The Launch Date
Published on 13. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-80499-414-6 (ISBN)
Description
Get ready to fall in love with the hilarious new second chance office romance with a fake dating twist, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game, Ali Hazelwood and Christina Lauren.
'A witty, sparkly, and hilarious book' Lizzy Dent, author of The Summer Job
'The Launch Date is what rom-com dreams are made of!' - Katie Holt, author of Not in My Book
'Witty, banter-filled . . . a workplace romance perfect for weekend bingeing!' Nadia El-Fassi, author of Best Hex Ever
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.
Readers LOVE The Launch date
'A sharp, witty rom-com . . . laugh out loud and deeply satisfying' 5 STARS
'I read this in one sitting and genuinely enjoyed every second' 5 STARS
'Filled with witty banter and delicious tension' 5 STARS
'You won't want to miss this delightful, fun and heart-felt rom-com, full of witty banter and off-the-charts chemistry!' 5 STARS
'A witty, sparkly, and hilarious book' Lizzy Dent, author of The Summer Job
'The Launch Date is what rom-com dreams are made of!' - Katie Holt, author of Not in My Book
'Witty, banter-filled . . . a workplace romance perfect for weekend bingeing!' Nadia El-Fassi, author of Best Hex Ever
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.
Readers LOVE The Launch date
'A sharp, witty rom-com . . . laugh out loud and deeply satisfying' 5 STARS
'I read this in one sitting and genuinely enjoyed every second' 5 STARS
'Filled with witty banter and delicious tension' 5 STARS
'You won't want to miss this delightful, fun and heart-felt rom-com, full of witty banter and off-the-charts chemistry!' 5 STARS
Reviews / Votes
A gorgeous, rivals to lovers workplace romcom...the perfect blend of sweet and sexy * Cressida McLaughlin * Flirty and full of heart, Annabelle Slator's debut is a dream date in book form * Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft * Enemies-to-lovers fans, this one's for you * Cosmopolitan * 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 * The Launch Date was hilarious and I couldn't put it down . . . I was swooning for Eric and rooting for him and Grace to reconcile their friendship and end up together * Donna Marchetti, author of Hate Mail * A loveable page-turner * Chat * A sweet story * That's Life! *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-414-6 (9781804994146)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
02/2025
Transworld Digital
€8.99
Available for download
Person
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.