The Project

byAnnie Lord, Emma Appleton (Read by)

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Modern dating’s a mess. A fun, relatable love story from Vogue's dating columnist and the author of Notes on Heartbreak

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 regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy wonders why, in a sea of intelligent, gorgeous women, do 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 happy to go along with Daisy and Maya if it means more time alone with Daisy. But falling for James was never part of The Project. As Daisy sets out to transform him into the perfect partner, she realises she may not find someone perfect, but she might find something real.


‘Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area' RÓISÍN LANIGAN
‘A romcom for messy girls everywhere’ STYLIST
'Captures the texture of contemporary dating... in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen Fielding or Nora Ephron did for previous generations' GUARDIAN
'Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air' YOMI ADEGOKE
‘A delicious romcom’ VOGUE


© Annie Lord 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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

Guardian

About Annie Lord

Annie Lord is a writer for Vogue and the author of the memoir Notes on Heartbreak. She also writes for the Sunday Times, Guardian, New Statesman, i-D, Independent and Dazed.
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Details
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529970524
  • Length: 711 minutes
  • Price: £14.00
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