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Katherine Center
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Thérèse Plummer
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Katherine Center
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"Joyfully and warmly narrated by [Therese] Plummer, this is a beautiful story about grasping happiness and joy alongside immense sorrow and pain...This warm-hearted listen with an energetic narrator is sure to please." (Booklist)
This program includes an author's note, read by the author.
From the New York Times best-selling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel full of heart and hope.
Samantha Casey is a school librarian who loves her job, the kids, and her school family with passion and joy for living.
But she wasn’t always that way.
Duncan Carpenter is the new school principal who lives by rules and regulations, guided by the knowledge that bad things can happen.
But he wasn’t always that way. And Sam knows it. Because she knew him before—at another school, in a different life. Back then, she loved him—but she was invisible. To him. To everyone. Even to herself. She escaped to a new school, a new job, a new chance at living. But when Duncan, of all people, gets hired as the new principal there, it feels like the best thing that could possibly happen to the school—and the worst thing that could possibly happen to Sam. Until the opposite turns out to be true. The lovable Duncan she’d known is now a suit- and tie-wearing, rule-enforcing tough guy so hell-bent on protecting the school that he’s willing to destroy it.
As the school community spirals into chaos and danger from all corners looms large, Sam and Duncan must find their way to who they really are, what it means to be brave, and how to take a chance on love—which is the riskiest move of all. With Katherine Center’s sparkling dialogue, unforgettable characters, heart, hope, and humanity, What You Wish For is the author at her most compelling best.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
“This charming, often lighthearted novel touches on serious issues and celebrates the power of joy to trump fear and despair.” (People Magazine, Book of the Week)
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"Dear Libby, It occurs to me that you and your two children have been living with your mother for - Dear Lord! - two whole years, and I'm writing to see if you'd like to be rescued." The letter comes out of the blue, and just in time for Libby Moran, who - after the sudden death of her husband, Danny - went to stay with her hypercritical mother. Now her crazy Aunt Jean has offered Libby an escape: a job and a place to live on her farm in the Texas Hill Country.
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wonderful story. narrator kind of a sad sack.
- By Susan Reynolds on 07-24-19
By: Katherine Center
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Happiness for Beginners
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Center
- Narrated by: Ellie Kemper
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Helen Carpenter can’t quite seem to bounce back. Newly divorced at thirty-two, her life has fallen apart beyond her ability to put it together again. So when her annoying younger brother, Duncan, convinces her to sign up for a hardcore wilderness survival course in the backwoods of Wyoming—she hopes it’ll be exactly what she needs. Instead, it’s a disaster. It’s nothing like she wants, or expects, or anticipates. She doesn’t anticipate the surprise summer blizzard, for example—or the blisters, or the rutting elk, or the mean pack of sorority girls.
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Better than the movie
- By SLP on 11-07-24
By: Katherine Center
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The Bodyguard
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Center
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker.
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Thank you Katherine Center!!
- By Alice Vargo on 07-20-22
By: Katherine Center
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The Rom-Commers
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Center
- Narrated by: Katherine Center, Patti Murin
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
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A laugh-out-loud, feel good RomCom!
- By meagan on 06-14-24
By: Katherine Center
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The Love Haters
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Center
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but pretends that she can. Plus, Cole and Hutch are brothers. And they don’t get along. Next stop: paradise!
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Second 1/2 was worth the wait
- By Ohio Customer on 05-29-25
By: Katherine Center
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Summer Romance
- By: Annabel Monaghan
- Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Ali Morris is a professional organizer whose own life is a mess. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn’t worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware—overalls count, right?—she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her, in the same way he claimed his favorite of her three children: by peeing on him. Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right—like he likes what he sees.
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A Fantastic Read
- By Michael J. Shugg on 04-19-25
By: Annabel Monaghan
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The Soulmate Equation
- By: Christina Lauren
- Narrated by: Patti Murin
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely. But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever.
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Love love love
- By Alexandra Patterson on 05-19-21
By: Christina Lauren
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The Love Wager
- By: Lynn Painter
- Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio, Zachary Webber
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of.
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Good, cute, not amazing.
- By AtticusAtticus on 10-11-23
By: Lynn Painter
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Mrs. Nash's Ashes
- By: Sarah Adler
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she’d reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she never imagined that would mean traveling from D.C. to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash’s remains in her backpack. But Millie’s determined to give her friend a symbolic happily-ever-after, before it’s (really) too late—and hopefully reassure herself of love’s lasting power in the process.
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This one grew on me
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 03-22-25
By: Sarah Adler
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It's a Love Story
- By: Annabel Monaghan
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV punch line who has left her awkwardness in the rearview mirror thanks to a fake-it-till-you-make-it mantra that has her on the cusp of success, until she tells a lie that sets her on a crash course with her past, spending a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.
By: Annabel Monaghan
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Don't Forget to Write
- A Novel
- By: Sara Goodman Confino
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi’s son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter’s reputation, it’s Philadelphia’s strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn’s surprise, Ada’s not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermès scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She’s sharp, straight-talking, takes her job very seriously, and abides by her own rules…mostly.
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So good!
- By Kristin on 09-07-23
I LOVE Katherine Center
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What You Wish For A great read.
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I'd like to recommend a wonderful novel for your summer reading list. KATHERINE CENTER's
~WHAT YOU WISH FOR~ is
built around an elementary school setting, and takes a humorous wise and tender look at life, pain, loss, trauma, grief, and the intential decision to CHOOSE joy in the midst of it all.
Very relatable and I feel restored in the midst of this Covid confusion!
So wonderful!
Especially for the tender hearted or teacher
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Sweet story
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Duncan and Samantha's love
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Story is enjoyable
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Please change narrators for the next book!
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Almost Perfect
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Love it!
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I thought that the characters in this story were absolutely fantastic. Sam works as a librarian at a local school and does her best to find joy each day. When they lose her friend and principal, she finds herself face-to-face with someone from her past who has been hired as the new principal. Duncan is a changed man and Sam cannot believe how the fun guy she knew has turned into the uptight man he is now. I really liked Duncan and Sam and learning about the things from their past that helped to shape them.
Thérèse Plummer did an amazing job with this story. She is one of my favorite narrators and her performance on this audiobook is a perfect example of why that is. I liked the voices that she used for the various characters and I thought that she did a great job of bringing emotion into her reading. I do believe that her narration added to my overall enjoyment of this book.
I would definitely recommend this book to others. I thought that this was a well-done story combining great characters, emotional situations, some humor, and a lot of heart. I cannot wait to read more of this talented author’s work.
I received an advanced review of this book from St. Martin’s Press and purchased a copy of the audiobook.
Excellent storytelling!
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