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Grace Grant
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Written by:
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Christina Lauren
About this listen
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. 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 two million reads on fan-fiction sites - Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for rerelease.
©2013 Christina Lauren (P)2013 Simon & Schuster, Inc.You may also enjoy...
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Omg this is the BEST
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Excellent listen
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What the critics say
"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, best-selling author of Thoughtless)
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- Macaly
- 2021-01-25
Hate sex was never so good.
Loved this book. It got me hooked on the series and the authors did not disappoint. Sexy, charming and very entertaining. I could barely put it down. I was surprised at how many amazing sex scenes this book contained whilst managing to deliver an engrossing story and good character development. The narrator was excellent and her voice suited the character beautifully. A must read.
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- Anne
- 2021-10-17
Not the best story line
In the beautiful series I enjoyed this one the least. I found the story line wasn’t very captivating & there was very little character development. Wasn’t worth reading/listening to
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- Dara
- 2022-12-08
Interesting veer from the typical romance
Generally speaking, I enjoy the work of Christina Lauren. As long as one keeps in mind this is a fictional world and not a real life work place, the book is quite entertaining. Oh, umm....also he is a 'bastard'...in regards to how he behaves. At times his lack of awareness is presented as endearing. However, I enjoy female characters that have intelligence and spark 'pushing back' in a difficult world. The writing duo have written one of my favourite books so I have high expectations for this series. Hopefully, the rest of the series will live up to, at least, this first book or improve as it progresses. *UPDATE: I got to, "Beautiful Bombshell", and it was complete drivel...so disappointing. They have the potential to create something so much better....with more emotional / ethical depth.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-05-13
Fun Listen
Very fun and easy romance book. It was a nice fluff book. All I wanted was a simple girly fluffy book. The main characters had enough sass to keep the book fun and uplifting.
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- sschon
- 2019-09-25
Steamy book
I liked both caracters and the story line. Pretty simple story but believable. Very steamy scenes!
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- Vita
- 2018-12-23
Fun listen but not too much of a story line
It was ok. Good light listen, but nothing too special. Interesting story twist at the end.
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- Roxy Rice
- 2020-01-11
Fucking awesome!!!! Narration and All!
loved it!!!!
romance, sensuality and humor all wrapped into one amazing short erotica novel!
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- Rachel
- 2019-01-05
great
Very good could not stop. Well read as well will get the next ones in the series.
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- Shannon
- 2023-02-09
Spicy but almost no story
Entertaining enough to finish. Great narration of both male and female parts. Very little story.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-09-13
Such a Good Listen
The story was great!
Supper steamy and cute at the same time.
The Narrator did a great job.
10/10 would listen to again.
#Audible1
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