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author: sally thorne
genre: rom-com, adult, enemies to lovers, workplace romance
blurb: nemesis (n.) 1) an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
2) a person's undoing
3) joshua templeman
lucy hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. she's charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at bexley & gamin. everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physically intimidating joshua templeman. and the feeling is mutual.
trapped in a shared office together 40 (ok, 50 or 60) hours a week, they've become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship. there's the staring game. the mirror game. the hr game. lucy can't let joshua beat her at anything—especially when a huge new promotion goes up for the taking.
if lucy wins this game, she'll be joshua's boss. if she loses, she'll resign. so why is she suddenly having steamy dreams about joshua, and dressing for work like she's got a hot date? after a perfectly innocent elevator ride ends with an earth-shattering kiss, lucy starts to wonder whether she's got joshua templeman all wrong.
maybe lucy hutton doesn't hate joshua templeman. and maybe, he doesn't hate her either. or maybe this is just another game.
rating: 19/10
hea: yes thank god
mature: kinda a bit near the end
cry factor: 0.5/10 i cry when i'm frustrated
what i loved: literally EVERYTHING. their banter is so funny and they're both super adorable. the sexual tension was everything and its really well written and so easy to fall in love with the characters <33
side note – josh templeman is the loml and omg there's the caring for your enemy when they're sick trope in this eeeeek
