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The Love Haters
2025
First Published
3.82
Average Rating
320
Number of Pages

It’s a thin line between love and love-hating. Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but fakes it that she can. Plus: Cole is Hutch’s brother. And they don’t get along. Next stop paradise! But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old fears, and to be truly brave at last.

Avg Rating
3.82
Number of Ratings
83,465
5 STARS
23%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
1%
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Author

Katherine Center
Katherine Center
Author · 16 books
BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She's the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including The Bodyguard, How to Walk Away, and Things You Save in a Fire. Her summer 2023 book is Hello Stranger. Katherine's novel Happiness for Beginners just opened as a Netflix original movie (starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes), and the movie adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix in 2020. Katherine writes deep, laugh-and-cry rom-coms about how life knocks us down—and how we get back up. She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” Her books have made countless Best-Of lists, including RealSimple’s Best Books of 2020, Goodreads' Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, and many more. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.
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