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Beautiful bitch

Beautiful bitch

Contemporary RomanceErotica
Pages
160
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

This short novella continues the combative, passionate relationship of Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan, now a couple. With Chloe's career taking off and her schedule packed, she keeps refusing to slow down for time alone together -- frustrating Bennett, who wants a chance to reconnect away from work and reassert the playful power struggle between them. Unable to take no for an answer, he engineers an escape: two plane tickets and a French villa. What unfolds mixes their familiar bantering antagonism and intense chemistry with a more serious conversation about commitment and the balance between their relationship and their ambitions. Brief and tightly focused on the established couple, it serves as an interlude that deepens their bond, revisiting the friction, teasing, and explicit heat of their original story while nudging things toward a more committed footing.

Prose complexity
2/10

Vibe

SpicyLightheartedFunnyHeartwarming
Workplace RomanceForced ProximitySecond Chance

Genres

Contemporary Romance Erotica Romance Contemporary Literature

About the author

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Christina Lauren

Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings write together under the combined pen name Christina Lauren. The two met online in 2009 through the Twilight fan fiction community and decided to write a novel together in 2010, signing with literary agent Holly Root in 2011. Their debut, Beautiful Bastard (2013), began life as a Twilight fan fiction titled "The Office" before Simon & Schuster acquired the series. Since then the duo has built a career in contemporary romance and rom-coms, with titles including...

Characters

Chloe MillsProtagonist

The career-driven heroine whose packed schedule and refusals to slow down drive the novella's conflict.

Bennett RyanProtagonist

Chloe's partner and former boss, who orchestrates a French getaway to reclaim time with her.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Where does Beautiful Bitch fall in the series?

    It is a novella positioned at #1.5, picking up after Beautiful Bastard and continuing Chloe and Bennett's story before Beautiful Stranger.

  • Is it a full novel?

    No. It is a short novella focused on the established couple rather than a standalone full-length book.

  • What is the main setup?

    Frustrated that Chloe keeps refusing to take time off as her career accelerates, Bennett surprises her with plane tickets and a French villa for a private getaway.

  • Was it published the same year as the first book?

    Yes. It was released in 2013, the same year as both Beautiful Bastard and Beautiful Stranger.

  • Do I need to read it between the first two books?

    It is a short bonus interlude; reading it in order, after Beautiful Bastard, enriches Chloe and Bennett's arc but is not essential to follow Beautiful Stranger.

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