The Hating Game

Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman are executive assistants to the two co-CEOs of a merged publishing house, and they have made a full-time occupation out of hating each other. They share an office and an ever-escalating series of games — the staring game, the mirror game, the HR game — that Lucy is determined never to lose.

When a coveted promotion opens up and pits them directly against one another, the war turns white-hot. But a single unguarded moment in an elevator makes Lucy wonder whether what she feels for Joshua is really loathing at all, or just the flip side of something she's been refusing to name.

Sally Thorne's debut is a sharp, funny, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers rom-com about workplace rivalry, misread signals, and the thin line between hate and want.