The Launch Date

“Flirty and full of heart, Annabelle Slator’s debut is a dream date in book form. With a deeply relatable heroine who recovers her faith in romance amid enemies-to-lovers tension and workplace hijinks, The Launch Date has everything.” – Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft

“Whoop, whoop! A sensational debut rom-com has landed! This debut has everything you could want: a fabulously funny and relatable leading lady and a swoon-worthy man with just the right amount of brood. Prepare to fall in love with Eric and Grace as they battle it out for a promotion and try very hard not to fall in love. The Launch Date is a witty, sparkly, and hilarious book for fans of The Hating Game. Prepare to put Annabelle Slator on auto-buy.” – Lizzy Dent, author of The Summer Job

“Slator makes her debut with a deliciously smart and fun rom-com that cheekily channels the dryly witty charm of Bridget Jones’s Diary while also demonstrating her own mastery of snappy banter and sizzling sexual chemistry. With its thoughtful characterization and important message about embracing one’s own sense of self-worth, this is an absolute delight.” – Booklist (starred review)

“The Launch Date is a gorgeous, rivals to lovers workplace romcom with a tension-fueled setup, incredible banter and a heroine and hero I fell for on page one. It’s the perfect blend of sweet and sexy, it’s so uplifting and it left me with a huge smile on my face. Grace is a fabulous heroine, and everyone honestly needs an Eric Bancroft in their life - there were a couple of places where I felt my heart might actually be melting.” – Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Secret Christmas Bookshop

“The Launch Date is a witty, banter-filled romance with palpable tension and heaps of charm, a workplace romance perfect for weekend bingeing” – Nadia El-Fassi, author of Best Hex Ever

“The Launch Date is what rom-com dreams are made of! With a swoony hero and a relatable heroine, the chemistry between the two is magical and sexy. I couldn’t put it down! I adored this phenomenal debut!” – Katie Holt, author of Not in my Book

“Annabelle Slator’s The Launch Date was hilarious and I couldn’t put it down. I’m a sucker for a workplace romance and the enemies-to-lovers trope, and this book did not disappoint. I was swooning for Eric and rooting for him and Grace to reconcile their friendship and end up together.” – Donna Marchetti, author of Hate Mail

“Slator, a former marketing manager for [a] real-life dating app, debuts with a slow-burn romance that will satisfy readers who enjoyed Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game.” – Library Journal

Annabelle Slator grew up writing stories in the depths of the British countryside. After achieving a degree in creative writing, she spent most of her late teens and early twenties writing social media and blog posts for start-ups and tech companies in London. Nowadays, if she isn’t spending time writing, you can almost always find her obsessing over niche internet drama, practicing her fencing parry or mooching around vintage fairs and flea markets with her husband and two mini dachshunds, Gruffalo and Gryffin.