I enjoyed this book. I liked how Katherine addressed some phobias. I think anyone reading this book could see some of the challenges that Katie faced in their own life. I also really appreciated the author’s note at the back. As always the book was full of witty banter and great character growth.

Thank you to NetGally and the publisher for this ARC. I Loved this book! I loved the back stories of all of the characters, and how relatable they were. I loved Rue and her community of “The Gals” and how Katie and Hutch got to know each other and became comfortable with each other. It was also great to see Katie and some of the other characters’ personal growth throughout this story. I’m not sure how realistic the ending was, but I did enjoy his the epilogue tied up some loose ends (even ends I had forgotten about). Overall, I would highly recommend this book!.

Literally finished this book in under 24hrs. Would have finished it faster had I not had to do real life things like eat and sleep and work.

OMG, I loved this story. From Hutch to Beanie to Katie’s self-help journey! And who could forget Rue and The Gals, or George Bailey and Lucky!? I loved all of them, loved the story, from how Katie learned to love herself to how she and Hutch fell in love. I kinda wanted to strangle Cole, but gah! His reasons? K!ll me now. Soooo heart wrenching!

I want to move to the Keys and be best friends with Katie and Hutch and Rue. Such an amazing book. One hundred stars!

This book was fun and silly, fast paced, and light, yet thoughtful and layered at times. I had a lot of fun. Katherine Center always pack a little extra punch in her romance book (everything in its time and place! I love more mindless entertainment as much as the next gal) but if your looking for a little bit more substantive of a read in the genre, this is a great place to start.
Also, Rescue Great Dane gang stand uppp!

Katie has just taken on an assignment that just may save her career. Her job is on the chopping block, but her supervisor, Cole is throwing her a bone. A job filming a profile of a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. Katie should be thrilled, but what she doesn’t tell Cole? She can’t swim. Additionally, Katie learns that the Coast Guard rescue swimmer is “Hutch,” Cole’s brother and they do not get along. As Katie starts her journey in the Keys, she not only learns about the Coast Guard but about loving herself. As she gets to know “Hutch” and his Aunt Rue, she learns to embrace her body, accept her heroic side and choose love.

No one does Rom-Com’s quite like Katherine Center! She has an incredible ability to write about vulnerable topics with respect, dignity and humor. This author is always a must read for me! I absolutely loved this book!

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Katherine Center for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Katherine Center's newest book may be her best yet! You will find yourself thinking about these characters long after. you put the book down. Highly recommend!!

This is an easy beach read. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and story line, however the Cole character really frustrated me. Katie is assigned to make a video promo for one of the Coast Guard rescue swimmers (Hutch). She is pretty much coerced into the job by her boss Cole is Hutch's brother and Hutch was highly reticent in making this video but only agreed to it so that Cole could film it. He is surprised and upset when Katie shows up. Katie does not know how to swim, so Hutch being the handsome good guy agrees to teach her how to swim. The story progresses from there. Katie ends up staying at Hutch's aunt's apartment and becoming good friends with her and the other older ladies. It's a good story development, although I did get highly bothered by Cole pretty much anyone he was on the scene.

This could be a good pool or beach read if you would like a stereotypical chick lit. I rate it 3 stars. I received this book as an ARC from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a 3.5 /4 star cute summer read! I've read several Katherine Center books this year, and I'd probably rank this 3rd in a ranking of her books- after the Bodyguard and Hello Stranger.

Center is the queen of making her characters go through the most hilarious scenarios without making them feel unrealistic. I laughed out loud so many times while reading this book, and I felt a deep attachment to characters- especially the dog & Rue (lol)

I have really just one thing that made me not love it as much as I could have- the main character, Katie, really struggles with body image, and it is a big part of the storyline. As someone who also struggles with this, I found myself tearing up when I first started the book at just how much I related to her inner monologue. However, it simply became exhausting. While it was probably a realistic amount for someone with body image issues to have negative self-talk, it was not fun to read and could be a little triggering to some readers.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC!

The Love Haters by Katherine Center is a beautiful romantic comedy that was so hard to put down. Katie Vaughn is not sure how she feels about love, but does knows that she needs to keep her job. She agrees to work on a film featuring Tom, “Hutch” Hutcherson a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West, Florida. The only problem is she is not really a swimmer, probably lied about, and is not sure how you she is going to navigate it all. Also, Hutch is her boss’ brother, and not bad to look at.

I wait all year to read a Katherine Center story, and was thrilled with The Love Haters! The themes of found family, friendship, and loving the you who you were created to be resonated deeply with me. Katie and Hutch have great chemistry, fun banter, and are honestly just adorable. The secondary characters including Aunt Rue and the Gals added to the story. I plan on sitting poolside with everyone and having dinner soon. The depth of the story and the characters who had many layers made this a wonderful read.

The Love Haters by Katherine Center is a beautiful romantic comedy that will leave you smiling, remembering to love yourself as you are, and believing in the great power of story! The author brought me wisdom, humor and a story that left my heart filled with joy. I highly recommend The Love Haters by Katherine Center which will be a 2025 favorite for me.

I was given a complimentary copy and not required to write a positive review.

The Love Haters

Enjoyable read - the storyline is fairly predictable with a few twists along the way.

Katie has just had a brutal public break up and is trying to get her life back together and finds out her job is at risk due to downsizing. She is a filmmaker and her colleague, Cole, tries to help retain her job by sending her on his assignment to make a promotional video about the US Coast Guard. The twist is the main contact for the USCG is Cole’s estranged brother Hutch.

Katie arrives in Florida and is quickly absorbed into Cole/Hutch’s family and drama. She has a job to do and she is trying to accomplish it while keeping her job and the secrets she learns along the way.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin Press for an early review ebook.

Katie works for a video production company in Dallas and is pulling herself together after a very public and humiliating break up a year ago. Her coworker, Cole, sends her to do an assignment in Key West for the National Coast Guard. And the main subject she’ll be interviewing is Cole’s “perfect” older brother, Hutch. Only problem is that Hutch specifically requested Cole for the job.

Katie’s inner dialogue throughout the book was all sorts of entertaining. She has a lot of body image issues that she works through, but is able to get there with help from her cousin/best friend Beanie. The story spiraled a bit towards the end with all the lies and the drama, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.

The vibes are there! Coast guard rescue swimmer, Florida, House boat and the cutest old ladies. Katie and Hutch are cute and have chemistry. These two really worked for me. This is a cute, fast read!
The third act conflict felt forced, but overall I enjoyed it.
Not my favorite Kathrine Center, but pretty solid.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy!

I can’t wait to recommend this book to everyone I know
Great read! I enjoyed the realness of Katie; the way she deals with (to me) scary situations. Her best friend, Beanie, is AMAZING, always there pushing self love. Rue and The Gals were the perfect quirky characters, pushing Katie out of her comfort zone. The back story of Cole and Hutch was the thing that made me cry. I’ll be thinking of this for a long time.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Katherine Center can do no wrong. She is always able to reel you into the story, truly making if feel like you are part of the book seeing through the characters eyes. Absolutely love.

Katherine Center keeps not delivering the spice and yet I'm always drawn in like a moth to a flame. This woman just writes such good love stories and I love the YEARNING.

The story follows Katie Vaughn, a cinematographer/editor who is sent by her producer to film a story about his brother, Hutch. The initial premise of the first few chapters was a bit, for lack of a better word, clunky for me, but Center redeemed herself. Hutch is a perfect, textbook-definition book boyfriend. This story was largely a story of self-love, and finding love when you learn to love yourself, and loving your found family. I really enjoyed the character development.

Finished this one in one sitting on a four-hour flight. It's a quick, speedy read that will stick with you. Minus one star for the first few chapters and the fact that I didn't like the third act "conflict". I'll keep picking up everything Katherine Center wants to give us.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

i really liked this one! really refreshing story. good plot. extremely likeable characters! i love this author's writing and this one was no different. would recommend.

If a self help book and a romcom had a baby... 🩷🩵
While primarily a love story, I really loved the FMC's journey to loving herself again after childhood and relationship trauma. With the help of the MMC and an adorable cast of side characters (hello George Bailey!), she dissected parts of herself she'd buried and ignored for a long time.
The only cons (and they're personal pet peeves at best)... I've never been a fan of when the narrator talks to the reader. It takes me out of the flow of a story. And in the beginning of the book I felt overloaded with inner monologue instead of actual dialogue. But on the plus side, you were really feeling the headspace that the FMC was in in the beginning.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and would definitely recommend it as a fun, no spice romance!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read and review an eARC of this book.

I love everything Katherine Center writes! I just love that her books always have cute love stories, but also have a deeper issue that it addresses. Keep them coming Katherine!

I thoroughly enjoy Katherine Center’s romances. They are fun and complex in a way that makes you laugh and cry and process life.
This book is no different. The mc’s in this book have complex backgrounds that they have to process throughout this story. I have never read a book where the FMC has such a poor relationship with herself, to the point where I feel like this book is more about falling in love with yourself more than it was about the relationship between the FMC and MMC.
Some of the plot lines in this feel unbelievable which made it feel slightly hokey. I also wish there was more “in-love” time as a majority was the build up, then once the declaration happened it was the end of the book. The epilogue was also more about how the FMC changed her life to love herself more and, for me personally, didn’t have enough of the “romance happily ever after”.
That being said, it is quite possible the author wanted this book to be about loving yourself with a side plot of romance, in which case she succeeded.
Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the ability to read and review this arc.

Loved this one! I couldn't put it down and finished it in a day! The story got a little too far fetched at times which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, but I still loved the story!
Katherine Center has quickly become one of my go to authors!