One of my all-time favorite, auto-buy authors joined me once again to celebrate her latest rom-com, The Shippers: queen, icon, legend, Katherine Center. To say she gets better with every book somehow still feels like an understatement.

The Shippers is classic Center magic, set aboard a cruise ship where childhood friends JoJo and Cooper fake date in an attempt to help JoJo win over her longtime crush and, naturally, the chaos and chemistry quickly take over.

Katherine and I chatted all things cruises, the research behind the book, the enduring power of romance, adaptations, and so much more. She will always have an open invitation to Books Are Chic, and every conversation with her feels like such a joy.