Author guide

Christina Lauren Books in Order

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, longtime writing partners and best friends. Together they write adult and young adult fiction, especially contemporary romance, romantic comedy, erotic romance, and LGBTQ+ fiction.

contemporary romanceromantic comedyerotic romanceyoung adult fictionsupernatural fiction

Catalog record updated August 25, 2026.

Christina Lauren's Newest Book

Accidentally Yours

short-story · First published 2026

When marketing consultant Veronica accidentally crashes the wrong Zoom meeting and brutally critiques their presentation, she’s shocked to receive a job offer from the company’s intriguing CEO. Their professional email exchanges quickly turn flirty, but Veronica’s mind keeps drifting to her reserved but gorgeous new neighbor. As Valentine’s Day approaches, she’ll discover that sometimes the most improbable meet-cute can lead to the perfect match.

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Beautiful Bastard

The opening novel of the Beautiful series and Christina Lauren's publishing debut.

Sweet Filthy Boy

The opening novel of the Wild Seasons series.

The Unhoneymooners

A representative standalone contemporary romance and an accessible entry point.

Autoboyography

A standalone young adult romance with LGBTQ+ themes.

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Books by series

fiction-series · complete

Beautiful Series

A connected contemporary erotic-romance series following a circle of friends and their relationships.

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1
Beautiful Bastard
Book 1 · novel · 2013

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…
2
Beautiful Bitch
Book 1.5 · novella · 2013 Optional

Just when Chloe’s career starts to take off, Bennett wishes it would all slow down long enough to spend a wild night alone with his intern-cum-girlfriend. Preferably one in which he can show her he’s still the boss.After her continued…
3
Beautiful Stranger
Book 2 · novel · 2013

Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a…
4
Beautiful Bombshell
Book 2.5 · novella · 2013 Optional

When Bennett’s friends steal him away from Chloe for a weekend of shenanigans and strippers in Vegas, their first stop doesn’t exactly go as planned. Their scheme for a guys’ weekend completely derailed, Bennett and Max take every chance…
5
Beautiful Player
Book 3 · novel · 2013

When Hanna Bergstrom receives a lecture from her overprotective brother about neglecting her social life and burying herself in grad school, she’s determined to tackle his implied assignment: get out, make friends, start dating. And who…
6
Beautiful Beginning
Book 3.5 · novella · 2013 Optional

Wedding bells can’t chime soon enough for Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan. Chloe, exasperated and stressed by all the last-minute to-dos, is on the verge of saying “I do” to eloping. For his part, Bennett’s so worried about being distracted…
7
Beautiful Beloved
Book 3.6 · novella · 2015 Optional

An eShort, features Max and Sara Stella (from Beautiful Stranger) as they struggle to balance passion and play with the arrival of their new beautiful bundle of joy.
8
Beautiful Secret
Book 4 · novel · 2015

In BEAUTIFUL SECRET, the brother of Max Stella (Beautiful Stranger) comes to New York City on business from England. Niall Stella has a classically stiff upper lip, a mind for engineering, and no clue when it comes to women. Too bad for…
9
Beautiful Boss
Book 5 · novella · 2016 Optional

In this novella, Will Sumner and Hanna Bergstrom (from Beautiful Player) find that a wedding and everlasting love were just the beginning. One Player tamed. One nerd girl satisfied. And one more major life decision to make. When Will fell…
10
Beautiful
Book 6 · novel · 2016

One free spirited Brit. One man weighed down by responsibility . . . (Also, a disorientingly sweet Chloe, confused Bennett, grumpy Sara, Max as you know and love him, travel planner Hanna, chef Will, drunk Ruby, content Niall, George–oh,…

fiction-series · complete

Wild Seasons

A connected erotic-romance series about three friends and the people they meet.

Series guide →

1
Sweet Filthy Boy
Book 1 · novel · 2014

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the…
2
Sweet Filthy Morning After
Book 1.5 · novella · 2014 Optional
3
Dirty Rowdy Thing
Book 2 · novel · 2014

Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other . . . which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done?…
4
Dark Wild Night
Book 3 · novel · 2015

Lola and Oliver like to congratulate themselves on having the good sense to not consummate their drunken Las Vegas wedding. If they’d doubled-down on that mistake, their Just Friends situation might not be half as great as it is now. . .…
5
Wicked Sexy Liar
Book 4 · novel · 2016

London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan. But when a wave knocks her for a loop…

fiction-series · complete

The Unhoneymooners

A connected romance duology centered on the Torres family and their relationships.

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1
The Unhoneymooners
Book 1 · novel · 2019

Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Amelia, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy…
2
The Honeymoon Crashers
Book 2 · audio-original · 2023

Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her cheating husband soon after. But even though she’s still processing her own…

multi-author-fiction-series · ongoing

The Improbable Meet-Cute

A multi-author short-fiction series about unexpected romantic connections.

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1
The Exception to the Rule
Book 1 · novella · 2024

One typo, and a boy and girl connect by chance. Wishing each other a happy Valentine’s Day isn’t the end. In fact, it becomes a friendly annual tradition—with rules: no pics, no real names, nothing too personal. As years pass, the rules…
2
Accidentally Yours
Book 2 · short-story · 2026

When marketing consultant Veronica accidentally crashes the wrong Zoom meeting and brutally critiques their presentation, she’s shocked to receive a job offer from the company’s intriguing CEO. Their professional email exchanges quickly…

multi-author-fiction-series · ongoing

Meant to Be

A multi-author collection of contemporary retellings of classic Disney stories.

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Tangled Up in You
Book 1 · novel · 2024

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from…

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Novels (16)

Sublime
novel · 2014

From the moment she sees Colin, Lucy knows she’s meant for him. But their love is no ordinary love; Lucy is a ghost, and Colin can only physically be with her when he’s standing on the brink of his own death. Willing to give anything for…
The House
novel · 2015

His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life. He lives in that house, the one at the edge of town.…
Dating You/Hating You
novel · 2017

Despite the odds against them from an embarrassing meet-awkward at a mutual friend’s Halloween party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they’re both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn’t…
Autoboyography
novel · 2017

Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state…
Roomies
novel · 2017

Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a bigtime musical director. When the tryout goes…
Love and Other Words
novel · 2018

After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went…
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
novel · 2018

Hazel Camille Bradford knows she’s a lot to take—and frankly, most men aren’t up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don’t send them running, her lack of filter means she’ll say exactly the wrong thing in a…
My Favorite Half-Night Stand
novel · 2018

Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow…
Twice in a Blue Moon
novel · 2019

During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate—the…
The Honey-Don't List
novel · 2020

Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and—more than anyone would suspect—has helped them build an…
In a Holidaze
novel · 2020

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas…
The Soulmate Equation
novel · 2021

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Raised by her grandparents—who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno—Jess has been…
Something Wilder
novel · 2022

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted…
The True Love Experiment
novel · 2023

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the…
The Paradise Problem
novel · 2024

Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three…
The Romance Revival
novel · 2026

Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character: She got married. To Luca—the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering night in Vegas who made her laugh, made her dance, made her feel. But now, Emery…

Short fiction (1)

Miss Parker Goes to Wyoming
short-story · 2023

Frequently asked questions about Christina Lauren

Who is Christina Lauren?

Christina Lauren is the shared pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.

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How did Christina Lauren begin writing together?

Hobbs and Billings met through online fan fiction and later collaborated on original fiction, turning that partnership into a professional writing career.

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What did Christina Lauren do before becoming full-time authors?

Lauren Billings earned a doctorate in neuroscience from UC Irvine and researched neurodegeneration, while Christina Hobbs worked in a junior-high counseling office.

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What genres does Christina Lauren write?

They write both adult and young adult fiction, especially contemporary romance and romantic comedy.

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What awards or honors has Christina Lauren received?

Their audiobook The True Love Experiment won the 2024 Audie Award for Romance, and Autoboyography was a Lambda Literary Award finalist.

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