The Hating Game
Sally Thorne
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Open door [?]
· 919 ratings · 384 pages · Published: 09 Aug 2016

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 40 (OK, 50 or 60) 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.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 82
- enemies to lovers 82
- funny 75
- workplace/office 58
- take-charge heroine 44
- sassy heroine 37
- alpha male 32
- grumpy/cold hero 28
- possessive hero 26
- forced proximity 24
- grumpy & sunshine 24
- slow burn 23
- white collar heroine 20
- height difference 19
- sweet/gentle heroine 13
- m-f romance 13
- forbidden love 10
- caretaking 10
- hurt/comfort 10
- cheerful/happy heroine 9
- working class heroine 8
- other man/woman 5
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- insta-love 3
- bad boys 3
- competent heroine 3
- love triangle 1
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- content warnings
- past child abuse 1
- mental trauma 1
- past child neglect 1
- geography
- australia 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 15