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Katherine Center

    Katherine Center crafts bittersweet comic novels that resonate deeply with readers. Her works, often likened to modern-day Jane Austen or Nora Ephron, offer stories described as 'satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.' Through her narratives, Center explores themes of resilience and human connection. Believing in the power of storytelling, she has even delivered a TEDx talk on how stories teach empathy.

    Katherine Center
    What You Wish For
    Hello Stranger
    The Bodyguard
    Happiness For Beginners
    Things You Save in a Fire
    How to Walk Away
    • Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she's worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a brief, tumultuous moment. In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Maggie must confront the unthinkable. First there is her fiancé, Chip, who wallows in self-pity while simultaneously expecting to be forgiven. Then, there's her sister Kit, who shows up after pulling a three-year vanishing act. Finally, there's Ian, her physical therapist, the one the nurses said was too tough for her. Ian, who won't let her give in to her pity, and who sees her like no one has seen her before. Sometimes the last thing you want is the one thing you need. Sometimes we all need someone to catch us when we fall. And sometimes love can find us in the least likely place we would ever expect.

      How to Walk Away
    • Carrie Hanwell is a female firefighter in Texas, and she's a total pro at handling other people's emergencies. But when her ailing mother asks her move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own. She finds a job at a tough, old-school Boston firehouse, but firemen aren't exactly thrilled to have a "lady" on the crew--except for the infatuation-inspiring rookie. But she can't think about that, because love is girly, and it's not her thing. And her old captain had advised her never to date firefighters. Cassie can feel her resolve slipping, and it means risking it all--the only job she's ever loved, and the hero she's worked like hell to become

      Things You Save in a Fire
    • Coming to Netflix in Summer 2023, starring The Office's Ellie Kemper! A hilarious, hopelessly romantic comedy set on a wilderness survival camp, from the queen of feel-good fiction and repeat New York Times bestseller, Katherine Center.

      Happiness For Beginners
    • The Bodyguard

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.0(249941)Add rating

      She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker. He’s got her heart. Jack Stapleton’s a household name—captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. They’ve got a secret. When Jack’s mom gets sick, he goes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah—against her will and her better judgment—finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Even though her ex, says no one will believe it. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah hardly believes it, herself. But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. And there lies the heartbreak. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done.

      The Bodyguard
    • A captivating romcom from international bestseller Katherine Center, perfect for fans of BOOK LOVERS, THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE UNHONEYMOONERS.

      Hello Stranger
    • What You Wish For

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.8(54637)Add rating

      From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel full of heart and hope.

      What You Wish For
    • "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?"--

      The Rom-Commers
    • Wenn du am Boden liegst, sieh nach den Sternen! Maggie und Chip. Sie sind schön, jung, erfolgreich: das perfekte Paar. Als Chip Maggie überredet, in eine kleine Cessna zu steigen, und er ihr hoch über den Wolken einen Heiratsantrag macht, glaubt sie sich am Ziel ihrer Träume. Doch bei der Landung gibt es Turbulenzen, die kleine Maschine überschlägt sich und fängt Feuer. Schwer verletzt kommt Maggie im Krankenhaus zu sich und muss feststellen, dass nichts mehr so sein wird wie zuvor. Langsam und schmerzlich kämpft sie sich ins Leben zurück. Bis sie schließlich erkennt, dass das wahre große Glück nicht unbedingt perfekt sein muss …

      Hinter den Wolken die Sterne
    • Sam Casey stockt der Atem, als sie erfährt, wer der neue Direktor an ihrer Schule wird: Duncan Carpenter. Ihre große unerfüllte Liebe. Seinetwegen hat sie ihr altes Leben in Kalifornien hinter sich gelassen und am Golf von Mexiko einen Neuanfang gewagt. Doch sie erkennt Duncan kaum wieder: Der früher so lebenslustige und charismatische Mann wirkt jetzt verbittert und streng. Als die Existenz der Schule bedroht ist, müssen sich Sam und Duncan ihrer Vergangenheit stellen und herausfinden, was für sie wirklich zählt. Aber reicht ihr Mut auch für das größte Wagnis überhaupt – die Liebe?

      Mit dir ein neuer Tag
    • Pointierte und realitätsnahe Schilderung des Alltags einer dreifachen Mutter Für Lanie, Mutter von drei kleinen Jungen, will der Alltag einfach kein Ende mehr nehmen. Kochen, waschen, Windeln wechseln - und ihr Musiker-Ehemann Peter schwebt auf einem vollkommen anderen Stern! Bis Lanie sich entschließt, genau das zu ändern, und ihre Familie in das größte, nervenaufreibendste, aber auch komischste Chaos stürzt, das sie je erlebte.

      Das Mütter-Komplott