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BEAUTIFUL BASTARD

Beautiful Bastard, February 2013
Beautiful Bastard #1
by Christina Lauren

Gallery Books
Featuring: Bennett Ryan; Chloe Mills
ISBN: 1476730091
EAN: 9781476730097
Kindle: B009UVCYLS
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"An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling."

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BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
Christina Lauren

Reviewed by Mandy Burns
Posted March 8, 2013

Erotic | Romance Erotica Sensual | Romance Contemporary

Chloe Mills, an intern at Ryan Media, is only months away from a marketing degree and the beginning of the rest of her life, but first she must survive the internship with Bennett Ryan aka Beautiful Bastard. Thankfully Chloe's personality gives back as much as she gets but Mr. Ryan takes the cake in being a rude, boorish, egotistical, beautiful boss. Chloe puts everything she has in being the best intern she can and doing what needs to be done before Mr. Ryan even thinks about it but every thing changes on one late night.

Bennett Ryan is finally home after many years in France to take his place in the family business and agrees to take on Chloe Mills as his intern, never knowing how his life is about to change. Never before has Bennett been more rude and demanding to a woman let alone a subordinate but something about Chloe just rubs him the wrong way. Between the sex pot clothes she wears, to the fire in her eyes when he purposefully antagonizes her in just about everything, Bennett is having a difficult time figuring out his own limits.

Wow, what to say, well other than just wow! From the first chapter the chemistry and odd relationship between Chloe and Bennett has me raising my eyebrows thinking...Oh My Gosh how crazy is this. Then the ingenious way Ryan's point of view is introduced just leaves me totally in awe. BEAUTIFUL BASTARD is sexy, emotional, funny, and a complete page turner with over the top dialog and an explosive relationship between an independent woman and her mentor. The collaboration between the two authors, Christine and Lauren, is a total hit and definitely in my "read again" list.

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SUMMARY

An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if 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 they're willing to lose in order to win each other.

Originally only available online as The Office by tby789—and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites—Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.

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BOOK SERIES

Beautiful

Beautiful Bastard
BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
#1.0 โ€ข February 2013
Beautiful Bitch
BEAUTIFUL BITCH
#1.5 โ€ข July 2013
Beautiful Stranger
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
#2.0 โ€ข June 2013
Beautiful Bombshell
BEAUTIFUL BOMBSHELL
#2.5 โ€ข September 2013
Beautiful Player
BEAUTIFUL PLAYER
#3.0 โ€ข November 2013
Beautiful Beginning
BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING
#3.5 โ€ข November 2013
Beautiful Beloved
BEAUTIFUL BELOVED
#3.8 โ€ข February 2015
Beautiful Secret
BEAUTIFUL SECRET
#4.0 โ€ข April 2015
Beautiful Boss
BEAUTIFUL BOSS
#4.6 โ€ข March 2016
Beautiful
BEAUTIFUL
#5.0 โ€ข October 2016

 

 

 

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