've been quite a few titles out lately explicitly referencing the genre expectations, and so I was a little bit leery about this getting that meta. And as the main characters are both screen writers, there are self-referential mentions of stereotypical rom com plot points, but it was all very fun and well-earned. They aren't just hitting romance beats for some theoretical exercise, Emma wants to make Charlie live through the choices he made in his awful screenplay to show him, for instance, why line dancing isn't sexy. I was also concerned going in about the parasocial dynamic between fan girl Emma and the mega-successful Charlie whom she idolizes. This too was handles super well since their meet cute obliterates that hero-worship and brings them both to a more even-keeled mutual animosity.

Caveats out of the way, what I loved about this book was how much it leaned into the fun of a good romance, the push and pull of an involuntary couple, the delightful banter, the slow-growing respect and realization that, hey, we like each other. This book has so many really lovely moments of play as Charlie's grump exterior gives way. They each bring a backstory that ratchets up the emotion and allows them to connect at a deeper level. The writing is sparkling and witty, and a stable of side characters adds depth and charm. We get a couple of cameos from Jack Stapleton from The Bodyguard. Emma's dad is wonderful. And there's a guinea pig named Cuthbert (as in Matthew and Marilla maybe?).

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC.