The Hating Game

A Romance Novel by Sally Thorne

Subgenres & Tropes:

Enemies to Lovers,
Workplace Romance,
Office Romance,
Rivals to Lovers

Published 2016

Length 369 pages

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This book is for you if you're into...

Office rivals whose banter is basically foreplay
Romances where a promotion is on the line
Characters who weaponize passive aggression in hilarious ways

Publisher Description

Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person's undoing 3) Joshua Templeman

Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company.

Lucy can't understand Joshua's joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy's overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude.

Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job…

But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached its boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn't hate Joshua. And maybe, he doesn't hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.

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