Ohhhh Katherine! I just adore your books and can not get over how relatable they are to my life at times. Sarcoma. The whipped cream challenge. The line dancing italian. The googling, hilarious. I just adore your wittiness and the ability you have to make me laugh out loud during your books. The love and passion Emma has for Rom-coms is adorable, obsessive and hilarious. The love she has for her family is real. Charlie is an incredibly, real character. I love his story and how he evolves throughout the book. The family drama aspect is realistic and relatable to so many people in this world. The inner struggles of love and loss are both things that we can all sympathize with. As usual, this book is another win in my eyes. K.C. has a natural ability to suck you into her books . The Rom-Com was perfect. Perfect in my eyes and Emma’s. 4.5 ⭐️

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Katherine Center has quickly become a must read author for me. Her books pull me in and stay with me for a long time. This one is no exception.

Emma and Charlie have immediate chemistry - in how much they don't like each other. Charlie is a famous screenwriter who has written his first rom-com. The only problem is it's horrible. Emma's agent brings her in as a ghost writer to help Charlie re-write it and fix it. When Emma arrives at Charlie's house it is quickly apparent that Charlie had no idea about this agreement and wants nothing to do with her. Finally Charlie agrees to let her stay and help him. The story that proceeds from there was unforgettable. It takes a special kind of story to make you feel everything that the characters are going through, to cry for their experiences, and to feel the need of having to know the ending that you don't put down the book no matter what time it is.

This book will make you feel all the emotions, but know that it's a happy ever after. Highly recommended!

Katherine Center is in my top 3 favorite authors, so to say I was thrilled beyond thrilled to see this in my inbox was amazing! Thank you so much to the publisher for selecting me!

She’s one of my faves for a reason - this book, like the rest, will DEVASTATE your emotions in every way possible, and once it’s over, you’ll want to go watch the movie (because I’m a visual person), only to be redevastated all over again because there’s not a movie. Yet. Maybe one day? Except for Happiness for Beginners, thank goodness.

All I know is that I’m 100000% in love with Charlie Yates, and as an indie writer I felt myself sync up with Emma on multiple levels. This book is laugh out loud hilarious and pulls on every heart string imaginable until you’re taking a belly swan flop straight into the deep end.

Oh, and did I mention Katharine Center is probably the only author on the planet who can write a full page about nostrils and keep me on the edge of my seat? Yep. She did that.

Reading 'The Rom Commers' was a beautiful sucker punch because my eyes are stinging from going between smiling and tearing up. This book is funny, poignant, heartbreaking yet life affirming that had me glued. Just when I thought this book was 4 stars worthy because Emma made me cringe, she hit me so hard I saw a five (million) stars. Seriously, it was *that* beautiful I'm ashamed I didn't realise earlier.

For ten years budding screenwriter Emma Wheeler has put her dreams on hold to care for her father after a family tragedy. This changes when her ex-boyfriend and hot shot manager Logan offers her a six weeks job in Los Angeles working with her screenwriting hero Charlie Yates to improve his 'apocalyptically bad' rom com script.

I absolutely adored these characters and their banter. Being a bit more in the cynical side, I identified the most with Charlie. Charlie understands that its better to keep your hopes low so you never have to be disappointed, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Yet despite her personal circumstances, Emma is upbeat and a huge believer in love.

While Emma had me hooked from the first page, at times I found her over-the-top sunshiney which annoyed me at times and made me cringe, when she'd try to push Charlie's boundaries then get upset and take it as a personal attack when he tried to re-assert them (refer to chapter 22), or her near-martyrdom by refusing to find a way to balance her caring responsibilities. But then, towards the end Emma made this beautiful speech about how real enduring love is an action we choose for the people in our lives that I understood her better regarding the sacrifices she made for her family.

This book was such a beautiful blend of sunshine and rain in the best way. By the epilogue, I was a puddle.

To paraphrase Emma I convey my aggressive, loud, unapologetic gratitude to St Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC. I will be buying the audiobook and ebook when it releases on 11 June.

As always, Katherine Center has created perfection. The story of Emma and Charlie is an endearing love story full of humor and wit.

The touching story of Emma and her family is one that many share but is not often told in stories. It was enlightening, encouraging, and heart breaking - a perfectly crafted story that I already want to read again.

10/10 recommend to everyone, rom-com fan or not!

4.5 ⭐

"I had a theory that we gravitate toward the stories we need in life. Whatever we're longing for--adventure, excitement, emotion, connection--we turn to stories that help us find it. Whatever questions we're struggling with--sometimes ones so deep, we don't even really know we're asking them--we look for answers in stories."

The ultimate rom com! It was witty, funny, cute, angsty, and swoon worthy. I don't know how to explain Katherine Center books other than a good time or that it's like a hug from a friend.

Charlie and Emma are perfection. I could read entire books on their banter. Charlie shows his feelings in such unsuspecting, subtle, and sweet ways. He's definitely a grumpy but soft of the inside love interest. I mean.... He has the cutest relationship with a guinea pig. Should I say more?

The book talks about really important topics like loss, guilt, sickness, etc. but in a way that makes you feel seen.

I will say at times while I loved the MC being vulnerable and putting herself out there, sometimes the love interest pushing her away did make me want more grovelling at the end. And sure, did he do X, Y, and Z (spoiler free here)? Sure. But I'm selfish and love groveling.

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC! Another Katherine Center book for the win! I LOVED The Rom-Commers… almost as much as I loved The Bodyguard, which was one of my favorite reads of 2021. Center writes so much life into her characters and stories and my heart pulled at every moment in this one. I felt ALL the emotions during Charlie and Emma’s journey—there were lots of laughs and lots of tears. I selfishly would’ve loved to see more of their story flushed out in the epilogue but, all in all, The Rom-Commers was perfection!

I think this book might be perfect. It’s fun and sexy but also goes so deep. I got teary! I underlined multiple passages! I giggled! It was a great ride. Highly recommend.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center. As soon as this ARC hit my Kindle I knew the weekend was a wash. I love all things Katherine Center she is in fact my personal Charlie Yates! Her reference to Vonnegut in this novel only solidified my love even more!

We all have dreams and plans growing up of who we want to be and what we will achieve in life. We idolize and emulate people we want to be and know. Emma Wheeler was no exception until her life literally came crashing down around her. Giving up her dreams of being a writer and living a glamour filled Hollywood existence were put on hold nearly indefinitely. Emma was getting by as teacher, taking care of her father, raising her sister through college, and taking one off pity jobs from her highschool boyfriend.

Until the day she got a call that would change her life. She was given the chance to ghost write a Rom-Com with Charlie freaking Yates! Her writing God, the sexy not sexy, nerdy writer of her dreams. Leaving her sister in charge (against her judgement) and flying to CA to follow her dreams and hit it big was the break she needed (also against her judgement). Until she realized Charlie did not need or want her help revising his terribly written Rom-Com. The only thing he believed in less than her was love itself.

Does love really win? Meet cutes don’t actually exist right? Happily ever after is for hopeless dreamers….

Like all Katherine Center books: I laughed, I cried, I identified with the hopeless romantic, and as I finished the last page I prayed for her next novel to come out ASAP (and also for the arc).



Pub Date: June 11, 2024

Again Katherine Center delivers the most wholesome romance novel. I adored this story. Cannot wait to purchase it for myself when it hits the shelves!

Thank you for the eARC!

Emma is a screenplay writer who, while brilliant, has given up the career she could have had in favor of caring for her father and putting her family's needs ahead of her own after a tragedy. But a potential big break comes just as her sister is graduating college and Emma is pushed by her family to embrace the opportunity cowriting a script with her favorite writer, Charlie Yates. Charlie is known in Hollywood for his award winning screenplays. Brilliant in his own right, Carlie has written for famous directors, well known actors stop him on the street. He is popular, respected, loved. But when it comes to writing romantic comedy, he is in need of some serious help. Help he neither requested or wants, as Emma finds out when their manager throws them together to work in Charlie's house improving his screenplay and potentially launching Emma's dream career.

Katherine Center writes incredible feel-good rom com that can appeal to so many. Her characters are flawed, perfectly imperfect and lovable. You can't help rooting for them. I loved the characters and plot of this story. I could picture them both in my head and I think this book would make an excellent movie.

I found myself wanting more. More dialog between the characters, more banter, more chemistry.

There were parts of the story that felt disjointed to me, most notably when Emma breaks the fourth wall and addresses the reader directly. It didn't fit with the flow of this book. I wish the backstory would have some in the form of a flashback, or possibly the prolog.

Overall, this was a delightful, binge worthy read that I think anyone who appreciates a good (clean) rom-com can enjoy.

Loved everything about this book! Didn’t want to put it down but also didn’t want it to end. Emma was such a great main character and I related to her so much because my own dad was diagnosed with Ménière's disease when I was younger. This book had great banter, ups, downs, and everything in between. Great overall life wisdom as well that I didn’t expect but definitely needed to read. I received this book as an arc for an honest review from NetGalley.

Love is complex and this is a passionate story with lighthearted humor and inspirational words from the wise.

At the start, 22-year-old Emma who was taking care of her father 24/7, was convinced to leave her Texas home to go to Hollywood to help rewrite a screenplay. She’s an English teacher at a community college and does freelance writing on the side.

Charlie is in the process of working on two screenplays: one with romance and the other one which he favors is a mafia movie. He has won numerous awards in the past with his work but his entertainment agent, Logan, felt the love story wasn’t hitting high marks.

Charlie couldn’t stand that this young girl hired by Logan was going to tell him how to write. He called her an “unproduced, underachieving failed writer off the internet.” Understandably, she was insulted. How could two people be so different and be able to have a working relationship?

It’s entertaining from the start as Emma and Charlie figure out a way to work together and then appear like two love birds to all their friends except themselves. Both are great with putting words on paper but why is it so difficult to communicate verbally how they feel? That is the question which makes you rush through the pages.

This was fun to read even with two people who seemed so different. I like how Katherine Center plugs some type of health issue into the story. She did that with “Hello Stranger” which really made the book.

If you’ve seen movies such as Pretty Women, You’ve Got Mail and Something’s Gotta Give, you know exactly how a romantic comedy works. As they are writing, the author says that you have to feel the emotion and find out how the leading characters are going to make their way towards the ending. We know there are two sides of love. Is he the one? This will most likely become a movie one of these days and I’ll watch it like the others over and over again.

My thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book with an expected release date of June 11, 2024.

Delightful! Is it likely that one of the most famous screenwriters in the world would agree to rewrite his script with an unknown writer? I would argue no but I still adored the story and chemistry between Emma and Charlie. Still, it would have been nice to read some of Emma’s writing and understand more about why Charlie is so taken with her talent (and vice versa).

Overall, this is a fun, light read (even with the emotional backstories concerning health and parental death) and Charlie and Emma are great together.

Thank you very much to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.

I got a copy of this book from Net Galley because yes I did not have enough books to read already.

Honestly my issue with Katherine Center’s books stem from the fact that the first book I ever read of hers (How to Walk Away) was a five star favorite book of mine and I think that book is pretty different than anything else she’s written since and I’ve been chasing it ever since. If you generally like her books, you will like The Rom-Commers I think. I just like my books a little darker and less fluffy than most of her work.

I did appreciate how in general this book did not do too many strange physical slapstick moments that do not make sense and take me out of the story, I don’t know why but those tend to show up a lot in these books and then I’m stuck thinking “what? How did that happen, this is so odd” (Emily Henry does this so much).

This book also has a genuinely sad and interesting back story, points for that, I liked the characters perfectly well, and I loved the dedication to the rom-com as I also am a devoted fan of the rom-com, but points removed for the use of a character saying Wah-lah twice oh my god people it is VOILA.

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
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This book is about a woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to co-write a rom-com script with her FAVORITE screenwriter ever. The problem is, the screenwriter doesn’t want her help and doesn’t want to write a rom-com.
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What I LOVED:
-Everything! 😂 Ok first of all, the plot was excellent! I loved how positive and upbeat Emma was despite her overactive anxious, and to contrast Charlie and her pessimistic self, it was the best ingredients for this entertaining plot!
-This book was laugh out loud hysterical. There were so many funny moments.
-There was also a lot of emotional moments that had me crying a LOT. My eyes were definitely puffy once I was done. I absolutely adore a book that can make me both laugh and cry.
-The ending was so fantastic. It was so sweet and so hopeful and my heart was full.
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5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katherine Center can do no wrong in my book. I have a couple of her backlist that I still need to read but I think The Rom-Commers is my second favorite book of hers, Hello Stranger is still my favorite.

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This was my second book by @katherinecenter and wow! It’s my favorite so far. This is my second 5 star read of the year. We’ve had bad weather days here in Louisiana which equals no school and work. So I was able to finish this very quickly. As a doctor I can always depend on the author to give me a zebra diagnosis (my medical ppl know) for a character that makes me giggle. I honestly have said i think that may have been on my boards 😂. If you’re looking for that book that gives you all the smiles after you finish it’s this one.
𝙈𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨:
✅humor. I laughed a lot in this one. Emma setting Charlie straight 🤣.
✅the cutest pet guinea pig.
✅2 adorable nerdy characters that will drive you nuts and make you swoon at the same time. Emma and Charlie are brilliant but completely opposites.
✅best dad award 🏆. Emma’s dad was my favorite character for so many reasons. Like too many to count 🥹.
✅the ending was all the warm fuzzies a reader could need 💗.
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Simply put, Katherine Center writes books that make me HAPPY. I am not much of a romance reader, but at this point she's one of two romance authors I'll leap to read anything by (Casey McQuinston being the other). And this more than lived up to the high hopes I've come to have!

The Rom-Commers tells the story of Emma, an aspiring screenwriter who unexpectedly gets the opportunity to partner with her all-time favorite writer on a romance script he's VERY reluctantly agreed to take on. To paraphrase Taylor Swift, you can see the end as it begins - but to paraphrase Emma, our delightfully earnest protagonist, just because you know that great sex culminates in an orgasm doesn't make it any less worth having.

I laughed, I teared up, I devoured The Rom-Commers in one sitting. The story isn't all sunshine and roses, but it's *actively not cynical* and that's a trait I've come to admire. I love my dark and twisty novels, but I really appreciate how Center writes - and nails - an authentic ode to joy every single time.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I absolutely love Katherine Center books. All of them. The Rom-Commers was absolutely fabulous and probably one of my favorites of hers. The story of Emma and Charlies literally made me laugh out loud AND cry in one sitting. Oh - and I finished this book in one day. It was THAT good! 5 stars!

Katherine Center has done it again!!!! This is my new favorite book of hers. Have you ever read a book so good that you feel like something exciting has happened or you just got good news and then you remember your good mood is because of the book you’re reading? This book is did that to me. You know a love story is really good when you feel like you can’t stop smiling. You know the writer is REALLY good when they manage to get all of that emotion out of their reader with ZERO sex scenes. Like how?!? I didn’t realize until I was finished with the book, but I didn’t even miss the spice. The chemistry of these two characters was off the charts. Charlie is my new favorite male MC and I loved Emma too. I cannot wait for everyone to read this book this summer, I only wish it came out sooner!!!
Thanks to St. Martin’s Publishing Group for my ARC of this treasure! It comes out 6/11/24, mark your calendars! Better yet, pre-order this mood booster!