Katherine Center Books in Order

Runaway bride Jojo heads to her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship determined to swear off romance, only to be stuck onboard with her childhood best friend, Cooper. As families meddle and fake flirting turns real, Jojo has to decide whether the love she has been cheering for all along is her own.

Video producer Katie Vaughn is bracing for layoffs when she is sent to Key West to film Coast Guard rescue swimmer Hutch Hutcheson, despite secretly not being able to swim. Between dangerous rescues, a meddling brother, and fake-dating shenanigans, Katie must confront old heartbreak and learn to love herself as much as anyone else.

Struggling screenwriter Emma Wheeler jumps at the secret chance to rewrite a terrible romantic-comedy script from legendary writer Charlie Yates. Forced to work with grumpy, rom-com-hating Charlie in Hollywood, she argues, jokes, and slowly falls for him while trying to prove that hopeful love stories still matter.

Portrait artist Sadie Montgomery finally earns a spot in a prestigious competition, then wakes from brain surgery with face blindness, unable to recognize anyone’s features. As she leans on her loyal dog, a too-charming vet, and a mysterious neighbor, Sadie learns to see people and love in a new way.

Executive protection agent Hannah Brooks is hired to guard movie star Jack Stapleton from a stalker, only he insists his family cannot know he needs a bodyguard. Posing as his girlfriend on his family’s Texas ranch, Hannah has to keep Jack safe while guarding her bruised heart too.

Colorful, joy-obsessed school librarian Samantha Casey loves her quirky coastal Texas school, until a safety-focused new principal turns everything gray. When she realizes he is also the former teacher she once secretly loved, Sam must fight for her joyful community and her own second chance at bravery and love.

Firefighter Cassie Hanwell thrives in her all-male Texas firehouse until family duty sends her to a rough, old-school station outside Boston. Facing hostility, hazing, and a rule about never dating firefighters, she must confront past trauma, care for her estranged mother, and decide whether to risk her heart on the rookie.

On the night Margaret Jacobsen seems to have it all, a freak accident shatters her future and leaves her facing life in a hospital bed. With a guilty fiancé, a long-absent sister, and a tough physical therapist, she learns what resilience, family, and unexpected love can look like.

At thirty-two and newly divorced, Helen Carpenter signs up for a brutal wilderness survival course to shake herself out of a rut. Battling blizzards, blisters, and her little brother’s charming best friend, she starts to discover her own strength, courage, and capacity for joy.

Three years after her husband’s sudden death, Libby Moran is stuck living with her critical mother when an unexpected letter invites her to a goat farm in the Texas Hill Country. Working for her eccentric Aunt Jean and a gruff farm manager, Libby and her children slowly find healing, belonging, and a new chance at love.

After a spectacular email mistake costs Sarah Harper her New York advertising job, she retreats home to Houston for Thanksgiving. There she impulsively offers to be a surrogate for her sister, a choice that upends old relationships and forces Sarah to face who she wants to be.

Lanie Coates uproots her family from Texas to a cramped walk-up so her husband can chase his music dream, then realizes she has lost her own. Between three little boys, new friends, and a camera, she fights to reclaim her body, marriage, and sense of self.

Jenny Harris is nine months pregnant when her unreliable fiancé disappears the night before she goes into labor, leaving her to navigate single motherhood alone. As she fumbles through diapers, heartbreak, and a kind neighbor's help, Jenny slowly rebuilds her idea of love.