Annie Knows Everything

At the start of Wood’s entertaining debut, protagonist Annie is laid off along with her whole team at Taskio, a Manhattan-based software company. Fortunately, her best friend works in HR and helps Annie fudge her qualifications to move over to a job in data strategy. Her uptight, overworked new boss, Connor Reid, is disdainful of her lack of coding experience, but Annie gets him to agree to keep her on as a strategist if she can convince employees to use a new dashboard. As chemistry ignites between Annie and Connor, she must decide whether loyalty to her new team outweighs seeking justice for her former coworkers. Meanwhile, in her personal life, Annie tries to convince her sister, Shannon, not to go through with marrying her fiance, Dan, whom Annie once caught cheating. As Annie slowly realizes she may not always know best, Wood does a skillful job of peeling back her characters’ layers to reveal the genuine complexities of their lives and relationships. This appealing and often humorous outing will please fans of workplace romance. Agent: Caitlin Mahony, WME. (Apr.)