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Beautiful Bastard #2.5

Beautiful Sex Bomb

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The gentlemen from Beautiful Bastard , Beautiful Stranger , and Beautiful Player are out for a wild night on The Strip. When Max, Henry, and Will steal Bennett away for a weekend of shenanigans and strippers in Vegas, the first stop of the night doesn’t go at all as planned. With their scheme for a Guys Weekend completely derailed anyway, Max and Bennett begin to play a wild game of stealth and secrecy in order to have their bombshells all over Sin City.

162 pages, Pocket Book

First published September 3, 2013

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Christina Lauren

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Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced twenty New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 30+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)


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Profile Image for Patty ~ Wrapped Up In Reading Book Blog.
1,260 reviews10.2k followers
April 7, 2015
*****3.5 Stars*****



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It's Valentine's Day weekend, and Bennett, his brother Henry, Max, and Will are all in Vegas for some Bachelor Party fun!! There will be some surprise guests, some sexy Champagne room escapades, and of course a couple of crazy shenanigans. Picture the movie, "The Hangover", minus Mike Tyson, the tiger, and the baby!!




There are several hot scenes between Bennett & Chloe, and Max & Sara, which having read most of the series you will come to expect there to be a lot of steam. I found this to be an okay read and figured the purpose of this story was to let us spend more time with our favorite characters and to get an introduction to Mr Will Sumner. I read all the full length novels without having read any of the novellas. It didn't affect my love for books 1 through 3. However, if you need a quick and enjoyable in-between read this will do the trick.
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707 reviews972 followers
July 8, 2017
3 Funny Stars!

This novella is all about what happened in Vegas when the boys were having fun for Bennett's stag party. I loved the overall fun I've experienced while reading this book. Bennett, Max, Will, and Henry's shenanigans were crazily funny! There were also scenes between Chloe and Bennett that were extra hot. That lap dance scene, though. I was cracking out loud!

This was yet another enjoyable novella from this series. Although it didn't really make me swoon like the regular books in the series, I still found this short read a feel-good book.

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Profile Image for Whitney Atkinson.
1,064 reviews13.2k followers
April 11, 2019
Yikes. Përhåps this book didn't need to exist.

Whereas the first novella showed Chloe and Bennet's engagement, this was just useless and boring. A night in Vegas? yawn. it was like valentines day fanfiction the author wrote about their own characters. Even though Will is in this one and he becomes the MC of the next book, it doesn't really give you any prerequisite information that's useful to his book, so you don't even need to read it for that. I was also really uncomfy with how a drag queen/trans character (it was unspecified because both terms were used) was treated and used as the brunt of a joke multiple times.

I guarantee by the end of my reading all the novellas, the consensus will be that you don't need to read any of them except one lol.
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896 reviews2,250 followers
January 8, 2015
3 Sexy Stars.

Will is planning Bennet’s bachelor party and decides to take the guys to Vegas. After all, everyone knows the best bachelor parties are there.
The problem? Bennet and Max, the committed guys of the gang, want their women close and find a way to take them along. Expect that the girls have a secret plan of their own.

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This was a sweet and sexy novella and if you’re a fan of this series, you really can’t miss this.
It is short, quick and nice to read.
Enjoy!
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2,670 reviews3,284 followers
February 3, 2018
3.5 Las Vegas, Boys Night, Drinking and Shagging Stars
*** 1/2 Spoiler Free
Here is the night when boys/men are supposed to be boys/men in Las Vegas. You have Bennett, Max, Will and Henry all out to celebrate Bennett's future marriage to Chloe.

Picture movies that have hysterical happenings and mixed up meetings. Picture lots of drunken fun with scams, blackjack and women with questionable DNA.


That is the picture... now scramble it a bit... mix in some kink, some surprising escapes and you are almost there.

But here is the best and most surprising part of this little novella.... inside this fun, flashy and trashy time is some of the sweetest, most honest feelings for the women Bennett and Max love.

We experience amazing connections through their sexy times... hot... feverish and sublime....with thoughts coming from the male POV's... revealing all the wonder and rapture each man feels for his lover and soon to be wife.

This is a little throw away as an introduction to Beautiful Player, Will.... but reveals so much more about our friends Bennett & Chloe and Max & Sara.

I am off to see what mischief Will is about to get into...I promise to report back and let you know....

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April 19, 2015
3.5 ★'s

Bennett, Max, Will and Henry all go to Las Vegas for Bennett's bachelor party. Things are pretty straightforward until Bennett gets a lap dance and then things turn into a crazy sex-obsessed night for Bennett and Max.

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It was really funny to read about all the things Max and Bennett went through to find time for Sara and Chloe while trying to keep things on the down low with Will and Henry.

It was nice to see that Will wasn't totally oblivious and I loved what he did to get back at Max. Henry on the other hand, well, was he really doing what he said? I was a little taken back at what he did in the beginning.

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All in all, things worked out. The girls were happy, the guys were happy, Will possibly meets someone and Henry, well, Henry does what Henry does best. (I guess)


Favorite quotes:

♥ “You’re the only one I’d ever let own me like this.”

♥ “Share with the class or put that thing away. I know what you have on there, you sick bastard. No girls, remember?”

♥ “I’m an American citizen!” Will yelled, and then collapsed into the couch in hysterics.

♥ “In fact, if you ever stop doing crazy things like that, stop being wild and foolish because you want me so much, it might just ruin me a little.”

♥ “I’m going to need at least ten minutes before we do that again.”

I laughed, and then it turned into a hoarse cough as the idea hit me fully. “Jesus, woman. I may need a bit longer than that. Just fucking cuddle me for a few.”

♥ “I can’t wait for you to become Mr. Bennett Mills.”

My eyes flew open. “What?”

Her laugh was low and husky against my skin. “You heard me.”
Profile Image for *J* Too Many Books Too Little Time.
1,921 reviews3,718 followers
November 4, 2013
My Beautiful Bastard Boys are back....in none other than LAS VEGAS!!!!



Can I just say...I FREAKING LOVE Max Stella! Damn that British boy is all kinds of yummy!!!





I could read about Max (and Sara) for days!

Anywho....so the boys (Ben, Max, Henry and Will) are in Vegas for Bennett's bachelor party. It also happens to be Valentine's Day weekend. The story starts with the boys at a strip club. Max has bought Bennett a lap dance....it's like a rite of passage right??

"It's your fucking stag weekend. Act like the man you used to be... It's a lap dance, Ben, not a fucking trip to the dentist."

Poor Bennett's so conflicted.....good thing he manages to not get excited AT ALL. Much to the dismay of his lap dancer--CHLOE!! Surprise Bennett!!!



Fear not, Chloe gets him back!!

The rest of the night Bennett and Max grow vaginas and spend the evening chasing after their women. Trying to keep it from the other two guys. It was almost a Hangover type weekend. Super fun and funny! And HOT....because let me tell you when they track their women down they have all kinds of HOT sex with them!!!



This was another great addition to the series. Can't wait for Will to finally land himself a woman!!!! Hope he's prepared for all of the shit Bennett and Max are going to give him!!!
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561 reviews902 followers
July 29, 2016
Viva Las Vegas! With Bastards and Strangers and Players, Oh My!


I'm a fan of this series, but I'll admit I started this book with low expectations. I wasn't exactly blown away by the last novella Beautiful Bitch… So I was pleasantly laughed-out-loud-several-times pleased with this!
I grinned so much my face hurt.



Valentines Weekend. Bennett's Bachelor Party. Las Vegas.
...But the girls decided not to stay home…


I loved watching Max and Bennett run all over Las Vegas like love-struck idiots...




I liked that the usual dual POV was split this time between Bennett and Max. Yes, I understand that these novellas are basically just springboards for introducing a new character for the upcoming novels (looking at you Will). And no, I wasn't surprised by the twists this provided, but it was still a fun read!


Some of My Favorite Moments



My Other Reviews in the Beautiful Bastard Series:

1. - Beautiful Bastard - My Review
1.5 - Beautiful Bitch - My Review
2. - Beautiful Stranger - My Review
2.5 - Beautiful Bombshell - YOU'RE READING IT
3. - Beautiful Player - My Review
3.5 - Beautiful Beginning - My Review

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Profile Image for Deanna❤Pink Lady❤️.
820 reviews845 followers
February 27, 2014
5 "Las Vegas Fun" Stars

This is Bennett's bachelor party in sinful Las Vegas. He is there with his best friends, Max, Will and his brother, Henry. The boys are ready to give Bennett a unforgettable weekend- booze, girls, and gambling!! Bennett is a good boy, but of course, a trip to an exclusive strip joint is in order. Let me just say, I love these guys. They are sexy, gorgeous, funny, sarcastic, give each other the business whenever possible, and they love like no other. There are some funny and definitely very sexy moments in this novella. Bennett truly has a bachelor party weekend that he will never forget.

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2,689 reviews576 followers
March 20, 2024
5 Stars

I’m always surprised how tastefully dirty explicit this is and be reassured, I have absolutely no complaints.

If you want a weekend bachelor getaway to Vegas that includes a “nudie club, fake medical emergencies, fan-fucking-tastic dinner, grand theft auto, (transvestite) escort, and… (almost getting) maimed by some goons”, then don’t miss out!

Bennett, Max, and Will definitely know how to have a good time, and I’m confident you will too!


Beautiful Bastard Series
1. Beautiful Bastard - 5 Stars
1.5. Beautiful Bitch - 5 Stars
2. Beautiful Stranger - 4.5 Stars
2.5. Beautiful Bombshell - 5 Stars
3. Beautiful Player - 5 Stars
3.5. Beautiful Beginning - 5 Stars
3.6. Beautiful Beloved - 2.5 Stars
4. Beautiful Secret - 3 Stars
4.5. Beautiful Boss - 3 Stars
5. Beautiful - 4 stars

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2,082 reviews895 followers
July 24, 2014


The gang is back! I can't seem to decide just who I love more, Bennett or Max... but part of me is partial to our Beautiful Stranger just because of one little thing...


Bennett, Max, Will and Henry are living it up in Vegas for B's stag party weekend - but these two can't seem to stay away from Chloe & Sara when they sneak into town. And let's just say that they go to great lengths to get a few moments alone with their gal while trying to ensure that Will and Henry have no clue as to what is going on.

This had rotating POV's for Bennett & Max and gave us some great moments to get to know Will a little better. I am now overly excited for Beautiful Player to come out and can't wait to see what d-bag moves we will have to endure when Will get's his heart handed to him.

Another great novella that continues the Beautiful Bastard Series. I can't seem to get enough of these books and these guys! This is quickly becoming one of my favorite series just for the great humor and the hot sexy-time we get.

Now, bring me Will.
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495 reviews3,666 followers
April 25, 2014
Absolutely pointless! Everyone in this book was horny, they had sex, they came, that is all! I'm still trying to figure out why it was written. I kept thinking, any minute now Christine, there's gonna be a huge reveal and it'll all make sense. Nope, no such luck!



I've learned my lesson, I'm staying away from the novellas. I'm definitely reading Will's story!
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1,179 reviews5,018 followers
November 3, 2015
It's been a while since I read 'Beautiful Bastard' and 'Beautiful Stranger', so it took a little work to get back into the story. I had forgotten many of the relationship dynamics and personalities. I think I would have enjoyed this short story more if I'd read it immediately after completing book 2. I still liked it, but probably would have liked it more if I had read it a long time ago.

Overall, I thought this was a fun, cute and entertaining short story. There wasn't much in terms of plot, just partying, pranks and sexcapades in Vegas, and that was fine by me. It was steamy. It was hilarious. It was quick. A good way to pass an hour or two!
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1,231 reviews97 followers
August 12, 2020

Un addio al celibato.
Las Vegas.
San Valentino.

Tutto ruota intorno a questi tre elementi e nonostante sia solo una novella e, nonostante di storia ce ne sia ben poca, ho passato comunque delle ore piacevoli in compagnia di Chloe e Bennett.
Profile Image for Tabatha (tab.talks.books).
510 reviews
April 29, 2024
This one didn’t hit like the others. Henry’s character bothered me. I know these are high rolling fast guys but the infidelity kind of bothered me. They are so overly male testosterone-ish.
Profile Image for MELISSA *Mel Reader*.
1,396 reviews1,506 followers
September 11, 2013
I thought this was a cute short story. The guys are all off for Bennett's Bachelor party weekend in Vegas. It is Bennett, Max, Will, & Henry all out to party and get a little crazy. Add Chloe and Sara to the mix & it's a steamy, sexy good time! I was happy to see Bennett is still a panty ripper! ;)They even threw in a little spanking! :) I am really looking forward to Will's book up next! :)

-I blinked several times and was met with Sara's wide grin, the pleased expression she always wore when she'd proven once again how completely she owned me.

-I watched as Max's smile went from self-satisfied to mocking. "Will. Darling." He put a heavy hand on Will's cheek and clucked his tongue. "I can't wait for that one girl to come in and kick your feet out from under you.

-When that one girl comes along, I'm going to say I told you so, and give you no bloody sympathy when you've turned into a lovesick strop. "With a light slap to Will's cheek, he stepped away, laughing as he walked down the hall. "Can't fucking wait for it, mate."

-Stripping my clothes off and leaving them in a discarded pile on the floor, I climbed over her, braced on my arms and legs. Not touching her, not yet, just taking her in: a tangle of brown curls against the stark white bed linens, eyes closed but lids fluttering in her dreams, lips wet and red and begging to be kissed.

-this is how I love you, both soft and wild. I am fucking lost in you.
Profile Image for Linda ❤️ Sassy, Classy && a Little Bit of Nasty.
187 reviews167 followers
September 18, 2013
4 Stars!! :D

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A novella in Max and Bennett's POV, IN VEGAS ?

Hells yea!

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I love, love, LOVE how this is a story of Max and Sara AND Bennett and Chloe - in the males' POV!

Oh, how I didn't know how much I missed Max! That man is something sexy! Still love Bennett's beautiful bastardly ass! These two men together calls for ovary combustion!

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Can't wait to get down and dirty with Will in Beautiful Player, cause that TITLE, and being friends with Bennett and Max, only spells trouble! :D

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Oh Yea!

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1,066 reviews69 followers
November 23, 2016
Rating: 3.5/5

Original review on Julalicious Book Paradise

So this novella was interesting, but I was not in love with it. I felt like they wanted to put so much stuff in the same book and it was really too much stuff for the length of this novella.

I felt that perhaps, they should have done a novella for Bennett and one for Max or just make it longer. Heck, I wouldn't mind 50-100 pages more if it meant like everything wasn't so confusing.

But I still liked it and I'm still glad that I read it because it was funny and sexy too. So what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? I don't know, but either way, it's a bachelor party that none of the guys are about to forget.

Also, I was kind of bummed that Henry was there, but at the same time, not really. I felt like he popped from time to time. Even when he was there, I just felt like he was pushed out of the picture to talk more about Bennett, Max and Will.

But if you read that series, it could be good to read the novellas to give you some insight that may explain certain things in the following books.
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354 reviews27 followers
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July 9, 2013
it's sad that i want to read the novella's more then the real next book in the seires.. cos i just want to know what happens to bennet and chole.. plus the rest of his family ...
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128 reviews3,845 followers
April 17, 2023
— 3 stars ✰
Profile Image for Lisa.
904 reviews1,254 followers
January 3, 2015
*ARC Given to Blog for Honest Review*

4 “fucking lost in you” Kisses

Leave it to the Beautiful Bastard crew to do Vegas right. These little novellas do nothing but feeding my craving for wanting more of these absolutely insatiable characters. Well, I am rarely short and sweet…but that’s what Beautiful Bombshell gave me, so that’s what I will give to you. Don’t get me wrong, it might have been short and sweet but it was hot, steamy, enticing and everything else I absolutely love about this series as well.

So the guys are in Vegas for Bennett’s stag weekend…what trouble can they really get into? Well…we don’t have to worry about that because the girls storm Vegas and take care of all the trouble you could possibly imagine. The whole thing is classic B.B. and I loved it. Every time I thought things might calm down, in typical B.B. fashion, all they did was push the envelope and continue to keep my eyebrow arched.

‘My mind exploded with reactions: relief and anger, shock and embarrassment. Here Chloe was, in Vegas, not skiing in the fucking Catskills, and she’d come in here to find me blindfolded and waiting for a dancer to do exactly what she’d done: dance on my thighs, grind herself into my cock. But for once I’d managed to do with Chlose what I’d been able to do in every one of my business relationships: hid the reaction you have until you’ve transformed it into the reaction you want.

Max and Sara – I sincerely hope that they get their own novella’s too because these little tastes here and there, especially now with what we learn in Beautiful Bombshell, I am just as now invested in them as I am in Chloe and Bennett. I’m sorry – they’re fuckin’ hot and the exhibitionism level gets turned way up. If I didn’t love Sara, I’d cut a bitch cause Max Stella is to die for.



‘With a smile, I leaned in to kiss her, letting her deepen it with her hands on my face, sliding into my hair and around the back of my neck. “I feel like I could fuck for hours,” she whispered into my mouth and I almost lost it right then; Sara rarely swore, ad when she did, it always made me hard. “I just feel a little hollow with how much I want you tonight.”
I groaned and pressed my face into her neck.’


And now….to the couple of the hour Bennett and Chloe. Oh boy. Wow…yeah, every book their connection grows deeper for me. I l.o.v.e them together. They’re hot, they’re passionate and they’re sensual. But it’s more than just the sex, it’s about the connection that they share and the emotions behind the sex that makes it more meaningful and more powerful. They’re just hot! The end. :-)




I do have to say I missed not being in Chloe and Sara’s minds. I didn’t think I would because…well, Bennett and Max are just wonderful minds to be in – but I did. I missed their POV’s, especially with the encounters they were having and especially with Miss. Mills and all her…antics, I was sorry to miss her glorious thoughts. Chloe never fails to bring a smile to my face and give that added kick of excitement.

‘“In fact, if you ever stop doing crazy things like that, stop being wild and foolish because you want me so much, it might just ruin me a little.”
“A little?” I could hear the smile in her voice.’


Will…oh the precursors for Will’s book in Beautiful Bombshell were fab-u-lous to say the least. This book is the ultimate set up for Beautiful Player in my opinion and there is a piece of the prologue in the back of Beautiful Bombshell where we get to meet Hannah too. These two are going to be fun! Cannot wait for October 29th (Beautiful Player) and November 18th (Beautiful Beginning)! :-)
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417 reviews45 followers
September 15, 2013
This book was so fun & had many laughs too. Short sexy novella about the boys Bennett, Max, Henry & Will weekend getaway for Valentine's day for Bennett's bachelor party in Vegas.


There was pretty much wall to wall sex in here from one scene to the next. But no complaints here! I think it was written very sensual & sexy in a way that doesn't come across overdone at all.


And some other moments were so funny like Bennett & Max's excuses they come up with to sneak off to spend time with Chloe & Sara. These two come up with almost anything from faking illnesses, drag queens, gambling, drinking, strip clubs, etc..Hilarious! lol

I've been following the Beautiful Bastard series since book #1 and its never a disappointment & never a bad book. Keep them coming! Looking forward to "Beautiful Player" next.

Profile Image for Julia.
2,517 reviews72 followers
September 2, 2013
As much as I enjoy the full length books in this series, characters I like in long form don't do anything for me in these short vignettes. Both BEAUTIFUL BASTARD and BEAUTIFUL STRANGER had some of the most passionate sex scenes I've read in a long time, but those same characters going at it without story around them just seems like any other erotica short. Specific, graphic, and utterly forgettable. I can't wait to read Will's story, however, and will continue to look forward to this series' full length offerings.
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