Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren is one very hot, very quick read. This book had me hooked from the first page and kept me hooked until the very end.
Chloe Mills is working hard on her MBA and trying to close a very big marketing deal, if only she did not have to deal with her HOT boss, Bennett Ryan. While running through the presentation for Mr. Ryan, to her surprise things get very heated in the boardroom and now Chloe is having a hard time sorting out what is happening between them. As much as she hates the beautiful bastard, she wants him just a much.
Bennett Ryan has it bad. Ever since seeing pictures of the beautiful Chloe Mills with his family, he has not been able to get her out of his head. He knows that jumping into a relationship with her is dangerous for both business and his peace of mind, but he just can seem to keep his hands to himself. Now with a collection of her panties in his deak drawer and things burning white hot, can these two admit that on the fine line between love and hate, they have both fallen on the side of love.
Bennett and Chloe have the classic hate\lust relationship. I loved these characters. The way that they fight, the pot shots that they take at each other only builds the fire of sexual tension between them. Their friends and family are whitty and help add to the fun by poking at the feelings that they see between these two.
This is the kind of story that will make you want to run out and get the rest of the books just to continue the journey with Bennett and Chloe. I highly recommend this book.
Book Info:
Published February 12th 2013 by Gallery Books | Series: Beautiful Bastard #1
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.
Traci
I love the Beautiful series. Chloe is definitely one of my favorite female characters. I would recommend them all Beautiful Stranger, Beautiful Bitch, Beautiful Bombshell and can’t wait for Beautiful Player.