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Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)

Christina Lauren

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Jan 06, 2013 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-s, netgalley-books, amazing-must-reads, hot-sexy

Wow....I have so many emotions running through me right now now that I've just finished reading Beautiful Bastard! I'm sad that I'm done. I loved and soaked up every word written in this book. For those who've read this when it was The Office and loved it as a fic, you're going to love this book even more. You're going to fall in love with Bennett Ryan. He's so swoony, sexy, and at times a bastard that you can't help but fall in love with him. Chloe Mills is a sexy, smart, and snarky woman and s ...more

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May 09, 2014 J-J lover of books rated it it was ok

I am unsure how to rate this book. i am in between 2 stars and 2 and 1/2 stars.

I have finished it. I am glad i finished it. I needed to finish it. I do feel that it did get a bit better in the middle but the ending was rushed.I did like how they both struggled with their feelings for each other and neither wanted to admit having them.

I honestly do not understand why anyone had a problem with Bennet and Chloe having a relationship, as long as they kept it out of the work place. Yes i understand ...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Patricia rated it really liked it

Shelves: christina-lauren, beautiful-bastard-series

Bennett Ryan is Chloe Mills boss and has beautiful and delightful he is to her eyes, he also is unconsidered and a rude brute, a beautiful bastard.

But Chloe is stubborn and a professional and he is nothing without her work skills and perhaps some more details concerning what she wears underneath her sexy dresses.

When this two come together and clash, the storm rises up and escalates into something that could probably blow up in their hands.

Will they be death of each other or will they be each ot Bennett Ryan is Chloe Mills boss and has beautiful and delightful he is to her eyes, he also is unconsidered and a rude brute, a beautiful bastard.

But Chloe is stubborn and a professional and he is nothing without her work skills and perhaps some more details concerning what she wears underneath her sexy dresses.

When this two come together and clash, the storm rises up and escalates into something that could probably blow up in their hands.

Will they be death of each other or will they be each others salvation ?
Could it be only lust and punishment or could it be love ?

On this roller coaster ride they will have to find out if they are empty or filled with forever after.

This book was a roller coaster ride, up and down, till you got dizzy, stopped and got moving again.
Even though this is the story of two different people growing up on their own feelings, from lust to respect, from hate to love, this book is so much more about feelings that common people have but don't work out.

This story screams sex all over it, at least until the middle of the book and from there on it screams love, growth towards themselves and towards each other, and to the end compromise into a relationship between two people that to the core are so alike.

To talk about Bennett is to talk about Chloe and the other way around.
This two characters are entwined and can not be mentioned one without the other. As Chloe is hard working and stubborn, Bennett is independent and has a vision for himself that doesn't pass by growing professionally at the cost of his father's empire. Both of them risk everything when it comes to their hearts and their desires and one thing is common to both of them, the meaning of "You are mine".
Whether if it's because of lust, control, or love, Bennett and Chloe belong to each other.

This book could have gone wrong and it could have been without sense and only something between two people having sex but the author had also a vision of writing two points of view from two people that make one story and she has won the goal that she has out to achieve.

Next up is "Beautiful Stranger" and I'm waiting for another book to entertain my reader but also something to think about because we all find ourselves in crossroads but do we take the risk or do we loose the ride ... ...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Gracey rated it really liked it

Shelves: hilariously-funny, smexy, almost-perfect, happily-ever-after

Ohhhh.. Wow, it took so long for me to finish this book x( I wanted to give 5 stars though somehow, I think a 4.5 stars is just perfect for it. I'm so in love with the story because honestly, I kind of got that kind of relationship Before (minus the you know) haha but I'm really disappointed about the epilogue, I think it's the very first time that I didn't get to love or even like it. :( The ending was perfect but then the epilogue killed it. Oh well, I still think it's awesome though, it made ...more

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Jun 16, 2013 Rizzaleen rated it it was amazing

Loved it. Adored it. Can't stop squirming while reading it! Far as I can tell, they're both messed up but I really love how they both treat each pther crap, it builds the tension in the office! Can't believe the energies between them. HOT HOT HOT! Hahaha beautiful bastard indeed. ❤ ...more

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