Author: Katherine Center
Year published: 2026
Category: Adult fiction (romance)
Pages: 336
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: (my 2026 Google Reading map): USA (NY) and The Bahamas
Summary: She wants him to help her woo someone else.
Genius. Foolproof. Can’t go wrong.
After a lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton vows to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. Armed with pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest). Determined to woo him for closure, she ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, as her wingman. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but showed up anyway. Cooper: who moved to London without a word four years ago. Cooper: who broke her heart.
Shipboard antics abound in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance, as JoJo and Cooper team up, fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, get jealous, answer long-held questions, and finally, at last, discover truths about each other that will change everything.
Review: I am a Katherine Center fan. Here are links to my reviews for the other books of hers that I have read: How to Walk Away; Things You Save in a Fire; What You Wish For; Happiness for Beginners; Hello Stranger; The Rom-Commers; Love Haters; and The Bodyguard.
What's not to love? Love triangles, misunderstandings, childhood secrets and friendships, family, and romance. I am all in.
I liked the characters, even the yucky ones who served a purpose. I liked the shenanigans. I liked the "locked door setting" of the cruise ship. And I liked the ending. I especially liked the Author's Note at the beginning of the book, which beings with "Spoiler: they end up together." Of course they do!
Challenges for which this counts:
- 20 Books of Summer
- Literary Escapes--The Bahamas
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