Hot Desk

This isn't the office romance you expected... Perfect for fans of You've Got Mail, Attachments and Good Material<BR>'Hilarious, heartbreaking, satirical, cutting and FUN' <BR>Laura Jane Williams<BR><BR>'For anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach' <BR>Joanna Rackoff <BR><BR>'Super smart and assured . . . Fans of Tom Lake and The Flatshare will love it' <BR>Sarra Manning<BR><BR>'Rollicking and entertaining' <BR>People Magazine<BR><BR>'Captures all the thrills and aches of setting out in the world' <BR>Morgan Dick<BR><BR><BR>1982<BR>Jane Kinloch arrives at the legendary townhouse offices of the East River Review as a wide-eyed intern with big dreams. When she strikes up a friendship with glamorous fellow intern Rose, the two soon become inseparable. But Rose's attraction to their married boss, literary titan Edward David Adams, threatens to drive a wedge between them.<BR><BR>2022<BR>Once upon a time in publishing, editors had their own offices. But now, to her great chagrin, Rebecca Blume of Avenue Publishing must share custody of a 'hot desk' with Ben Heath, editor at rival imprint Hawk Mills. <BR>What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-it notes about an unwatered cactus notes escalates after the death of renowned writer Edward David Adams. He has left behind an unpublished manuscript, and Ben and Rebecca are soon vying for the career-making opportunity to publish it.<BR><BR>But when Rebecca discovers that the manuscript contains a decades-old secret about her mother, Jane, she is determined to stop it from seeing the light of day. <BR><BR>Can she persuade her infuriating (and annoyingly handsome) rival deskmate to let it go? <BR><BR>A funny, sexy, unexpectedly moving novel that weaves a contemporary workplace romance with a gripping historical narrative set in the 1980s New York publishing industry. <BR>

'Hilarious, heartbreaking, satirical, cutting and FUN' Laura Jane Williams'For anyone who loves Curtis Sittenfeld, Nora Ephron, Alison Espach' Joanna Rackoff'Super smart and assured . . . Fans of Tom Lake and The Flatshare will love it'Sarra Manning'Rollicking and entertaining' People Magazine'Captures all the thrills and aches of setting out in the world' Morgan Dick1982When wide-eyed Jane Kinloch arrives at the East River Review in New York, she strikes up a friendship with her fellow intern, the glamorous Rose. But Rose's attraction to their married boss, literary titan Edward David Adams, threatens to drive a wedge between them.2022When hot-desking is introduced at her office, Rebecca Blume of Avenue Publishing is furious about having to share her workspace with Ben Heath - an editor at rival imprint Hawk Mills.What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-It notes escalates after the death of renowned writer Edward David Adams. He has left behind an unfinished novel - and Ben and Rebecca are in competition to publish it.That is until Rebecca discovers that the manuscript contains a decades-old secret about her mother, Jane.Rebecca is determined to stop it from seeing the light of day. But can she persuade Ben to let it go?

Liebe kommt ins NachwortDie neue mobile Arbeitsweise ihres Unternehmens zwingt die New Yorker Lektorin Rebecca Blume dazu, sich ihren Schreibtisch von nun an mit einem Kollegen einer anderen Abteilung zu teilen. Als die beiden um das unveröffentlichte Manuskript eines kürzlich verstorbenen Schriftstellers konkurrieren, wird das Dauer-Geplänkel um einen vernachlässigten Kaktus auf ihrem shared desk zum geringsten ihrer Probleme. Dann erfährt Rebecca, dass ihre Mutter und  die Witwe des berühmten Autors in den 1980er Jahren Kolleginnen bei seiner Literaturzeitschrift waren. Bis ein schicksalhafter Tag ihr Leben für immer veränderte ...  Eine humorvolle Reise durch die Verlagsbranche, eine herzerwärmende Geschichte über Freundschaft, Liebe und Literatur.