The Launch Date

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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.

'A witty, sparkly, and hilarious book for fans of The Hating Game' Lizzy Dent, author of The Summer Job

© Annabelle Slator 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

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!

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