The Shippers Release Party with Katherine Center

Join us to celebrate the release of The Shippers by Katherine Center!

• Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
• Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
• Location: Temecula Old Town Loft - 28551 Rancho California Rd. Temecula, CA. 92590

• The Shippers Bundle: $40.00
• Includes entry to the event and a pre-signed copy of The Shippers by Katherine Center.

• Katherine Center will sign and personalize (name only, no messages/quotes)The Shippers.
• You may bring up to three (3) additional books to be signed by Katherine Center. You can bring the additional books from home or purchase them from us. Additional books brought from home will only be signed, not personalized.

Katherine Center is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels. She writes deep, nuanced, laugh-and-cry rom-coms that brim with hope and healing. Her books have made countless best-of lists, including Amazon’s Top 100 Books of the Year, Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, Goodreads’ Best Books of the Year, Library Reads Hall of Fame, People Magazine's Best New Books, and more. Two of her novels have become global Top Ten movies on Netflix, and a third, The Bodyguard, is in production right now. Her spring 2026 book is The Shippers. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.

One of the hottest, fastest-rising Rom Com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel set on a cruise ship with passion, hijinks, umbrella drinks, and long-lost love.

When Josephine Clark faints at the altar at the moment she's about to get married, the wedding is naturally called off. JoJo comes to the stark realization that she is making a huge mistake and this decision is backed up by the sudden appearance of her estranged childhood friend, Cooper Watts.

Cooper had been boycotting her wedding, but now he rescues her from the disapproving eyes of everyone at the venue. But she and Cooper haven't spoken in years and he's been living a life away in London. JoJo has been hurt by his mysterious disappearance, but now, he is her savior, much as he always was during the years of their childhood. But there is no time for Jo to lick her wounds over her abandoned wedding: her own sister is planning a destination wedding--on a cruise ship no less--and the entire old neighborhood is invited, including Cooper.

Her sister is determined to find a romantic match for Jo, on this ship-full of eligible (and not so eligible) men. But is the man she has her eyes on really the one she should be with? And what mysteries is Cooper hiding, to explain his four year absence? Has true love been in front of her this whole time? Or will stormy seas and and misunderstandings capsize her chance at happiness? No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center and THE SHIPPERS will set readers on a course for true love and delicious escape.

Info: Doors open at 5:30 PM.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Temecula Old Town Loft, 28551 Rancho California Road, Temecula, United States

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