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Finished Beautiful Bastard? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact steamy feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Christina Lauren

Contemporary Romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 SteamyWittyFun

The Beautiful Bastard book hangover is real, and scrolling through "readers also enjoyed" lists isn't going to cut it. We read Beautiful Bastard, tagged every mood and trope that made it click, and hunted down books that match on the things you actually cared about — not just "it's also Contemporary Romance." Steamy energy? Check. Boss/Employee? Check. That can't-stop-reading pacing? We've got you.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Beautiful Bastard

Grouped by the elements that made Beautiful Bastard unforgettable.

Your contemporary romance matches

97%
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Boss in the Bedsheets
by Kate Canterbary
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 320p · Contemporary Romance
Same boss/employee energy as Beautiful Bastard, but Kate Canterbary cranks the steamy to eleven.
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94%
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By a Thread
by Lucy Score
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 554p · Contemporary Romance
Same steamy energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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91%
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King of Pride
by Ana Huang
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 432p · Contemporary Romance, Billionaire
94% compatibility match. The steamy hits different here.
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More enemies energy

89%
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The Score
by Elle Kennedy
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 332p · Sports Romance, New Adult
If Beautiful Bastard was your type, The Score is its hot friend.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Boss in the Bedsheets by Kate Canterbary — 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 spice, 320 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Beautiful Bastard include Boss in the Bedsheets, By a Thread, The Score. Each matches on specific elements like steamy and witty that made Beautiful Bastard resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Boss in the Bedsheets by Kate Canterbary — it shares Beautiful Bastard's core Steamy energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Beautiful Bastard is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Beautiful Bastard has a spice level of 4/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Steamy energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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