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The Shippers

Releases
May 2026
May 19, 2026
Main Genre
Contemporary Romance Contemp. Romance
Pages
320

About This Book

One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship.

After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister's destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure.

Only problem is, her sister's a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man.

Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway.

Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London.

Cooper: who was, if she's honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo's life.

It's bliss for her to see him again, and it's agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can't bring herself to ask.

Hero: Cooper Watts
Heroine: JoJo Burton

Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.

No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center. THE SHIPPERS will take readers on the cruise of a lifetime in a story awash with romantic longing, top-notch banter, long-held secrets . . . and true love rediscovered.

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First Edition May 2026 St. Martin's ISBN 1250408059
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May 2026 St. Martin's ISBN 1250408067
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May 2026 MacMillan Audio ISBN 1250446902
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