The Hating Game

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 earthshattering 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."