When Katie’s boyfriend cheats on her, her self-esteem takes a nosedive. Worse, her coworker assigns her a video profile of a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West in The Love Haters, a contemporary romance from Katherine Center arriving on bookstore shelves May 20.
Katie does not want the
assignment—not because the Coastie is a hunk—but because she cannot swim nor is
she a fan of helicopters, which are used in these rescues. Not only does she
need to be a swimmer but she also needs to train to be the person who needs rescue
from the ocean. However, if she does not fulfill the assignment, she will become
a candidate for lay-off.
Tom “Hutch” Hutchinson is said
to be a love-hater having gone through an ordeal in which his brother’s drunk fiancé
threw herself at him at his brother’s rehearsal dinner. That created a rift
between the brothers, who were already on shaky ground.
Now a bit of a love-hater
herself after being dumped, Katie finds herself drawn to Hutch as he is such a kind,
considerate person, as well as a competent rescue swimmer. When he learns she
cannot swim other than maybe a sloppy dog paddle, he starts meeting with her
daily to make her a competent swimmer. The more the two spend time together,
the more the love-hating may be wearing off.
Readers will be rooting for
Katie and Hutch in the latest from Katherine Center whose The Lost Husband and Happiness for Beginners
were both made into Netflix movies. The author lives in her hometown
of Houston, Texas, with her family.
My review will be posted on Goodreads
starting April 18, 2025.
I would like to thank St. Martin’s
Press and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective
review.
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