The Hating Game
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4.3 • 502 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
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.
This production includes a bonus excerpt from Sally Thorne’s next audiobook, 99 Percent Mine.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We love it when a rom-com pits two bitter rivals against each other when we just know they’re hiding a secret attraction. Romance author Sally Thorne offers an utterly charming take on this beloved trope. The Hating Game centers around Lucy, an executive assistant at the Bexley & Gamin publishing house. Lucy is an eternal optimist—at least when her mood isn’t being fouled by her joyless workplace nemesis, Joshua, whom she hates. With a passion. The pair’s low-simmering rivalry boils over when the two start competing for the same promotion, unexpectedly revealing the steamy romantic desires hiding beneath their aversion to each other. Lucy and Joshua’s heated banter is irresistible, and narrator Katie Schorr takes listeners right inside Lucy’s head as she dives into this secret office romance. Thorne’s book is a sweet, funny, and very sexy trip.
Customer Reviews
Fun Read! Snappy dialogue
This a fun read about two coworkers who are enemies.
Great pacing. Story went along. Not rushed, and details are not left out.
I would have liked Josh to meet her parents. That would have been fun.
I recommend this one.
Hilarious and sweet
Awesome rom com! Fabulous narrator! So glad I purchased it! ❤️
The hating game for sure
Listen to this as an audio book and I’m not sure if it was bc of that but I did not really like this. The characters were insufferable and annoying and I normally LOVE this trope but idk something about it was aggravating. Maybe I’ll give it another try as a physical read but I’m not sure.