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Maas, bestselling author of Throne of Glass  \n“Truly a romance for the twenty-first century. [Dating You / Hating You is] a smart, sexy romance for readers who thrive on girl power.”  \n—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  \n“Lauren brings her characteristic charm to the story. Holland’s tale is more than an unrequited crush; it’s about self-expectations, problematic friendships, unconventional family, and the strange power of love.”  \n—Booklist on Roomies  \n“In our eyes, Christina Lauren can do no wrong.”  \n—Bookish  \n“The perfect summer read.”  \n—Self on Sweet Filthy Boy  \nChristina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners/besties/soulmates and braintwins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA Today and \\#1 international bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Sublime, The House and Autoboyography.  \nYou can find them online at:  \n[ChristinaLaurenBooks.com](ChristinaLaurenBooks.com)  \n[Facebook.com/ChristinaLaurenBooks](Facebook.com/ChristinaLaurenBooks)  \n@ChristinaLauren  \nbooks by christina lauren Dating You / Hating You Roomies Love and Other Words  \nthe beautiful series  \nBeautiful Bastard Beautiful Stranger Beautiful Bitch Beautiful Bombshell Beautiful Player Beautiful Beginning Beautiful Beloved Beautiful Secret Beautiful Boss  \nBeautiful  \nwild seasons  \nSweet Filthy Boy Dirty Rowdy Thing Dark Wild Night Wicked Sexy Liar  \nyoung adult  \nSublime The House Autoboyography  \nCOPYRIGHT  \nPublished by Piatkus  \n978-0-3494-1757-8  \nAll characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.  \nCopyright © Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings 2018  \nThe moral right of the author has been asserted.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.  \nThe publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.  \nP IA T K U S  \nLittle, Brown Book Group  \nCarmelite House  \n50 Victoria Embankment  \nLondon, EC4Y 0DZ  \n[www.littlebrown.co.uk](www.littlebrown.co.uk)  \n[www.hachette.co.uk](www.hachette.co.uk)  \nLove and Other Words  \nTable of Contents  \npraise for the novels of Christina Lauren about the author  \nbooks by christina lauren  \nCOPYRIGHT  \ndedication  \nprologue  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen  \nnow  \nthen now  \nnow  \nacknowledgments READERS GROUP GUIDE  \nIntroduction  \nTopics and Questions for Discussion Enhance Your Book Club  \nFor Erin and Marcia, and the house near the creek in the woods.  \nprologue  \nMy dad was a lot taller than my mother – I mean a lot. He was six foot five and my mom was just over five  \nfoot three. Danish big and Brazilian petite. When they met, she didn’t speak a word of English. 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