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The Hating Game
- 379 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2016
- 10 editions
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1 About this book
For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games.
Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion. Then, the high-stakes games begin! After another 60-hour work week, Lucy logs off her computer and hops on the elevator to head home, as does Joshua.
When Joshua hits the emergency button and stops the ride, Lucy is certain her nemesis is going to kill her. Instead, he plants a kiss on her, and Lucy begins to wonder if she really does hate Joshua after all, or if this is yet another game.
- Relationships
- Competition (Psychology)
- Romance, contemporary
- Humor
- Romance
- Publishers and publishing
- Contemporary Women
2 What to expect
A workplace romantic comedy: two executive assistants at a newly merged publishing company, who share an office and cannot stand each other, compete for the same promotion. It is told by Lucy in a quick, joking voice, and it follows the enemies-to-lovers pattern closely, through banter, office games and growing attraction. It is light and funny, and there is little story beyond the couple themselves.
Good for readers who want: a love story and humor.
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