Katherine Center at the Historic Artcraft Theatre

Join us on Monday, May 19th at 6:30pm at The Historic Artcraft Theatre for an evening with #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. Katherine will discuss her new novel The Love-Haters.

A ticket includes entry to the event and a hardcover copy of the book.

If you will not be attending the event, please use this link to preorder your copy for pick up or shipping after the event

Tickets include Katherine's newest book in hardcover and admission to the event. Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase. We anticipate this will be a sold-out show. A ticket is required to attend the event.

We are pleased to provide accessibility accommodations for this event upon request. To arrange accommodations or request additional information about accommodations for this event please email hello@wildgeesebookshop.com

Publisher Guidelines:

An optional Signing/ Photo Line will be held after the event.

Additional copies of Katherine's books will be available for purchase at the event.

Event Policies:

• Outside food or drink is not permitted at this venue.
• Photo/Signing line positions are assigned first come first served upon arrival of person and ticket scanned.
• A ticket is required for every person attending this event above the age of 2. This event does not allow at-the-door sales and individuals without a ticket can not be allowed entry.
• We love it when people share memories from their night but recording long-form video of the author's talk is not allowed at this event. Long-form video is considered to be any recorded video reaching a combined total of more than 3 minutes in length.
• By attending this event you are giving consent to be photographed or recorded by Wild Geese Bookshop.
• Can't make it to the event? Please email hello@wildgeesebookshop.com to arrange for shipping or pick up of your book.
• Books not picked up after 60 days are forfeited and can not be refunded.

About the book:

It’s a thin line between love and love-hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center.

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 pretends that she can.

Plus, Cole and Hutch are brothers. 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 maybe 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.

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.

About the author:

BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s the New York Times bestselling author of over half a dozen books, including How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and What You Wish For. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books 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, Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2019, Goodreads' Best Books of the Year, and many more. Bestselling author Emily Henry calls her summer 2022 book, The Bodyguard, “a shot of pure joy.” The movie adaptation of Katherine’s novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix, and her novel Happiness for Beginners is now a Netflix original starring Ellie Kemper. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.