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The Hating Game

A Novel
By Sally Thorne
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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne is a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy centred on a fierce rivalry between Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman. At Bexley & Gamin, Lucy, the charming and accommodating nice girl, clashes constantly with the coldly efficient and intimidating Joshua. Sharing an office for long hours, they engage in endless games of one-upmanship, culminating in a high-stakes promotion that will change their working relationship forever. Sparks fly unexpectedly after a surprising kiss, leading Lucy to question whether hatred and love might be two sides of the same coin.
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This witty and steamy romantic comedy is ideal for readers who enjoy workplace romances with sharp banter and slow-building attraction. Fans of contemporary romance and those looking for a light-hearted but engaging read will particularly enjoy this debut novel.

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Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.

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

Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She's charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley & Gamin. Everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physically intimidating Joshua Templeman. And the feeling is mutual.

Trapped in a shared office together forty (ok, fifty or sixty) hours a week, they've become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship. There's the Staring Game. The Mirror Game. The HR Game. Lucy can't let Joshua beat her at anything—especially when a huge new promotion goes up for the taking. If Lucy wins this game, she'll be Joshua's boss. If she loses, she'll resign. So why is she suddenly having steamy dreams about Joshua, and dressing for work like she's got a hot date?

After a perfectly innocent elevator ride ends with an earth-shattering kiss, Lucy starts to wonder whether she's got Joshua Templeman all wrong. Maybe Lucy Hutton doesn't hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe, he doesn't hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.

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Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author, praises the book as "a brilliant, biting, hilarious new voice" and predicts The Hating Game will take the rom-com world by storm, calling it one of the best she has ever read.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780062439598

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 August 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 294g

Pages: 384

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Sally Thorne

About the Author

Sally Thorne lives in Canberra, Australia and spends her days writing funding submissions and drafting contracts (yawn!) so it's not surprising that after hours she climbs into colorful fictional worlds of her own creation. Sally believes that romance readers are always searching for intensity in their next favorite book-and it isn't always so easy to find. The Hating Game is her first novel.

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