For ten years Emma has put her career and life on hold to care for her dad and sister. Now her sister is coming home, a college graduate and out of the blue Emma gets the call of a lifetime. Her high school boyfriend is asking for her help. She has six weeks to turn the dumpster fire that is, the biggest love cynic, but hottest hollywood screenwriters, first rom - com screenplay into something other than something for the rubbish bin. But when life starts imitating their art, Emma will have to decide to either let go of the career she has always wanted, or the family she has always cared for.
I absolutely gobbled up The Bodyguard. It was one of the highlights of my 2022 reading. Hello Stranger on the other hand, fell a little short for me. When Katherine Center's latest, The Rom - Commers, came available on Netgalley, I had to have it. It was time to know, was The Bodyguard or Hello Stranger the norm. Spoiler Alert : I think Katherine Center is my new favorite Rom - Commer.
You, like Emma, might think you know how the story is going to play out. Because all romance novels have the same structure to them, right? Wrong! Does Katherine Center re-write the romance novel? No. What she does do is give it more heart and emotional pull in a way that isn't cheesy, over the top, or unbelievable. Her characters come across the page and come to life. They could be anyone you meet walking down the street and that's why I think her novels are such a hit. They could easily be the life of someone you know.
There's something about a kiss that brings opposites together. The wanting and the getting. The longing and the having. All those cacophonous emotions that usually collide against each other teaming up at last into a rare and exquisite harmony. - Emma
One of my favorite things about this book is the way that we get to see the best of humanity. Emma has been through the ringer in life and still has hope. She loves love and the wonder of falling in love, even if she hasn't experienced relationship love. Emma's love for her family is so strong that she self sabotages to ensure that their wants and needs are always in first place. Charlie is the worlds biggest love cynic, he doesn't really have any use for emotion at all and as the story evolves and we get a bigger picture of what makes Charlie, Charlie, we start to understand that he's just a little bit jaded and heartbroken but the feelings are all still there...he just buries them very very deep. Spoiler Alert: If you loved The Bodyguard like I did, you will be excited to know that Jack makes a couple cameos!
The Rom-Commers may be my favorite romance of the year so far. Honestly I will be going back to my shelves and reading every one of Ms. Center's books that have been waiting for me. Easily ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me.
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**While doing some googling I learned that One of my favorite romances of 2020 was based on a Katherine Center novel. If you haven't checked out The Last Husband on Netflix...what are you waiting for?
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