The Rom-Commers

A Novel

De: Katherine Center

Narrado por: Katherine Center, Patti Murin

Duración: 11 h y 39 m

Resumen del Editor

This program features a bonus scene and an author's note—both audio-exclusives—and acknowledgments read by the author.

“[Patti] Murin's portrayal of Emma is captivating—a blend of sass, humor, and empathy with impeccable timing and nuances.”—AudioFile

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?

Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies—good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates—The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!—it’s a break too big to pass up.

Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say? Don’t meet your heroes? Charlie Yates doesn’t want to write with anyone—much less “a failed, nobody screenwriter.” Worse, the romantic comedy he’s written is so terrible it might actually bring on the apocalypse. Plus! He doesn’t even care about the script—it’s just a means to get a different one green-lit. Oh, and he thinks love is an emotional Ponzi scheme.

But Emma’s not going down without a fight. She will stand up for herself, and for rom-coms, and for love itself. She will convince him that love stories matter—even if she has to kiss him senseless to do it. But . . . what if that kiss is accidentally amazing? What if real life turns out to be so much . . . more real than fiction? What if the love story they’re writing breaks all Emma’s rules—and comes true?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Katherine Center (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Center, the prolific author of many romances, clearly understands what it takes to create a winning romantic comedy and puts Charlie and Emma through many of the most delightful rom-com tropes (enemies to lovers, forced proximity). But the book, like all of Center’s work, doesn’t completely eschew darkness—both Emma and Charlie are dealing with trauma and grief. A winning romance that deftly balances heft and humor."—Kirkus

"Winsome and charming, Center's latest is that perfect blend of romance and overcoming life challenges that her readers treasure."—Booklist (starred review)

Terrific Narration, Lovely Story

The narration was fantastic! She acted out every line with so much feeling that I couldn’t help but see every line as if I was watching it play out in real time.

Ultimately this is book about love in all its forms, loneliness, and being grateful for all the wonderful things that you do have in your life. It’s hopeful and earnest in the best way, not the Velveeta Cheese way.

The characters are lovely and fallible, but not to the point where you can’t even understand why someone would ever want to be with them and it’s so frustrating to read, but in that relatable, no one is perfect and that’s normal every day life. It’s sweet and funny, and I honestly appreciated the love of Rom-Coms and defending their value so much. Society *would* be so much better if we embraced love stories of all kinds and didn’t reject them because there’s something supposedly inherently girly about them - heaven forfend. Also, dummies, marketing to 51% of the population seems like a great business strategy to me.

I loved that the male lead was self-aware when he was being a jerk and had an actual story arc to improve himself, and that the female lead didn’t need to change everything about herself to be loved. It may have gone on a liiiiiittle too long before getting them together at the end, but all is forgiven. And can I just make a plea that every book have an epilogue? I want to know what happens in the future but not everything needs to be a series! So appreciative!

A laugh-out-loud, feel good RomCom!

If you loved the Bodyguard, you’ll love this one, too! Great characters, entertaining dialogue, interesting plot line, depth without too much angst- this one has everything I’m looking for in a book. The MC shares my view on rom-coms— all fiction, really— basically life is hard, our books (movies) should be happy! I like mostly light-hearted stories and that’s what KC has delivered in her more recent work.

* for the moms listening around littles* This story is a very slow burn romance. No steamy scenes, mostly very mild language with a few adult words sprinkled in. No agenda pushing and no slamming/shaming any beliefs/genders/groups- this is a purely entertaining book! (Rare treat these days, am i right??)

I laughed out loud, i cried for the characters’ hurts, and i found myself on the edge of my seat.

Highly recommend!

Loved it!!!

I absolutely LOVE Katherine Center’s books! This was such a fun rom-com!! Can’t wait until her next book!

Thank you

I am aggressively, loudly, unapologetically grateful to Katherine Center for the stories she tells and the joy she spreads. My heart is full.

Best dialogue

Katherine Center does it again, but bigger and better than ever. It’s been so much fun to see her master her craft over the years. She brings an extra dimension to her stories beyond lovable characters and an interesting plot: pearls of wisdom, big and little, that inspire hope, make us think, and make me laugh out loud. I devoured this book in two days, it was just so good!

Beautiful book no surprise

Ms Center once again does not disappoint. Great book. So happy to have enjoyed this book.

I loved this book!

I loved the story and the narration which is why I love listening with audible! I felt the the narration truly brought the characters to life as the author intended!!

Katherine’s best book to date!

Such a beautiful story of growth for the main character, Emma. Emma is taken out of her box of care taker and everyday responsibility. There is definitely some moments of sadness but at the end of the day you get your Rom-Com ending.

This is a quick read and by far my favorite story by Katherine Center.

I LOVED this soooo much!

This was such a refreshing and unique romance novel! It was not only super relatable, but very cleverly written and super engaging. I’m excited to read another one by Katherine.

Another lovely book

I’m such a fan of Katherine Center! Her stories are so full of wit and heart. This was a perfect love story (closed door) and a great summer read!