I am obsessed with this story for so many reasons.

First of all, the dad in this story has Ménière’s Disease, which I also have. I got to read this story as an ARC and I went into the story pretty blind as to what was going on. I was delighted to see Ménière’s disease mentioned as I’ve never come across it in a story before.

Secondly, this was just lovely from beginning to end. There were a few times where I thought I knew what was coming and then ended up being horribly wrong- which is awesome. It was a unique, fun romance.

I adore Katherine Centers work and this has cemented her as an “auto buy” author for me. If she writes it, I will preorder it.

I’m so excited I got to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Um hi! Hello! This book is everything.

I absolutely adored this book. Like, when I wasn’t reading it I was thinking about it, impatiently itching to get my hands on it once more.

Often, when I love a book so much it hurts, I don’t have words for all that love. And I wind up blubbering about it all goofy without ever coherently explaining WHY I loved it but rather screaming about how much I loved it. And my GOSH did I love this book.

I didn’t want it to end. I wanted to keep reading, to be in the world with Emma and Charlie as long as possible, but I also never wanted to leave it. I never wanted it to end.

I laughed out loud, hard. I teared up and cried. My chest ached and my belly fluttered.

There are good books that you read at just the right time in your life, and my goodness did I read this at the most perfect time.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for this free review copy. How did I get so lucky?

Huge thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for my eARC of this book!

I loved this book! No, I really did. When I first picked it up, I didn't pick it up often because I was reading so many other books at the same time. However, every time I did pick this up, I found myself wondering, "Why do I keep putting this down? It's so funny and good!" Then, I started going through my divorce and thought, "Why would I want to read a romance right now? But it's also funny..." Finally, I committed to focusing and finishing it, and I'm so happy I did.

I loved Emma and I loved Charlie, apart and together. Reading the story through Emma's eyes was entertaining and hilarious. I will admit, I wasn't sure I would end up liking Charlie after the second half of the book, but I was pleasantly surprised in the end thankfully! I loved the supporting characters as well. Emma's dad was full of wisdom!

If you are looking for something fun, to take your mind off of life and escape, I highly recommend this book! Especially if you already love rom-com movies, you will adore this book!

Emma Wheeler is always wanted to be a screenwriter, but she has put her dream on hold to take care of her dad. When an opportunity comes up that she can’t pass up, her younger sister takes over caring for their dad and Emma takes off for six weeks in LA to work with her favorite scriptwriter, Charlie Yates. The only problem is, Charlie doesn’t want her help or think he needs it. This romcom script is his ticket to getting the movie he really cares about produced, but for Emma it’s everything. Working closely with Charlie, Emma gets to see what her writing idol is truly like. He doesn’t believe in love which makes writing a romcom a little difficult. Emma is determined to make him change his mind and write this screenplay the way it was meant to be written.

I have loved everything I’ve read by Katherine Center and this book was no different. This story has a combination of sweet romance, pain and funny moments. I was hooked from the very beginning and found it hard to put this book down. I loved the characters and thought that Emma and Charlie were the perfect enemies turned friends, and maybe more. There are a fair amount of sad moments in this book, but the comedy in between makes this book a fun read and not too heavy. The romance in this book is a slow burn and not at all spicy, but it is the perfect romance that is sweet and real. The Rom-Commers is a great romantic comedy read and I would definitely recommend it this summer! I can’t wait to see what comes next from Katherine Center, her books are always a good read.

✨ PRINCEMAN REVIEW ✨

📝 For the past 10 years, Emma Wheeler has pressed pause on her life to become full-time caregiver for her father after a tragic family accident. To fulfill her life, she's become obsessed with every romance film known to man AND the incredible screenwriter Charlie Yates. She's studied all his work, and idolizes him. But when her friend/ex-boyfriend propositions her to help his client rewrite a script, it's almost too good to be true. Especially when the screenplay is written than none other than Charlie Yates himself. The only problem....this romance is absolutely terrible.

What I 🤍:
🎭 Hollywood Scene
🎥 Screenwriter X Wanna Be Screenwriter
🥊 Forced Proximity~Roommates
😢 All the Feels
💕Grumpy X Sunshine
🥊 Emotional Punch
🎀 PERFECT Ending

Katherine Center has done it AGAIN! Another masterpiece in the books! I appreciate how all her books have such depth in her characters combined with hints of comedy and an emotional punch. I was rooting HARD for Emma. I loved how she was such a hardworking, yet also broken character. Put her with Charlie who is cocky while also going through some of his own messiness.....absolute perfection. 🧑‍🍳😘 My favorite moments were watching these two go head-to head! You could feel the chemistry off-page. Even though Charlie was her idol, she wasn't afraid to stand up to him and his grumpiness. 👏 I just love a woman who puts a man in his place! 👏

Prince's Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ +
Passion: 🔥🔥🔥
Read if ➡️: You love Katherine's funny, yet emotional romances
📍 Los Angeles, Hollywood Scene
Read 📅: Anytime
CW ⚠️: Death (off-page), Cancer, Caregiving, Divorce, Work Burnout

Overall, this book will be THE IT BOOK to add to your summer TBR. If you loved Katherine's The Bodyguard, be sure to pick this one up. You'll be glad you did! 😉 (There may be a few easter eggs from that book.) 🤫 Also, this book has one of the best endings/epilogues I've ever read. The speech her dad makes will go down as one of my favorite book quotes of all time.

"'Because love is something you can learn. Love is something you can practice. It's something you can choose to get good at. And her's how you do that....appreciate your person."

Thank you to St. Martins for sending me an ARC of this book! The Rom-Commers is out on June 11th.

Can I just say that Emma and Charlie may end up being my favorite duo of the summer? This book was everything and more. Exactly what you would want out of a sweet summer romance read.

Emma is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime - to go work with Charlie Yates, her hero, the famous Hollywood screenwriter. The catch though - Logan, her friend who set the gig up, didn't tell Charlie that Emma was coming to save his awful rom-com. Six weeks, can two people fall so deeply into the unknown of emotions in six short weeks?

I know that when I pick up a Katherine Center book I will laugh, I will cry, and most importantly, I will swoon. This one made me do all of those things. My heart felt all the emotions.

Thank you to Katherine Center, NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I have never read a katherine center book I didnt love! They are an immediate tbr for me and this one was no different. I loved the banter between Emma and Charlie. This would be a perfect beach summer read!

Another great read by Katherine Center. Grumpy sunshine meets quirky, wear her heart in her sleeve girl. Quick, easy, cute read!

What can I say about this book? I enjoyed it. I really liked the characters. I connected with Emma so much. I used to be a caregiver to my mom until she passed away a few months ago. Some of this book ripped my heart into pieces. I have had so many of the same feelings Emma had. I cried with her multiple times. By the end of the book I was sobbing. It was a bit of a rough read for me....but I feel like I needed it. Even though Emma is a character in a book, I needed to "met" her. I could go on and on but I think people just need to experience this for themselves! I don't want to give too much away.

I really liked Emma and Charlie. I laughed at their banter. I listened as I read, and I thought the narrator did a fantastic job! If you are a Katherine Center fan I suggest reading this book, just be prepared to have your heart strings tugged. I can't wait for what Katerine comes up with next!


Thank you to NetGalley, Katherine Center, St, Martin's Press, and Macmillan Audio for the copies in exchange for my honest review.

Without a doubt, this was a 5 ⭐️ read! I love the author’s previous books, and knew I’d like this one, it I wasn’t prepared to like it as much as I actually did! This is definitely a book for fans of rom coms! It made me laugh, and it made me cry! I loved all of the characters…well, other than TJ! Just read it, and you'll see!

I love Katherine Center's books and this one may be my favorite one yet. I laughed, cried, and swooned and I am deeply obsessed with both Emma and Charlie.

One of my favorite things in romance novels is when two characters' backstories or insecurities complement each other and "The Rom-Commers" did this really well. Emma having given up so much to become a full time caregiver for her father perfectly matched Charlie's fear of being left due to illness. I loved watching them explore these issues together, even implicitly. Normally I much prefer when romance novels have two POVs, but I think this book worked really well with one. Certain portions would have lost their impact if we also had Charlie's POV of the moment.

My only criticisms of the book were a few minor issues with the ending (Emma owes her sister an apology!) and a few other very minor other character things with Emma. She does that thing where she turns rejection back onto herself verbally (in the vein of "oh you really must hate me...") which worked in the context of the book I guess because it's a romance novel and Charlie really was into her the entire time, but is pretty cringey behavior in real life in response to someone who's actually rejecting your advances.

4.5 stars

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

Is it even summer without a new Katherine Center novel? For me that’s a resounding ‘no’!!!

In The Rom-Commers, Center’s latest, writer Emma is hired to help her favorite screenwriter of all time, Charlie, punch up his latest project. Charlie is an award winning screenwriter but when he’s charged with writing a rom com he runs into some debilitating writer’s block. Predictably the two fall in love as Emma teaches cynical Hollywood Charlie all about love.

The plot was a little too self-referential and meta for me at times, but still really cute. My biggest complaint is that the inclusion is the guinea pig named Cuthbert just felt wayyyyyyy too twee. It took me out of the story because it just felt so made up.

Fans of Center won’t be disappointed and ultimately it was all that I loved about Katherine Center books and it confirmed what I already know – she is incapable of writing a bad book!!

As always, Katherine Center delivers on the Rom com so what an appropriate title for the book. Emma Wheeler has put her life and writing career on hold for ten years while she cares for her Dad after an accident caused a traumatic brain injury. She has been teaching in a community college and taking small assignments from her high school ex-boyfriend who is also her manager. When he calls with the biggest assignment ever, to help a famous screenwriter, Charlie Yates (who is also her idol), rewrite his more than terrible romantic comedy, she finally takes the chance. Leaving her recently graduated younger sister to take charge of her father, she travels to Los Angeles to help Charlie only to find he had never agreed to the plan. Can you she succeed in winning him over?

Thank you to the publisher / author / NetGalley for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

I am a woman OBSESSED. I never thought that I would love this book as much as I did, but holy moly. Charlie & Emma’s story made my heart glow.

Emma is my favorite archetype of a fmc - she is so caring and compassionate to all of those around her. Welcome Charlie, who is there to show her all of the love and kindness she deserves. Both Emma & Charlie have truly tragic backgrounds, but this story is nothing but love and light. The banter was *chef’s kiss*. I also loved Emma’s family dynamic and all that they endure together in such an optimistic way.

“There it is. The whole trick to life. Be aggressively, loudly, unapologetically grateful.”

The Rom-Commers officially takes the top spot for me far as Katherine Center books are concerned. I’m anticipating a serious book hangover coming soon.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

I really enjoy Katherine centers books and this one definitely topped some of her past books I read! I wasn’t so sure about Charlie’s character but I really adored his development. And I love how the FMC helped him tweak (or totally redo 😂) his screen play. I wasn’t a fan of the side characters at first (particularly her high school ex 😠) but he pulled through - especially since he brought Emma (FMC) and Charlie together. In a sketchy way …

As is always true for KC books, there is a medical issue for one of the characters that the main character (Emma) has to navigate. And of course it’s sad but it definitely adds a lot to the story dynamic . Charlie’s character also had plenty of baggage and his past is heart breaking - which is why he struggles with writing his romance screen play.

BONUS there is a cute Guinea pig named cuthbert 😭

Trope wise: celebrity romance, forced proximity, “do it for research purposes 👀 “

Highly recommend for Katherine center fans or anyone who loves a romcom because this one is 👏 solid 👏

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy of this book.

When Emma Wheeler gets the opportunity to work with her idol, Charlie Yates, on rewriting his abysmal romantic comedy script, it is a dream come true… that is, until she meets him in person. As the soul caregiver to her father, packing up her life in Texas and heading to LA is no simple feat. But teaching the jaded screenwriter that love is not something made up by Hallmark to sell greeting cards could prove to be even more difficult. The Rom-Commers is an endearing story about what happens when two unlikely partners set out to achieve the impossible, and wind up with much more than they bargained for.

What I love about Katherine Center’s writing is that she never fails to bring out a wide scope of emotions from her readers. On the surface, The Rom-Commers is exactly what is advertised… a romantic comedy. There were many times throughout the course of this story that I literally found myself laughing out loud. But once you start turning the pages, it becomes so much more than that. The characters within this novel are imperfect, and they tackle real, life altering issues. The ability to blend comedy along with the tragedy is a gift, and for me, it makes it so easy to become wholly invested in the lives of these fictional people.

There was so much to love in this book, from the banter amongst the characters, to the complicated yet fulfilling family relationships that were shown. It was a fast-paced, character-driven plot that left me wanting more in the end. I was already a fan of this author, but she certainly proved once again why she’s one of my favorites.

I loved Katherine Center's last book, Hello Stranger, so I was thrilled to get an early copy of The Rom-Commers. I kept hoping for the same magic I felt when reading Hello Stranger, but it just didn't happen for me with her new book. A few things that didn't work for me -- it was a romance novel, but also in many ways it was about other topics. There's a focus on personal issues and family relationships -- the main character, Emma, leaving her father (who is ill) for the first time in a decade, the other main character, Charlie, dealing with personal issues of his own. It was almost a book more about two people's personal growth (yes, thanks to each other) than it was a flirtatious and steamy romance novel. For most of the book I didn't connect with the character of Charlie Yates who was a bit grumpy and insular. In the end the young bubbly rom-com loving Emma improves Charlie's life, and serious, pragmatic Charlie improves Emma's life, but it took a long time to get to the conclusion. What I did like -- it was an easy read and the writing is witty. So in the end, not a perfect read for me -- perhaps my hopes were too high? But I could see others really connecting to this more than I did.

Okay, the book was as good (banter, slow-burn, enemies to lovers, oh, my!) as I’ve come to expect from this author, but can we also talk about Center’s Romance Isn’t Ridiculous Manifesto?

Gah! She might have opened my brain box and scooped out my own thoughts.

You, over there, reading Self-Help, or Literary Fiction.

Romance novels aren’t the less-worth genre.

Romance novels are not derisory.

Romance novels show growth and hope and redemption.

Romance novels for president.

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for this comedically romantic ARC.

thank you netgalley for the free e-arc. this book just wasn't for me but it still could be for anyone else! i hated that there was the stereotypical gay best friend trope, we don't need that in 2024, just let the character be. i did not like charlie or emma at all. why would you read any story/book that both characters are so insufferable and miserable? usually one or both would have a redeeming quality to them but they were both awfully written characters.

I got this book as an advanced readers copy from @netgalley. Thank you to Netgalley. This book is fantastic. I've never been disappointed by a Katherine center book. Is it the most relatable? No. But it's still great despite that. I know that the people that end up not liking this book will be mad that the lead seems sort of "stalkerish". She definitely fangirls rather hard and can come on a little strong but I think she handles it quite well considering. This is a typical KC book with a strong female lead trying to prove herself. This is an enemy to lovers story with some twists and turns at the end. The story feels like it was written as if they were speaking to me, I loved the pov. The quotes at the end of the story and epilogue are everything. I felt so happy and fulfilled by the ending. I highly recommend this book.

10/10.

Author: @katherinecenter