The Launch Date: A Novel [Paperback]

What if the secret to finding true love on a dating app was meeting them IRL first?

In this witty and fun rom-com debut from Annabelle Slator, rival coworkers become reluctant daters in an unmissable office romance after they're forced to work together on a brand-new dating app in hopes of winning a promotionperfect for fans of Sally Thornes The Hating Game.

Grace Hastingss dream job at the popular true love dating app, Fate, has turned into a nightmare. Her boss is a leech, her career is stagnating, and her fianc? has just brutally dumped her. Her hope for finding her own love story is waning, and she feels like a fraud for promoting a concept she no longer believes in. When the companys CEO offers her an opportunity to earn a big promotion, she resolves to fight her imposter syndrome to show she deserves a seat at the table.

The opportunity? To launch a brand-new app focusing on IRL dating and genuine connection.

The problem? The forced proximity competition requires her to develop and test-drive a series of first dates with the other person gunning for the job: notorious socialite playboy and Graces biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft.

During their disastrous hikes, dangerous cooking classes, and steamy yoga sessions, this enemies to lovers story heats up as they begin to realize their stark differences may just be surface level and Eric might just be the perfect person to challenge Graces perceptions of love, dating culture, and self-worth.

Flirty and full of heart, Annabelle Slator’s 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

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