Part of Beautiful Bastard, book 1.5
First published 2013
Chloe Mills watches her career accelerate just as Bennett Ryan decides he wants more time with his former intern turned girlfriend. Bennett craves wild nights alone with Chloe, moments where he can prove he still commands their dynamic. She keeps refusing his requests for time off. Bennett reaches his breaking point and stops accepting her rejections. He books two plane tickets to France and secures a villa for them both. The couple arrives at their destination and engages in a conversation that surprises them both. True to form, their intense discussion leads them straight into bed together. Their love-hate dynamic continues from where it began, but now Chloe and Bennett push their volatile relationship into uncharted territory. The French villa becomes the backdrop for their ongoing power struggle and undeniable attraction.
Genres: romance, adult-fiction, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: France
Period: 21st-century
132 pages · Paperback · Gallery Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, toxic-relationship