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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING

Beautiful Beginning, November 2013
Beautiful Bastard #3.5
by Christina Lauren

Gallery Books
Featuring: Bennett Ryan; Chloe Mills
ISBN: 1476755108
EAN: 9781476755106
Kindle: B00CGWSE1C
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"An Office Affair Turned True Love in a Not So Ordinary Way!"

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BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING
Christina Lauren

Reviewed by Sherri Morris
Posted May 18, 2014

Romance Erotica Sensual | Erotic

The final book in the Beautiful Bastard series takes us down the aisle for Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan's wedding. As Chloe is stressed with all the last minute details of the wedding, running away to elope is sounding more appealing as the days get closer. Bennett is so worried that he is going to be distracted by Chloe's body that he makes a no sex until you are my wife rule five days before they are to be married.

As their crazy families start arriving for the big day from all corners of the map, it seems to only add to the couples crazy stress levels. Now the no sex rule seems to be making things worse and continually backfiring on Bennett. As the time seems to pass at a snails pace for Bennett and Chloe, their sexual frustration mounts and finally explodes at the rehearsal dinner, leaving guests scattering.

I really love BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING. This is the first book I read in the Beautiful Bastard series by Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. There are some parts of this story that I was a bit lost on, so I do recommend reading the others before this one.

Bennett and Chloe are hilarious, and hard-headed. Their banter even funnier, and of course their attraction to each other is explosive! Its an office affair turned true love in a not so ordinary way. BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING and the Beautiful Bastard novels are a series that I will certainly go back and read over and over again.

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SUMMARY

One beautiful bastard of a groom. The most beautiful
bitch of a bride. A panty-ripping office hook-up turned true
love everlasting.

Wedding bells can’t chime soon enough for Chloe Mills and
Bennett Ryan. Chloe, exasperated and stressed by all the
last-minute to-dos, is on the verge of saying β€œI do” to
eloping. For his part, Bennett’s so worried about being
distracted by Chloe’s body that he makes a
no-sex-until-the-wedding-night rule that only seems to be
making things worse by continually backfiring on him. As
their crazy families descend for the big day- only a few of
them actually trying to be helpful- the fiery lovers are
about to test whether the couple that argues together can
keep it together long enough to exchange rings, and not just
heated words.

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BOOK SERIES

Beautiful

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

 

 

 

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