Beautiful Bastard
by Christina Lauren
★ Top 25 book of 2013 · #22 on Best Books of 2013
Ambitious intern Chloe Mills and her exacting, blunt boss Bennett Ryan trade insults while resisting an undeniable pull. As the tension builds, both must weigh what they would risk to be together. It began as online fan fiction.
Best for: Readers who enjoy steamy workplace romances with sparring, enemies-to-lovers energy
Beautiful Bastard is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar.
What Beautiful Bastard is about
Chloe Mills is an intern and MBA student who works hard and doesn't back down easily. Her boss, Bennett Ryan, is demanding and very good-looking, newly returned to Chicago from France to take an important role in his family's media business. Chloe is the first person to really stand up to him, and the friction between them turns into something else when a late-night practice speech ends in a sexual encounter, the first of many in the office building.
Chloe worries that the affair could damage her future career if word gets out, so desire and ambition pull against each other. Written by Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings under the pen name Christina Lauren, this erotic romance began online as a Twilight fan fiction called The Office. It is steamy, flirtatious, and often funny, and it follows an enemies-to-lovers path through a workplace full of tension.
Beautiful Bastard on the Best Books of 2013
Beautiful Bastard came out in 2013. Of the 45 books first published in 2013 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #22 on our Best Books of 2013 list.
Why it made the list: 321 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (13 ratings); 24 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2013 list
- The First 20 Hours Josh Kaufman, #20
- Tales from a Not-so-happy Heartbreaker Rachel Renée Russell, #21
- Fangirl Rainbow Rowell, #23
- The 5Th Wave (the 5Th Wave #1) Richard Yancey, #24
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More years: Best Books of 2012 Best Books of 2014.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 275 want to read it, 24 are reading it now and 22 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.1 out of 5 from 13 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 53 | 55% |
| Reader love | 38 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 71 | 20% |
Questions about Beautiful Bastard
When was Beautiful Bastard published?
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren was first published in 2013.
Was Beautiful Bastard one of the best books of 2013?
Beautiful Bastard is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar. 321 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (13 ratings); 24 are reading it right now.
Why is Beautiful Bastard on the Best Books of 2013 list?
321 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (13 ratings); 24 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2013
- House of Hades Rick Riordan, #1
- Hard Luck Jeff Kinney, #2
- Crown of Midnight Sarah J. Maas, #3
- The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud, #4
- Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi, #5
- The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, #6
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How we know
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