Annie Lord

Lord has an uncanny knack for turning the private observations of a group chat into compelling material. The novel captures the texture of dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen Fielding or Nora Ephron did for previous generations of women

A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating

This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating

Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air

A joyful novel which shoots for the heart

A defining romcom for the millennial British woman. These characters are people I felt I already knew. Their world was one I recognised but rendered with unique brilliance by Annie Lord’s keen observations of modern romance

Funny, knowing, and full of heart - this is a modern romcom where London feels vivid and alive... 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

The Project was impossible to peel out of my hands. The read a generation of women have been waiting for

A sweet, raunchy story of two hot, funny twenty-somethings figuring out what real love and a healthy relationship look like, brimming with empathy for people with different social pressures and experiences. Lord expertly balances emotional richness alongside humor and scene-building descriptions of bodies, haircuts, trendy clothing, and chaotic late-night parties. A standout debut

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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Annie Lord

Praise for The Project

Lord has an uncanny knack for turning the private observations of a group chat into compelling material. The novel captures the texture of dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen ...

A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating

This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating

Lord has an uncanny knack for turning the private observations of a group chat into compelling material. The novel captures the texture of dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen ...

A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating

This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating

Lord has an uncanny knack for turning the private observations of a group chat into compelling material. The novel captures the texture of dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen ...

A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating

This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating

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