I look forward to every new Katherine Center book and this was no exception! The Rom-Commers is the perfect tale of an unlikely pair working together - Emma and Charlie overcome their differences and fall in love despite some overwhelming barriers. I'm also a sucker for a little grumpy sunshine romance. Katherine's books are consistently full of heart, humor, optimism and love. You will not be disappointed!

Every time I think Katherine Center couldn't possibly top her last book, she does it again. This book is everything you could want in a rom-com. I immediately loved Emma and wanted to root for her from page one. She's funny, and smart, and has just the right amount of self-deprecating humor that makes her relatable. The banter was top-notch, and I found myself smiling on almost every page. It was such a joy to read, and I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy for my self. This would make an amazing movie, I'd be first in line for a ticket!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Emma Wheeler finds herself in a challenging situation when she is hired to collaborate with her favorite screenwriter, Charlie Yates. However, upon meeting him, she discovers his reluctance to work with anyone, especially her. Despite their initial reservations, they have to work together to rewrite a script that Charlie does not care for. While he is jaded and cannot write romance, Emma, on the other hand, becomes determined to defend the charm of romcoms.

✨Thoughts✨
This story is everything. Katherine Center never fails to impress me with her beautiful writing. Her stories possess an undeniable quality, and her knack for developing unique characters is truly remarkable. This particular story embraces the spirit of fun and warmth, conveying a message that resonates with people from all walks of life.

Emma and Charlie, both endearing in their own ways, take the reader on an emotional roller coaster, inducing laughter, tears, and butterflies with their chemistry.

Overall, if you enjoy well-written romantic comedies with amazing characters, this is the book to read. This story has everything romance readers love.

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

Emma Wheeler finds herself in a challenging situation when she is hired to collaborate with her favorite screenwriter, Charlie Yates. However, upon meeting him, she discovers his reluctance to work with anyone, especially her. Despite their initial reservations, they have to work together to rewrite a script that Charlie does not care for. While he is jaded and cannot write romance, Emma, on the other hand, becomes determined to defend the charm of romcoms.

✨Thoughts✨
This story is everything. Katherine Center never fails to impress me with her beautiful writing. Her stories possess an undeniable quality, and her knack for developing unique characters is truly remarkable. This particular story embraces the spirit of fun and warmth, conveying a message that resonates with people from all walks of life.

Emma and Charlie, both endearing in their own ways, take the reader on an emotional roller coaster, inducing laughter, tears, and butterflies with their chemistry.

Overall, if you enjoy well-written romantic comedies with amazing characters, this is the book to read. This story has everything romance readers love.

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

This was my first Katherine Center book, and now I understand the hype!
I loved this book so much!! I laughed, I cried, I anticipated things and got them right (and then got them wrong)... I loved every minute of it!

It was the perfect rom-com about rom-coms.

The fact that some things were predictable (like in every rom-com) didn't make me enjoy this book any less. The banter was amazing, and Emma was a great MC.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC ❤️

I received an advanced copy courtesy of NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press. This is the second ARC of Katherine Center’s that I’ve been fortunate enough to review. will ready anything Katherine Center writes and I will love it all. Emma and Charlie’s story is funny, heart wrenching, and swoony. Add this to your TBR.

Katherine Center never, ever disappoints! The Rom-Commers had so many fun elements (love the nerdy writer vibe, Emma's obsession with Rom-Coms, Charlie's love for his guinea pig, Cuthbert, Charlie's nostrils---the list is endless. Of course, it also dealt with heavy topics: death, illness, family issues, rejection. Per usual, Craft weaves a story filled with lovable characters that you can't put down. I loved this book!

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center was a breath of fresh air! I absolutely loved the main character, Emma. She was smart, witty, and relatable. Her and the male main character, Charlie, had incredible banter and sweet chemistry. Katherine brilliantly balanced the serious undertones of the story, with the light-hearted jokes and swoony moments between the characters. She is a master at writing incredibly deep characters and closed door romance. This summer, be sure to pick up The Rom-Commers, release date June 11, 2024!

I loved this book. I inhaled it and read it in one sitting. I will preorder it and read it again when it comes out June 11th.

I was actually laughing out loud as I read. My husband kept asking me what I was reading, clearly it wasn’t The Return of the King. 😆

Katherine always gives her characters such unique jobs—screenwriters this time. And includes truly interesting medical things. She writes it all in such a way that I, as a nurse say, yes this is how most people would understand this.

This one is a bit grumpy sunshine. LA meets TX. I can see this being a comfort book for me and now I want to go back and reread The Bodyguard and maybe one or two more of her books.

Put this on your list of beach reads for this summer! It will be perfect!

Thanks to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for this ARC. This was my honest opinion on this book.

I was SO excited when I opened my email and saw I was being invited to read this book. I’ve been a Katherine Center fan for a long time so this was a highly anticipated book for me. And let me say, it may be my new favorite of hers. The grumpy/sunshine trope was sweet and well done, most of the characters were likeable (her dad was just so darn precious) and I was rooting for Emma and Charlie from the beginning. The romance was beautiful without any of the spice- and I’m someone who likes spice. I could go on and on about this book. Thank you so much to NetGalley and St Martins Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have read several Katherine Center books and I was excited to be able to get an advanced reader copy from Net Galley and St. Martin’s Press.

I am a huge rom-com movie fan though not as huge as Emma the main female character. To have a book that hits the rom-com notes as we traverse two people writing a rom-com actually living through it was a lot of fun. I did enjoy this one more than Hello Stranger and now I need to read The Bodyguard (I own it but haven’t yet read it) as there were cross over characters. Even if you haven’t read The Bodyguard – you can still read the Rom-Commers. This is out in June and will be the perfect summer read.

This was another excellent book by Katherine Center. Her last few years' books have been absolutely amazing, and the trend continues with this book. It was unputdownable and full of fun and witty banter. Both characters were likeable and had me rooting for them from the start. Highly recommend!

LovedLovedLoved Katherine Center's newest novel, The Rom-Commers! I thoroughly enjoyed her previous work, Hello Stranger, and found this book to be equally wonderful - full of fun, and family, and lots of emotion. Main character, Emma, is a writer, but her career has not yet blossomed because she has had the responsibility of caring for her injured Dad in Houston. She gets the opportunity to meet her most favorite writer, Charlie, out in Los Angeles, and the fun and adventure begins. All the ups and downs, and ins and outs of this Rom Com are joyful and satisfying. I cannot recommend The Rom-Commers highly enough!!

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review The Rom-Commers.

I absolutely adored this book, the characters, the plot- I loved it all. This was a quick read that also had some depth to it, which I really appreciated. I felt like the serious topics in this book were written in a way that I could relate to how the characters were feeling in those moments.

As someone who has recently been in a caregiving position I can understand Emma’s need to put her Dads care over her own love life, but also her desire to follow her dreams when a job of a lifetime comes along.

She has spent the past ten years caring for her dad and helping raise her sister after a tragic accident left her dad disabled and her mom passed on- when an old boyfriend reaches out to offer her a ghostwriting job with her favorite screenwriter.

I laughed, I cried and enjoyed every second of this book. This was the first I read by this author, but most certainly will not be my last.

Do yourself a favor and pick this book up!

Katherine Center never fails to write an amazing story!

Emma Wheeler has always wanted to be a screenwriter. She has invested a lot of time reading and writing her own romantic comedies and even chose to forego an award that she won for one of her stories because she is the full-time caregiver to her father.

Emma is offered a chance to help her favorite screenwriter, Charlie Hayes, re-write his own romantic comedy that he has butchered beyond all belief. Her sister, Sylvie, agrees to come out and take over for the six weeks that she will be in LA. When she arrives in LA, she quickly learns that Charlie has absolutely no interest in her being there nor does he want her help rewriting his script. Charlies makes it clear that he thinks romantic comedies are stupid and he doesn't really believe in love and happy endings. This is a script he doesn't really care about and is not really interested in making better, he just wants to get it done as a tradeoff for helping one of his scripts take off.

Emma doesn't give up so easily though. Will she be able to convince Charlie love is real and there is such a thing as a happy ending? Could it turn out to be her happy ending too?

loved this book! definitely one you need to make sure is on your TBR!!!

I’ve said before that this author is a hit or miss for me, and unfortunately this one fell on the ‘miss’ side. The beginning felt very disjointed- parts of it just didn’t seem to go together and the inner dialogue of the female lead did not feel like it was coming from a writer with years of experience. The plot had a lot of potential, but I never truly bought the connection between the two leads. Nor did I particularly enjoy either character - they both said and did things to each other that did not feel like a solid stepping stone for ending up together in the end.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

Yet another fantastic read by Katherine Center! This book was an absolute delight. The characters were like family members and kept me flipping pages from beginning to end. A great genre switch from psychological thrillers and I’m discovering just how much I adore this author.
Well done!
Thank you NetGalley and Katherine Center for the opportunity to read and review this book

I've worked my way through Katherine Center's entire body of work this year and The Rom-Commers is far and away my favorite. Center is at her best when introducing levity to serious topics. I couldn't get enough and I'm jealous of everyone that gets to read this for the first time.

Katherine Center is one of the only rom-com authors that I will not only repeatedly read but also look forward to new releases. While this was not my favorite of hers (I think Things We Save in a Fire still holds the top spot for me, there), this was still a cute story. At times, it felt a little all over the place and the pacing felt very fast at times and very slow at others. Overall, though, I enjoy her light and fluffy and sweet reads, and while this wasn't my favorite, I still enjoyed it.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this arc!

I adored The Bodyguard. It was my favorite romance I’ve ever read, so I wanted to love this one more. I thought the love story was cute, but my main problem with this one was the overabundance of medical diagnoses peppered through the novel. It seemed every problem was explained with another medical catastrophe. As a physician myself, it felt forced and unbelievable. Although most of it was medically accurate, it just was over the top. Perhaps others not in the medical field won’t notice or care about this and will enjoy it nonetheless. For me, the ending was just too far fetched and overly convenient.