In Peter Hutchings' The Hating Game, Lucy Hutton (Lucy Hale) is determined to believe that good girls finish first. Refusing to alter her ethics, she engages in a battle of one-upmanship with office mate Joshua Templeman (Austin Stowell). This escalates when a potential for promotion arises and the two compete for the job. Unfortunately for Lucy, this becomes complicated when she finds that, instead of being more repelled by her rival, she is instead becoming attracted to him.