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Dating You / Hating You

by Christina Lauren

Romance in the middle of a professional rivalry

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Romance in the middle of a professional rivalry

Carter and Evie’s connection begins at a Halloween party, but their work lives quickly complicate the prospect of a relationship. Both are Hollywood agents, and when their competing firms merge, they find themselves vying for the same job. The novel’s romantic-comedy setup turns that career contest into a clash of attraction, ambition, and sabotage. Alongside the central rivalry, the description raises questions about people-pleasing and how professional competition can crowd out the harder task of deciding what one wants. The Hollywood agency setting ties the workplace stakes directly to the couple’s developing relationship.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary romantic comedies with workplace competition.
  • Readers who enjoy stories pairing romance with questions of ambition and personal priorities.

Themes

Workplace rivalryRomance and attractionAmbitionPeople-pleasing and self-knowledge

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Book overview

A sexy, compulsively readable romantic comedy that dives headlong into the thrill and doubt of modern love by exploring what two high-powered agents will--and won't--do to get everything they ever wanted, from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words. Despite the odds against them from an embarrassing meet-awkward at a mutual friend's Halloween party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they're both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn't enough to squash the fire. But when their two agencies merge--causing the pair to vie for the same position--all bets are off. What could have been a beautiful, blossoming romance turns into an all-out war of sabotage. Carter and Evie are both thirtysomething professionals--so why can't they act like it? Can Carter stop trying to please everyone and see how their mutual boss is really playing the game? Can Evie put aside her competitive nature long enough to figure out what she really wants in life? Can their actor clients just be something close to human? Whether these two Hollywood love/hatebirds get the storybook Hollywood ending, or just a dramedy of epic proportions, you get to enjoy Christina Lauren's heartfelt, hilarious story of romance in the modern world.
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