The Project
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:16th Jul '26
Should be back in stock very soon
Modern dating’s a mess. A fun, relatable romcom from Vogue's dating columnist and the author of Notes on Heartbreak
‘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
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 as Daisy sets out to transform him into the perfect partner, she realises she might already like him exactly as he is...
'Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air' YOMI ADEGOKE
‘A delicious romcom’ 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!’ *****
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 *
A delicious romcom… Funny, tender and insightful, The Project cracks open the dynamics and dilemmas inherent to modern heterosexual dating * VOGUE *
Funny, wry and piercingly wise, this is a rom com of real-life experience * Stylist *
This clever friends-to-lovers romcom soon becomes about more than dating * i *
Annie Lord is a phenomenal talent -- Dolly Alderton, author of GOOD MATERIAL
Searingly honest, always hilarious and the type of hopeless romantic the world needs right now, Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air -- Yomi Adegoke, author of THE LIST
A joyfulnovel which shoots for the heart -- Nicola Dinan, author of BELLIES
A defining romcom for the millennial British woman. These characters are people I felt I already knew. Their world was one I recognised but rendered with unique brilliance by Annie Lord’s keen observations of modern romance -- Shon Faye, author of LOVE IN EXILE
Funny, knowing, and full of heart - this is a modern romcom where London feels vivid and alive... It's like if Helen Fielding wrote The Taming of The Shrew -- William Rayfet Hunter, author of SUNSTRUCK
Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area. Nora Ephron if she loved ketamine and sambuca -- Róisín Lanigan, author of I WANT TO GO HOME BUT I'M ALREADY THERE
The Project was impossible to peel out of my hands. The read a generation of women have been waiting for -- Moya Lothian-McLean
A sweet, raunchy story of two hot, funny twenty-somethings figuring out what real love and a healthy relationship look like, brimming with empathy for people with different social pressures and experiences. Lord expertly balances emotional richness alongside humor and scene-building descriptions of bodies, haircuts, trendy clothing, and chaotic late-night parties. A standout debut * Booklist *
ISBN: 9781787305465
Dimensions: 242mm x 164mm x 34mm
Weight: 596g
384 pages