The Launch Date

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

A swoony and page-turning second-chance romcom that puts a unique twist on fake dating! To get her dream job, she'll have to date her worst nightmare . . . Grace Hastings is in a rut. Her career is stagnating, her boss is a leech, and she feels like a fraud working for Fate, a dating app whose ethos she no longer believes in. And don't even get her started on the state of her love life. So when the company's CEO offers her an opportunity for a big promotion and the chance to work on the launch of a dating app that she actually cares about, Grace can't believe her luck. That is, until she discovers that she must test drive a series of 'first dates' with her competition for the job- notorious socialite playboy and Grace's biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft. But Grace refuses to give up her dream job because of a man. And besides, how romantic can a handful of fake dates with your biggest rival really be There's absolutely no way it's an office romance waiting to happen.

Reviews

Flirty and full of heart, Annabelle Slators debut is a dream date in book form. With a deeply relatable heroine who recovers her faith in romance amid enemies-to-lovers tension and workplace hijinks, The Launch Date has everything * Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft *
A sensational debut rom-com has landed! This debut is everything you could want: a fabulously funny and relatable leading lady and a swoon-worthy man with just the right amount of brood. Prepare to fall in love with Eric and Grace as they battle it out for a promotion and try very hard not to fall in love. The Launch Date is a witty, sparkly, and hilarious book for fans of The Hating Game. Prepare to put Annabelle Slator on auto-buy * Lizzy Dent, author of THE SUMMER JOB *
The Launch Date is a witty, banter-filled romance with palpable tension and heaps of charm, a workplace romance perfect for weekend bingeing! * Nadia El-Fassi, author of Best Hex Ever *
The Launch Date is what rom-com dreams are made of! With a swoony hero and relatable heroine, the chemistry between the two is magical and sexy. I adored this phenomenal debut! * Katie Holt, author of Not in My Book *

Author Bio

Annabelle Slator grew up writing stories in the depths of the British countryside. After achieving a degree in creative writing spent most of her late teens and early twenties writing social media and blog posts for start-ups and tech companies in London. Nowadays, if she isn't spending time writing, you can almost always find her obsessing over niche internet drama, practicing her fencing parry or mooching around vintage fairs and flea markets with her husband and two mini dachshunds, Gruffalo and Gryffin. The Launch Date is Annabelle's first book, inspired by her time working at the global dating app, Bumble.