Annie Lord

A delicious romcom… the sort of sticky, summery book you’ll want to curl up with. Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating and will have you pondering deeply as well as laughing

Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air. Her razor sharp writing and thoughtful takes stay with you long after you’ve finished reading; Lord is your favourite writer's favourite writer

A joyful novel which shoots for the heart

Funny, knowing, and full of heart - this is a modern romcom where London feels vivid and alive, and the battle of the sexes gets a razor sharp contemporary twist. It's like if Helen Fielding wrote The Taming of The Shrew

William Rayfet Hunter, author of SUNSTRUCK

Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area. Nora Ephron if she loved ketamine and sambuca

Róisín Lanigan, author of I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I'M ALREADY THERE

If Gwendoline Riley and Dolly Alderton had a baby, it would write like Annie Lord. Beach, cafe, toilet: The Project was impossible to peel out of my hands. the read a generation of women have been waiting for

Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they. 
 
Daisy and Maya bounce around the city like they own it, from all-night house parties to sticky-floored smoking areas, drinks in hand. 
 
But after a particularly regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy starts to look around and wonder why, in a sea of intelligent, gorgeous women, all their prospects seem so hopeless. It’s time for The Project, a radical reinvention of dating, and who better to start with than James? 
 
James may be raw material, but he’s quite happy to go along with Daisy and Maya if it means a little more time alone with Daisy. But falling for James was never part of The Project - can she bring down her walls enough to let someone in? Because she might not find someone perfect, but she might find something real.

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A delicious romcom… the sort of sticky, summery book you’ll want to curl up with. Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating ...

Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air. Her razor sharp writing and thoughtful takes stay with you long after you’v ...

A joyful novel which shoots for the heart

A delicious romcom… the sort of sticky, summery book you’ll want to curl up with. Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating ...

Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air. Her razor sharp writing and thoughtful takes stay with you long after you’v ...

A joyful novel which shoots for the heart

A delicious romcom… the sort of sticky, summery book you’ll want to curl up with. Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating ...

Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air. Her razor sharp writing and thoughtful takes stay with you long after you’v ...

A joyful novel which shoots for the heart

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