The Hating Game

Sally Thorne

Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman are executive assistants to co-CEOs at a merged publishing house, and they've turned their mutual dislike into an elaborate office rivalry of petty games and passive-aggressive one-upmanship. When they're both put up for the same coveted promotion, the competition intensifies, and an unexpected elevator kiss forces Lucy to question whether what she's been calling hate might actually be something else entirely. It's a witty, banter-heavy workplace enemies-to-lovers story that slowly peels back Josh's cold exterior to reveal why he's been so guarded. The novel is narrated entirely from Lucy's perspective, which keeps Josh delightfully inscrutable until the story's more tender turns.