I love when the right book hits at the right moment. Enter The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center, picked up as I slid into the inevitable late-spring head cold mixed with a gloomy rainy day, and you have the recipe for a two-sitting read.

Center knows how to write banter and how to create realistic characters with “all the blemishes”. Emma is a sweet, anxious, self-critical writer who is accustomed to taking care of everyone around her and ignoring her own needs. Charlie is the rugged, dismissive, successful screenwriter who has sheltered himself from feeling emotions, pain or *gasp* love. Put the two of them in Charlie’s mansion, with a bit of pushing from their agent Logan, to rewrite Charlie’s terrible attempt at writing a rom-com, and watch the fireworks fly. Of course, throw in a couple of moments with Jack Stapleton and I am a very happy reader. I giggled out loud several times, and then surprised myself with some tears when Emma’s dad shared some of his own thoughts on love and forgiveness. Perfect book to boost my mood!

Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for my honest thoughts.