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Book 60 - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Quick read. I really like Katherine Center’s voice. Videographer Katie Vaughn accepts an assignment to create a promo for the Coast Guard highlighting the heroic Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson. Her job is riding on being able to pull off this mission. She’s not at all qualified, and has to quickly learn to swim. Luckily Hutch’s Aunt Rue takes Katie under her wing. Katie gets caught up in lies told by her colleague, Cole (who happens to be Hutch’s brother), and just as she’s getting closer to Hutch the lies implode. 

The book spends a lot of time focusing on self criticism and self love. I like the message, but at times it was a lot of inner dialogue. Katie insists she not someone who’s beautiful but just doesn’t know it, but her former fiancé is a mega star and still pines for her, and Hutch seems smitten right away, so that feels a little hard to believe. I liked Katie’s interactions with her best friend/cousin, Beanie, and her times with Rue’s crew, known as The Gals. It makes me want to take a trip to Key West, too. (7.5)

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