Beautiful Bastard
By (Author) Christina Lauren
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Simon & Schuster
Gallery
16th July 2025
28th March 2013
United States
General
Fiction
Romantic suspense
Erotic romance
FIC
Paperback
320
Width 135mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
286g
An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Discover the story that garnered more than two million reads online.
Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. Hes exacting, blunt, inconsiderateand completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.
Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his familys massive media business. He never expected that the assistant whod been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocativecompletely infuriatingcreature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, hes never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloes so tempting hes willing to bend the rulesor outright smash themif it means he can have her. All over the office
As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what theyre willing to lose in order to win each other.
Originally only available online as The Office by tby789and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sitesBeautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.
"The perfect blend of sex, sass and heart, Beautiful Bastard is a steamy battle of wills that will get your blood pumping!" -- S.C. Stephens, bestselling author of Thoughtless
Filled with plenty of hot sex and sizzling tension.
* RT Book Reviews *
deliciously steamy
* EW.com *
Smart, sexy, and satisfying...destined to become a romance classic. -- Tara Sue Me, bestselling author of The Submissive,
A devilishly depraved cross between a hardcore porn and a very special episode of The OfficeFor us fetish-friendly fiends to feast on!! * PerezHilton.com *
Beautiful Bastard has heart, heat, and a healthy dose of snark. Romance readers who love a smart plot are in for an amazingly sexy treat! -- Myra McEntire, author of Hourglass
"Beautiful Bastard is the perfect mix of passionate romance and naughty eroticism. I couldnt, and didnt, put it down until Id read every last word." -- Elena Raines, Twilightish
Christina Laurenis the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, theNew York Times,USA TODAY,and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series,Dating You / Hating You,Autoboyography,Love and Other Words,Roomies,Josh and Hazels Guide to Not Dating,My Favorite Half-Night Stand,The Unhoneymooners,Twice in a Blue Moon, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, and The True Love Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com and @ChristinaLauren on Instagram or Twitter.