Annie Lord

Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they. ‘A romcom for messy girls everywhere’ STYLIST ‘Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area' RÓISÍN LANIGAN 'Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air' YOMI ADEGOKE 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. A fun, sexy friends-to-lovers romcom, perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton's Good Material and Yomi Adegoke's The List 'Captures the texture of contemporary dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen Fielding or Nora Ephron did for previous generations of women' GUARDIAN 'Delicious...the sort of sticky, summery book you’ll want to curl up with’ VOGUE Readers are falling in love with THE PROJECT ‘It felt like I was on FaceTime to my best friend and she was filling me in on all the dating gossip’ ***** ‘Captures all the feelings of love, fun, and life in that exciting period where everything seems possible’ ***** ‘The perfect book to recommend to all my fellow romance fiction book lovers!’ *****

Modern dating's a mess. Unfortunately, so are they. 'Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent' DOLLY ALDERTON 'If one person knows how to write about modern relationships... it's Annie Lord' VICE 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.

Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they. The era-defining romcom from Vogue dating columnist and author of Notes on Heartbreak, Annie Lord. 'Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent' DOLLY ALDERTON ‘If one person knows how to write about modern relationships… it’s Annie Lord’ VICE 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.

'Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking...told with stunning originality' DOLLY ALDERTON, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE'Annie Lord tells us a story at once both specific and universal' SHON FAYE, author of THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE'An electrifying debut' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE, author of THE RACHEL INCIDENTDark, fierce and raw, Notes on Heartbreak is a love story told in reverse... Reeling from a broken heart, Annie Lord revisits the past - from the moment she first fell in love, the shared in-jokes and intertwining of a long-term relationship, to the months that saw the slow erosion of a bond five years in the making. Charting her attempts to move on, Annie explores the ups and downs of being newly single, from disastrous rebound sex to sending ill-advised nudes, stalking your ex's new girlfriend on Instagram and the sharp indignity of being ghosted. This stunning exploration of love and heartbreak from cult journalist and Vogue columnist Annie Lord, is so much more than a book about one singular break-up. It is an unflinchingly honest account of the simultaneous joy and pain of being in love that will resonate with anyone who has ever nursed a broken heart. It's a book about the best and worst of love: the euphoric and the painful, the beautiful and the messy. Perfect for fans of Everything I Know About Love, Conversations on Love and Three Women.

Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a book about one single break-up ’Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking...told with stunning originality.’Dolly Alderton ’Painful while it sloughs away the dead romantic ideals, leaving you cleansed, reborn and gorgeously satisfied.’Pandora Sykes ’A beautiful tender messy brilliant generous open-hearted book.’Emma Gannon This is a love story told in reverse. It’s about the best and worst of love: the euphoric and the painful. The beautiful and the messy. Reeling from a broken heart, Annie Lord revisits the past - from the moment she first fell in love, the shared in-jokes and intertwining of a long-term relationship, to the months that saw the slow erosion of a bond five years in the making. It is an unflinchingly honest reminder of the simultaneous joy and pain of being in love that will resonate with anyone that has ever nursed a broken heart. ’An electrifying debut.’Caroline O’Donoghue ’Annie Lord tells us a story at once both specific and universal.’Shon Faye