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BOOK & AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard #1) by Christina Lauren
Posted by on December 23, 2014
An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.
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 2 million reads on fanfiction sites—Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release
ASHLEY’S BOOK REVIEW: 5 BASTARD STARS
I read this book almost 2 years ago for the first time and finally got back around to rereading it to complete a review. I forgot how much I loved Bennett and Chloe! This was my first Christina Lauren book and now I remember why I fell in love with this writing duo…two words….Beautiful Bastard.
Bennett Ryan…my Beautiful Bastard…oh how much of a bastard you really are. I loved to “hate” you and your filthy, dirty mouth, but just couldn’t resist you in the end…much like Chloe. Bennett was one of my first book boyfriends and set the bar pretty high for any future BBFs.
Beautiful Bastard starts out with a steamy bang…against a window ;) *fans self* If you are looking for a book that gets right to the point -no pun intended tehe ;) – THIS IS YOUR BOOK!
We learn right off the bat that the two main characters Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan HATE EACH OTHER! But as the saying goes, “there’s a fine line between love and hate?” Well that hate fuels an undeniable sexual chemistry that hides right underneath the surface.
“I despised this man in a singularly sharp way, but my body was betraying me; I craved more of what he was doing.”
Their constant bickering and biting words intensified their craving for each other. They got off on fighting with each other. As a result, all the sexual tension builds up, until finally Bennett snaps and does the only thing he can think of in his lust-fueled haze, he takes what he wants—Chloe Mills… against a window, in an elevator, on a conference table, in a bathroom, in a stairwell… you get the picture right? ;) They can’t seem to get enough of each other.
“I had never felt this way, and I had never expected to feel this about him. I wanted to slap him, and then pull him up by his shirt and lick his neck.” “In all my thirty-one years, I had never met someone who pushed my buttons like Miss Mills.”
The biggest problem is Chloe is a “nobody” working her way up the corporate ladder and Bennett is the COO of Ryan Media Group (the company Chloe is interning at)… see the problem? She is only 4 months away from graduating and this “relationship” could derail it all!
Not surprising (to us readers), feelings of hatred turned into something more.
“I wanted to be everything for her: her lover and sparring partner and friend.”
Would they be able to navigate a personal and professional life?
“Professionally our relationship ran like clockwork. It was the personal side that was a nightmare.”
Is it worth the professional risk for Chloe? Can they make it work without jeopardizing her future career or his current one?
This book does have a “closure” but it was left a little open for more to be written and thankfully we get to read more of their story in Beautiful B*tch, Beautiful Bombshell and Beautiful Beginning!!!
ANGY’S AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: 5++ STARS
It’s been a year since I listened to this audiobook for the last time and I have to say that I still think it is an amazing audiobook, it’s still in my Top 10. Grace Grant is one of my favorite female narrators, she did great with Chloe and Bennett. Her performance was flawless, the voices, the emotions, the intensity of the sex…. Everything was perfect!!
I remember when one dear friend of mine recommended me to read Beautiful Bastard. I was head over heels obsessed with Crossfire Series and Fifty Shades of Grey and it took me a while to start reading it, so I went for the audiobook instead, I loved the audiobooks of FSOG and Crossfire, so I thought I would love this one too. It turned out to be that I was right! In fact, I loved it even more than I loved the other narrations! Grace’s voice wasn’t “porny” at all, so it made the sex scenes more real, and it kept me blushing all the time.
What I loved about the book:
-Bennett Ryan! My beautiful bastard. Sexy, smart, great lover and very straightforward. Did I say panty ripper?
-Chloe Mills! My beautiful bitch. Sexy, smart, great lover and very straightforward. Did I just write this, right? They are the same!! That’s why they are perfect for each other.
-The panty ripping!
-The rough sex!
-The plot! Duh of course.
-I loved that we had more about Bennett and Chloe in Beautiful Bitch and Beautiful Beginning! They are my favorite couple in the series.
LOVE ME SOME BASTARD!
Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners besties soulmates brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced seven New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 22 languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)
RELEASE DAY & GUEST POST: The Runaway Ex by Shani Struthers
Posted by on December 23, 2014
The Runaways are back…
For Layla Lewis, life is finally back on track. After her “runaway year” in Cornwall, another year has passed—an idyllic year spent with sexy new love, Joseph Scott, in the sultry heat of Florence. For best friend Penny, life has also changed. Having recently given birth to a baby girl, she’s busy embracing motherhood.
But, for The Runaways, life is never that easy…
A chance encounter with Joseph’s ex-girlfriend, Tara, has explosive consequences for the new lovers, and all three are forced back to Cornish shores. There’s a secret between them, and Layla can’t help but fear that they’re rekindling their past. Meanwhile, motherhood is not the joy Penny thought it would be—she’s heading for a breakdown, and fast!
All too soon the bubble is burst, the idyll shattered.
As Penny seeks sanctuary in Cornwall too, loyalties are stretched to the limit and relationships are challenged. When Tara’s secret is revealed, it threatens to tear them all apart. Can Layla hang on to new love with Joseph when his past keeps pulling him away?
Facts about The Runaway Ex
By Shani Struthers
The Runaway Ex was never meant to be! The Runaway Year was meant as a standalone but then I got to thinking… what if the happily ever after hits a blip? What if someone from the past turns up, out of the blue, with a secret in tow – a secret she’ll only share with her ex? Voila! A sequel was born!
Certain songs inspire me when I write; I have a song for each book I write. For The Runaway Year, Toploader’s ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ was the one – I wanted to capture that same happy, carefree feeling. The Runaway Ex is grittier though and Rhianna’s ‘Stay’ suits it perfectly. The lyrics and the heartfelt way it’s sung sums up just what the book is all about.
We see a different side to Joseph and Layla in The Runaway Ex, a side perhaps not so palatable, is controversial even. Penny too is not reacting in the way everyone ‘expects’ a new mother to react. And the interesting thing is the characters themselves are shocked at their own behaviour.
Penny was pregnant by the end of The Runaway Year and in The Runaway Ex she has had the baby. But Penny is finding motherhood more of a challenge than she cares to admit. PND is a subject close to my heart and writing her part felt very cathartic indeed.
There’s a third and final Runaway! Oh yep, I think after you’ve read The Runaway Ex, you’ll agree a certain character needs a bit of a break.
Born and bred in the sunny seaside town of Brighton, one of the first literary conundrums Shani had to deal with was her own name – Shani can be pronounced in a variety of ways but in this instance it’s Shay-nee not Shar-ney or Shan-ni – although she does indeed know a Shanni – just to confuse matters further! Hobbies include reading, writing, eating and drinking – all four of which keep her busy enough.
After graduating from Sussex University with a degree in English and American Literature, Shani became a freelance copywriter. Twenty years later, the day job includes crafting novels too. She is the author of contemporary Cornish romance – The Runaway Year – published in 2013 by Omnific Publishing. The Runaway Ex is the second in the Runaway series.
GIVEAWAY: Last Call (Cocktail #2.5) by Alice Clayton
Posted by on December 23, 2014
Alice Clayton is giving away one incredible mixer or signed copies of the books of the series to celebrate the publication of the last book of The Coctail Series
http://aliceclayton.com/last-call-giveaway/
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Of course, I wanna win… So here are my first teasers…
I’m sure making more!! HaHa!!
Available in January 6/2015
Alice Clayton is a novelist with an unholy love for her KitchenAid mixer. Making her home in St Louis, she enjoys gardening but not weeding, baking but not cleaning up afterwards, and is trying desperately to get her long time boyfriend to make her an honest woman. Hi sweetie!!
After working for years in the cosmetics industry as a makeup artist, esthetician, and national educator for a major cosmetics company, Alice picked up a pen (read laptop) for the first time at 33 to begin a new career, writer. Combining her love of storytelling with a sense of silly, she was shocked and awed to be nominated for a Goodreads Author award in 2010 for her debut novels, The Redhead Series.
Alice has penned three novels, The Unidentified Redhead,The Redhead Revealed, and coming soon in November 2012, Wallbanger. She thinks you should purchase them immediately. She’s not kidding, not even a little bit. Everyone needs some comedic erotica in their lives. She is hard at work on the third book in The Redhead Series, set to release in Spring of 2013, continuing the saucy and sexual escapades of everyone’s favorite couple, Jack and Grace.
Additionally, Alice loves spending time with her besties on Not Your Mother’s Podcast, make sure you check them out at notyourmotherspodcast.com or over on iTunes. 3 women rushing towards their forties still acting like teenagers. A saucy little mix of sex, love, relationships, pop cultural, celebrity gossip and All Things Jake Ryan.
Alice enjoys pickles, Bloody Mary’s, 8 hours of sleep, and a good pounding.
Finally Alice would also like all her readers and listeners to help her convince Mt. Alice that the only other thing that would make her truly happy is finally bringing home a Bernese Mountain Dog. She is totally serious. And done talking about herself in the third person…
RELEASE DAY: Bad Romeo (Starcrossed #1) by Leisa Rayven
Posted by on December 23, 2014
When Cassie Taylor met Ethan Holt at acting school, sparks flew. She was the good girl actress. He was the bad boy about campus. But one fated casting choice for Romeo and Juliet changed it all. Like the characters they were playing, Cassie and Ethan’s romance seemed destined. Until he broke her heart and betrayed her trust. Now the A-list heartthrob is back in her life and turning her world around. One touch at a time.
Cast as romantic leads once again, they’re forced to confront raw memories of the heartbreaking lows and pulse-pounding highs of their secret college affair. But they’ll also discover that people who rub each other the wrong way often make the best sparks
Writing has always been a passion for Leisa, and even though she originally intended to be an actress, it wasn’t long into her time at drama school that she began writing plays.
Those plays were bad. Very bad. Well, her friends thought they were good, but that’s because they were always cast in them and any opportunity to be on stage was met with an obnoxious amount of enthusiasm.
Since then, she’s honed her craft, and several of her plays have been produced and toured
throughout Australia.
These days, playwriting has given way to fiction writing, and Leisa’s debut novel, BAD ROMEO, will be available in a worldwide release through Macmillan Publishing in December 2014.
Leisa lives in Australia with her husband, two little boys, three cats, and a kangaroo named Howard.
(Howard may or may not be her imaginary marsupial friend. Everyone should have one.)
