The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates―The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!―it’s a break too big to pass up. Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say… Read more.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment recounted
  • Divorce mentioned
  • Parent with Meniere’s disease & hemiplegia from a traumatic brain injury
  • Death of a parent in a rock climbing accident recounted
  • Near drowning incident recounted
  • Car accident (on-page)