This was an alright story ! Emma and Charlie were hard to like as they really have off-putting personalities! Also WHY IS THERE A THIRD ACT BREAK UP ?! And then we get the sweetness … it was so brutal as was the fight between sisters … and for being a romance … two kisses is it ??? I guess I was expecting more and ended up falling short !

I love all things Katherine Center and this was no exception! She is an author I can sell to any age who are looking for love and a great romance!

Emma currently writes great romcoms but she wants to be a screenwriter. Charlie Yates is a famous screenwriter who hates romcoms and failed to write a good one. When they are paired up to re-write the script, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Until she meets Charlie, who doesn't even believe in love. Thrown together, will she be able to convince him of love and help him write a hit?

This is forced proximity and enemies to lovers. It is so much fun! Katherine Center came by our store and signed some and she was a delight! She will always be an auto buy author for me.

Love a Katherine Center book!!! She always has a great plot that keeps you entertained with romance but not too much spice. Would definitely recommend this novel. Love the colors on the cover which initially drew me to it but stayed for the content. Cant wait until her next one.

I really enjoyed this story!! The lovable grouch! The girl who needs her big break! This was really just everything I look for in a Hallmark book!

As an oldest daughter I can relate to Emma - it is hard to give up control and let the baby of the family help! Katherine Center has written another wonderful book. I love the grumpy Charlie Yates and his hatred of the pool in his own backyard. I love the forced proximity and opportunity of a lifetime for Emma....

The banter between Charlie and Emma and the back and forth between Emma and her sister... loved it!1

Another auto buy author for me that never disappoints! I always love Ms. Center’s stories and the way she tells them. They are absolutely perfect for summer time and allow this single gal to believe love is possible. While the story is sometimes predictable, it’s definitely cute.

KATHERINE CENTER’S BOOKS HEAL!! I will stand by that statement until the end of time. There hasn’t been a KC book yet that has been anything less than extraordinary. Like many of her other books, The Rom-Commers is the perfect blend of awkward, hilarious, angsty, and swoony moments.

Emma is so easy to love from the get-go. I love that she was finally able to do something for herself. Her growth was so good and I love how she slowly broke down Charlie’s walls. When a closed off man crumbles for the woman he’s falling for?! Yes, yes, YES. KC one again expertly writes from a single POV, but you can so easily see how Charlie feels about Emma. There is so much of push and pull in this story and it’s absolutely delicious. The ending almost wrecked me. I had the privilege of reading this and listening to it and I loved it both times. Can’t recommend enough!!

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for gifted copies. My thoughts are my own.

I loved "The Bodyguard" and "Things You Save in a Fire" by Katherine Center, so I was very excited to receive The Rom-Commers as an ARC! I love rom-coms, but never thought about what goes into writing a good one. In true Katherine Center form, this book has the perfect blend of romance and comedy, but with substance and depth. The witty banter gets me every time. At times I wanted to pull my hair out at how frustrated they made me, but I overall really liked this one.

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for the opportunity to read and review this eARC.

🎬 Amateur Screenwriter FMC
🎬 Famous Screenwriter MMC
🫁 MMC with lung cancer
🥰 Loving, yet tough Family Dynamics
🌆 LA
🐹 Cuthbert
🤣 Playful/hilarious banter
☠️ Near death experience
🦢 Swan dive

Though this story was about writing a rom-com screenplay, I truly need this to BECOME a real rom-com screenplay. The humor was on point, the relationships were real and lovely and all of the characters (minus Jablowmie) were so lovable. I loved this! Do yourself a favor and if you’re behind the times like me, go pick this up now. You’ll be happy you did.

Thank you Netgalley and St Martins for an ARC of Katherine Centers newest novel.This book was perfection....It is like a warm hug..predictable, but amazing!!!

OH MY GUINEA PIG! KATHERINE STUNNING CENTER HOW DARE YOU WRITE ANOTHER BOOK AND GOODREADS JUST POLITELY NOTIFY ME INSTEAD OF THROWING IT AT ME! I swear i'm gonna petition a book box to make fancy editions for your books like they do Emily Henry because I'm addicted.
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88 days to fall in love?? That was so cute.
The food & the can opener? Oh my god I laughed so hard out loud.
She always writes about illnesses or health and it makes me feel like these are things that happen in the world. Because not everyone is super healthy. Everyone has their own health problems not just little issues. This is a romance that doesn’t need a sex scene to influence it. This is one of my favorite books of the year. Update: the audiobook is top tier. It’s very hypnotic and you will be trapped until it’s over! Thank you to Katherine, the publisher for sending this to me, and NetGalley for reviewing it!

Katherine Center is always a solid read. You will feel the full range of emotions with this one - from cheering for a HEA, to feeling the heaviness of grief and life circumstances. I thought the character growth felt plausible. And, I enjoyed the full cast of friends and family, as they had just the right amount of development and fit the plot well. This one would make for a great beach read, or a winter pick-me up. Overall, I would recommend this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Katherine Center, you can do no wrong. I went into this book thinking it would be a light chick lit book and wow I was wrong. It's got meat on its bones! Emma Wheeler has worked so long to be a screenwriter and she gets an opportunity of a lifetime. Emma sounds like a sweet girl who gives up her dreams for her family but by the end of the book she shows what a badass she is! She learns a lot about herself but she also helps famous Charlie Yates learn so much about himself as well. Hold on, it's gonna be a bumpy ride but it's so worth it.

I don't think that Katherine Center could write a book I do not like. This was yet another drama-filled romance with loveable characters who you find yourself rooting for throughout the entire book. Tropes include work/life balance, and grumpy/sunshine, plus it's funny!

It was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. And, it has some fun behind-the-scenes, what Hollywood life could be like, if you are into that kind of thing. I like how different each of her novels' characters are, and in that regard it makes it incredibly difficult to put a rank order to her books. If you enjoy a great rom-com read, then this book is for you. Go for it!

Katherine Center does it again!!

This was such a sweet read. Two authors coming together to write a rom-com. What could go wrong??

This was such a rollercoaster of fun. As Charlie and Emma come together to work om their script, we get to learn more about both their backgrounds and watch the back and forth banter. It is so good! I loved how they tried to resist and all the build up. This story has all the emotions in all the perfect ways. Its the struggle of real life, family dynamics, finding your path and how you move forward. This is a pick up and cannot put down kind of story.

I love anything she writes and will continue to pick up all her stories!!!

Katherine Center is one of my favorite authors and she is definitely an auto buy for me!!

I will read any book that she writes!

The Rom-Commers has become I think my favorite or one of my favorite books by her. I know :). She has totally outdone herself yet AGAIN!

Emma... my whole heart. I wish I had the pleasure of having Emma as my friend in real life. She is such a gem. Center has such a talent of creating a beautiful story out of all her characters. I felt every single emotion in this book. I always have a huge smile on my face and just a pure feeling of bliss when I finish any book by her. But, this one left me feeling on cloud nine and the pure goodness.

Loved the message in this book. Always be grateful for what you have and focus on what good you have in your life not on the negatives or what you think you "should" have in your life.

Love love love!!!

5/5 stars

Thank you to the publisher for my copy.

Emma gets the chance to live out her dream of screenwriting and write with her writing hero Charlie Yates. What starts out as a rocky start with a disagreement on the weather love and love stories matter turns into a love story of their own. This was another hit for me from Katherine Center. I really enjoyed the dynamic with Emma and Charlie. The way she includes real life family issues into her stories is wonderful and creates a wonderful balance with the love story.

3.5/5 ⭐️
Emma gave up her dream of being a screenwriter years ago when she became her dad's caretaker. Now though she gets a chance to cowrite a romcom with her favorite screenwriter. When she gets to LA though, she finds out that he was never on board to cowrite. After he convinces him to work with her, they find out they work well writing together. Soon, feelings develop.

This one had highs and lows for me. The first third at least I found really slow. It wasn't really until post the writing montage (like when they get to week three of writing maybe?) that I thought the chemistry actually started to build. And then I was in. But then the fight/breakup part (although there is a slight twist on that) was predictable in terms of why. I also wish the epilogue hadn't felt like an 80s movies end scene. I think the overall book felt like Center was trying to riff on a romcom movie, which I can appreciate. However, I was confused about the way Emma sometimes spoke to the reader breaking the wall - I was expecting this to become relevant or like she wrote the book we were reading etc. But that did not happen. I normally love Center's romances, but this one was only fine for me.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another really great one from Katherine Center, I loved her last book hello stranger and this one was no different. Really looking forward to what ever she releases next!

One of the best books I have read this year. Absolutely loved the characters, plot, and flow of the book. I fell in love with each of the characters. My favorite Katherine Center book to date.