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.

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
A joyful novel which shoots for the heart -- Nicola Dinan, author of BELLIES

Annie Lord is a writer for Vogue and the author of the memoir Notes on Heartbreak. She also writes for the Sunday Times, Guardian, New Statesman, i-D, Independent and Dazed.