Based on the USA Today bestselling novel by Sally Thorne, "The Hating Game" tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton (Lucy Hale) and her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Robbie Amell). Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Joshua, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him.