{"product_id":"2940170037490","title":"The Hating Game: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eamp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160; amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160; 2) A personamp;#8217;s undoing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eamp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160; amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160;amp;#160; 3) Joshua Templeman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. Sheamp;#8217;s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley amp;#38; Gamin. Everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physically intimidating Joshua Templeman. And the feeling is mutual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in a shared office together forty (ok, fifty or sixty) hours a week, theyamp;#8217;ve become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship.amp;#160;Thereamp;#8217;s the Staring Game. The Mirror Game. The HR Game. Lucy canamp;#8217;t let Joshua beat her at anythingamp;#8212;especially when a huge new promotion goes up for the taking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Lucy wins this game, sheamp;#8217;ll be Joshuaamp;#8217;s boss. If she loses, sheamp;#8217;ll resign. So why is she suddenly having steamy dreams about Joshua, and dressing for work like sheamp;#8217;s got a hot date? After a perfectly innocent elevator ride ends with an earthamp;#160;shattering kiss, Lucy starts to wonder whether sheamp;#8217;s got Joshua Templeman all wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamp;#160;Maybe Lucy Hutton doesnamp;#8217;t hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe, he doesnamp;#8217;t hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117136101616,"sku":"2940170037490","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170037490_p0.jpg?v=1763792511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170037490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}