For many readers, including me, just seeing Katherine Cemter’s name on the cover of a book is enough to make it a must read. Center is a master of writing stories with good characters, plots that keep the pages turning and, most importantly, humor and heart. Readers come to care about her characters and their lives, almost as if they are real people. This book is no exception.

Emma is woman with unrealized dreams and potential. She works freelance on writing projects for her old high school boyfriend. Emma’s father was in a catastrophic accident and requires her to be around full time. Her sister has, in some ways, been living out Emma’s dreams. She has gotten to go away to college and is about to begin a prestigious internship as the story opens.

A plot twist then comes. Logan, the high school boyfriend, offers Emma a ghost writing job with her absolute idol, screenwriter, Charlie Yates. Let’s just say that Emma has an unbelievable crush on Charlie and his films. However, his latest attempt, an update of one of Emma’s favorite movies (It Happened One Night) is an absolute disaster.

So…Emma makes the necessary arrangements for what she thinks will be the job and experience of a lifetime and flies out to L.A. Okay…I’ve set the scene but don’t want to spoil the fun by saying anything else.

This book is a perfect summer read. Anyone who picks it up will be sorry to see it end.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

I both read and listened to this book, enjoying the audio when I was going for walks or doing household stuff. As a real treat, it is partly narrated by the author. The audio is excellent and invites the reader right in.

Either way (or both) that is chosen, here is a book to put on a must read list.

Many thanks to Macmillan Audio for this delightful listen.

Thank you for the ARC of this audiobook. This is a cute story and did actually have me laugh out loud at points. It’s cheesy and funny. Was good to listen to while at work.

This book is the coziest rom-com with all the classic tropes. I'm now busy researching old-timey movies and trying a new recipe. I love Katherine Center's passion for the genre and her adorable characters. I listened to the ARC audiobook through NetGalley, and I loved the narrator.

I was thrilled to get an advanced copy of the new Katherine Center book because I love her books. So, first of all thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan audio and the author for the ARC.

After a few "heavy" reads, I was ready for a rom com., and this one did not disappoint.

I just love this author and will always read her books.

Witty banter, screenwriters in Hollywood, celebrity romance, forced proximity, grief, cancer,

Emma has spent the past 10 years taking care of her dad, who was injured in a camping accident.

Logan, her high school boyfriend, now gay, living in LA and working as an agent. He schemes to connect Emma and Charlie to give them both a bump to ignite (or re-ignite) their careers.

Charlie is a famous screenwriter who has the yips (is off his game) and needs serious help on the rom-com he wrote.

Hilarity ensures since Charlie doesn’t know Emma is coming to help with his script (and stay at his house) and Emma finds out he doesn’t believe in love. There’s a guinea pig, ex-wife, line dancing, car accident & obviously romance.

The audiobook was an easy listen, and I loved the pacing, different dialects/voices and overall flow.

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center is a clean grumpy/sunshine romantic comedy about two writers, one who loves romance and the other who doesn’t believe in it. Emma and Charlie agree to work together to improve his terrible rom-com screenplay. They butt heads due to their differences in opinions about love and Emma makes it her goal to convince Charlie that he’s missing out on the magic of rom-coms.

This is the first book I have read by this author and it did not disappoint. I loved it! I loved all of the characters and the personal growth we saw from them. This story took me through roller coaster of emotions and I cried throughout the last quarter of the book. It’s funny, sweet, heartbreaking, and lighthearted all at the same time. Themes related to loss of a parent, caregiving, identity and self-worth, cancer are explored in a thoughtful way. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes rom-coms with a bit of substance.

The audiobook version narrator is Patti Murin. She does a great job narrating this book and I enjoyed listening to it as much as I enjoyed reading the physical copy.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for granting me this audiobook ARC in return for my honest review. This book is expected to be published on June 11, 2024.

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center is a clever and funny...Rom-Com. In case you weren't quite sure 😅. The hilarious banter between the main characters and deadpan humor had me giggling, and it made the book very entertaining.

Emma Wheeler is a talented writer who has put her life on hold to take care of her dad. Who, due to a rock climbing accident, is unable to care for himself. Logan, an ex-boyfriend tuned best friend, passes her small writing jobs from time to time. Until one day, he calls with the opportunity of a lifetime! He wants her to work with CHARLIE- FREAKING-YATES. Emma's favorite writer! His new screenplay is his first rom-com, and it is.... utterly, ridiculously ...terrible! It needs a complete overhaul, and Emma just happens to be an expert when it comes to rom-coms.
Yet when she shows up on his porch, he has no idea who she is and wants nothing to do with her. She goes all sassy, angry, on Logan, which Charlie admires, so he agrees she can have his guest room for one night while she sorts her plane ticket back home. Emma is brutally honest about why she thinks his screenplay sucks and Charlie decides he'll take a chance on her. They have just 6 short weeks to improve the screenplay, but in order to do so, Charlie has a few things to learn about writing a rom-com... and love itself.

Over the next few weeks, Emma and Charlie fall into an easy routine of writing, cooking, and researching topics worthy of rom-coms. It doesn't take long before Emma starts to fall for Charlie. Can real life mimic fiction? Can it live up to rom-com status??

The Rom-Commers is such a cute story. I listened to the audiobook, which was read by Patti Murin, and her voice has the tiniest bit of rasp that makes it incredibly honest and interesting. I love audiobooks, and I may or may not have already looked up a list of audiobooks narrated by Patti Murin for my future listening pleasure 🤣

Thank you #NetGalley, Macmillian Audio and author Katherine Center, for the opportunity to listen to an early copy of The Rom-Commers in exchange for an honest review. It was witty, sweet, and rom-commy is all the best ways! I love that it was about two writers and proving love exists! I'll definitely be recommending!

3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐

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Emma Wheeler is a screenwriter who hasn't been working in her field as of late. Her father has some health issues and she has been dedicating all of her time to being right by his side to make sure he stays in the best health possible.

When Emma's agent calls her with a project - she immediately declines, her agent persists because this is not just any project. It's the opportunity to work with/for her favorite writer, Charlie Yates. Out of curiosity she takes a look at the screen play and is horrified to find that it's a total mess.

She breaks down and agrees to take the job working with Charlie, leaving her sister in charge of looking after their dad. But when she arrives in Los Angeles, she discovers that Charlie has no idea about this plan to work together.

╰┈➤ 𝓜𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼

Oh boy. I am out here on outlier island again. LOL. I briefly skimmed over a couple pages of reviews prior to starting to draft mine and the majority are 4 and 5 star ratings. I do want to say that a 3 stars - from me, is not a bad rating. I just didn't love it as much as I thought I would and so it was pretty average for me.

On paper it's a great set up for a rom com and has all of the makings of something that I should have loved. I just never really connected to either Charlie or Emma.

Charlie - I didn't like him at all. He came across rude to me. I didn't like the way he treated Emma for a good portion of the book, it really turned me off and he never (for my own personal feelings) got an arc that redeemed himself for those earlier actions/treatment.

There were areas of the story that just dragged for me a bit - ugh. This is just didn't work for me personally, I liked it well enough to finish it but I never got 'the feels'. Again, I do seem to be in the minority - majorly, so I'm sure most people will pick it up and love it.




A huge thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and Katherine Center for the complementary audio copy in exchange for my honest review! 💐

Katherine Center just doesn’t miss! A fun, and heartfelt rom com. Unputdownable ! Listened to the audiobook in a single day!

This is the seventh book I’ve read by Katherine Center. Center has a way with words! She has the ability to write delightful romances that make me both laugh and cry. Always turning tragic events into meaningful character growth, fun banter, and lots of romance. Her books just make me happy! The Rom-Commers was no different for me. This book had me smiling like a fool. I loved Charlie and Emma! Two damaged people who fit so well together. I couldn’t help, but root for them!

The narration in the audiobook was so good! I love Patti Murin’s voice and how she always brings such life to Katherine Center’s characters!

I highly recommend reading this book and honestly, I recommend reading all of her books if you’re looking for a fun, heartwarming reading experience!

I absolutely loved this book!! It made me laugh an cry, squeal and quick my feet! I don't even know what else to say other than I LOVED it!!

The concept behind this romcom is the cutest most perfect meet-cute I’ve ever heard of!!! I’ve loved all of Katherine Center’s books but this book put her at the top of my favorite authors with Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood.

Then on top of that, Patti Murin, is the narrator! She can’t do any wrong and I will listen to anything she reads.

Everything about this audiobook and story is perfect.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio arc of this book!!

I absolutely loved this book! The characters, the story, the storyline- it was everything!
Katherine Center has never disappointed me with any of her novels.
This book was exactly what I needed!

Planning a last minute spring break vacation, calls for a fantastic audio book to help keep you from stress packing.☀️👙🏝️🌊🍹🧳

Add this to your TBR for June 10!
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Oh Katherine Center, you know how to write a great love story. This book was the full package. I loved the honesty of the characters both being their complete imperfect selves. I smiled so many times, I got teary eyed a few times, I said “awe” out loud so many times, I laughed so much out loud my kids asked what I was laughing at, I just melted with the characters stories, and how this adorable story came together. I was so intrigued to see how it would unfold and end.

Emma has desperately longed to be a screenwriter, but during a family vacation, she lost her mom, and her dad was put in a wheelchair and needed full time care. She took on the roll of being a mom figure to her little sister, as well as full time caretaker for her dad. So her hopes and dreams have been put on the shelf. Her friend though, calls with a dream job. To help a very well known screen writer Charlie, someone she’s swooned over forever, rewrite a script. This means asking her sister to care for her dad, and head to LA. Charlie doesn’t take Emma in well at first, because he doesn’t want to rewrite the script. She is living with him in his mansion, and trying to get him to study the writing parts. She starts to realize his heart is afraid of love and she’s determined to change that. As they begin sharing their stories, and their hearts, sparks start to slowly fly….but then they blow up. Luckily for an honest video Emma’s friend shared that showed Charlie’s soft side towards her, they were able to rekindle. So much humor, heartbreak, courage, and love in this story!

Thank you @katherinecenter @netgalley and @macmillan.audio for this advance copy! #katherinecenter #romcommers #netgalley #macmillianaudio

Every Katherine Center story is my most looked forward to book of the entire year. I know I’m going to get an amazingly funny, sweet, romantic, love story that will leave me swooning this book is no exception! I adored the story and the characters they were very real to me with their issues and complex lives. I really didn’t know where the story was going to go and it kind of stressed me out! But of course the genius of Katherine’s writing is that it all works out in the end, but not in a way you would expect. These are fantastic characters and I would totally read each of their stories. The narrator, Patti Murin, was absolutely perfect and told the story brilliantly!

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced reading copy of Rom-Commers by Katherine Center.

This novel follows Emma Wheeler who wants nothing more than to follow her dreams of writing romantic comedies and to be a romance screenwriter. Emma has put her life on hold since her graduation where her family faced a tragic turn of events which left her the sole caregiver of her kind and loving father.

That is until she learns that Charlie Yates, her favourite screenwriter despite the fact he is a screenwriter for movies she would have otherwise no interest in, needs help with his first ever romance screenwrite. Even though she will be ghost writing she takes this as the opportunity of a lifetime. With her sister recently graduating she actually has the chance to leave her father behind with her to do something she has spent the last 10 years only dreaming about.

A bonus for fans of Katherine Centers other novels: Jack Stapleton, from The Bodyguard, makes an appearance in this novel.

I also appreciated the addition of the bonus scene and the authors note.

I always love Katherine Centers works. She is so creative and such a wordsmith. Katherine has a way of engaging the reader in a way I rarely see done by authors. I will always and forever pick up her books.

📚The Rom-Commers
🎧ALC Review(Copy gifted by @netgalley)
🚨While reviewed copy is gifted, opinions are always my own.
Status: Available June 11th, Not KU

🥰Enjoyment: This was my 3rd Katherine Center novel and while I enjoyed my previous reads (Hello Stranger & Happiness for Beginners), I absolutely DEVOURED this one. You know when you start a book and immediately are like “yep. I’m going to love this one”. This was one of those.

📖 🎧 Writing &/or Audio Style: Center’s writing is relatable and heartfelt and overall just easy to get into. You see me say that (“easy”) in probably every review of a book I love. I have a gnarly case of ADHD and if you don’t hook me… I’m out. This goes for writing and this goes for narration and thankfully this one had both. Patti Murin does an absolutely divine job of embodying both Emma and Charlie. This audiobook is a perfect example of where I would rather just have a female narrator read the entire book than listen to the male narrator stumble through a feminine voice and feminine emotions.

Ok stop. Normally this kind of book is the one I would give my full “modified cawpile” review to, but I just don’t feel like my words are good enough here. If you like Rom Coms? Read it. If you like audiobooks, listen read it. Just go do the thing. (Errr when you can cause… its not out yet.)

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.

Katherine Center is a queen in the rom-com author category. I have enjoyed every book of hers. This one is no different. While the main character had me questioning some of her actions, this was fun to listen to and I would recommend it.

Thank you netgalley for The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center