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The Bad Guy Kindle Edition

by Celia Aaron (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,425 ratings
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Camille was a damsel, one who already had her white knight.

But I wanted her for myself.

So I took her.

Every fairy tale has a villain, someone waiting in the wings to rip it all down. A scoundrel who will set the world on fire if that means he gets what he wants. That's me.

I’m the bad guy.
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The Bad Guy gave me everything and more that I'd expect from a Celia Aaron novel! She made me question my morals as I drooled over this perfectly nutty psychopath and I loved every minute of it. To me, this is Celia's best book as she perfectly nailed the characteristics of the villain. She'll make you love The Bad Guy even if you don't want to! - Author K. Webster


The Bad Guy is another blockbuster hit from Ms. Aaron and I guarantee Sebastian is sure to please. - Elizabeth, Crazies R Us Book Blog

This is definitely my favorite Celia Aaron to date! -BooksandMe Blog


The Bad Guy, told from dual POVs, is my favorite Celia Aaron story to date. With darkness in the forefront it is very much a journey of self-reflection, healing and second chances. -SueBee, #1 Goodreads Reviewer

Overall, Celia Aaron has not only yet again brought a new story that will make you want to keep reading and reading for more of her intriguing words of darkness, but she has also brought a new theme to the romance novel world ... --Criistina Reads, Goodreads Reviewer


An undeniable 5 star must read! -Beneath the Covers Blog

About the Author

Celia Aaron is a USA Today bestselling author and recovering attorney who loves romance and erotic fiction. Dark to light, angsty to funny, real to fantasy--if it's hot and strikes her fancy, she writes it. Thanks for reading.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0714GZSRH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Celia Aaron (May 19, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1500 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 474 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 154534714X
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Hot, twisted and dark!!
“You had a white knight, but you were waiting for your monster. Here I am…”You put a psychopath and a sweet teacher with dark desires and some age gap, and I’m all yours; Celia Aaron has claimed me as one of her top readers with this book, I do agree with some reviews, this book could’ve been longer; but don’t be afraid, this book is intoxicating and stalkerish in every single and amazing way.Camille, at twenty-four she loves being a teacher, there’s something missing in her life; her current white knight is everything a girl should want…but he’s not what she really desires.Sebastian Lindstrom is the stalker you wish to kidnap you; fully diagnosed as a psychopath, Sebastian has found the only woman who has ever managed to unlock something he can’t quite put a name on, but the only thing he is sure of is that Camille is his, his to take and his to keep.This is not as dark as you would expect it to be, and it totally gave me the vibe of The Beauty and the Beast, and I’m a sucker for those kinds of stories. And so, it is only logical that Sebastian Lindstrom is easily one of my favorites heroes since he checks all my boxes, dark, stalker, possessive and well a hot psycho…
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sydney
5.0 out of 5 stars I liked it
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2023
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I've been in a reading slump, but this was one of the first books in a whole that I could actually finish. I don't feel like it was as dark as I was going for, but it was still entertaining. Honestly sebastian is hard not to like for me he just isn't that bad of a guy and his thought processes and total lack of emotional intelligence reminded me more of high functioning autism instead of psychopathy but that may also be because that's what I have more experience with. All in all, I found his lack of understanding emotions and pretending to be human adorable instead of treating them, which was part of his charm. I liked the story progression, and for sebastian being the way he was, I feel the FL acting in the best way she could in that situation.
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Sam Mariano
4.0 out of 5 stars All the fun of a villain and all the swoon-factor of a contemporary hero. Sebastian can kidnap me anytime.
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017
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I'm not completely sure how to review this book.

I guess I'm going to start by explaining I come from a dark romance place. I read the blurb as soon as it was revealed, and I was like, "I MUST POSSESS YOU, MY PRETTY."
(So, what I'm saying is, I'm Sebastian, I guess.)
I'm saying this as a disclaimer because my complaints are the exact opposite of literally every other complaint that currently exists in the reviews. I have that "did we read the same book?" feeling regarding some of those, but I'll get to that in a minute.

I want to lead with: THIS BOOK IS WONDERFUL.
And also: I WANTED TO THROW THIS BOOK ACROSS THE ROOM AND SHATTER MY KINDLE AGAINST THE WALL.

But it's okay. I'm just madly in love with Sebastian. If you take nothing else away from this review, or any review, or life, it should be that Sebastian is wonderful and amazing, and you should read this book so you can meet him. (After reading the blurb and title, I went in fully prepared for a villain. In fact, Sebastian was a little Villain Lite for me, so... Contemporary romance readers who hate dark things may feel differently, but Sebastian is actually quite nice for a bad guy, and this book really isn't dark. It's edgy contemporary, maybe. Not dark.)

Okay, so, have you seen Dexter? Sebastian is a psychopath with an awesome father who helped him learn how to get his human on. Reminded me of Dexter in that sense (the show, not the books). Sebastian is a CEO, a psychopath, and a total dreamboat. His sense of humor is wonderful. Being inside his head is great. Sexy sex scenes. Orgasm machine. Sure, he's a little unfeeling about some things, but again, the man is a diagnosed psychopath. Anything else would've been unrealistic. And he isn't unfeeling at all in regards to the heroine. Or, really, anything else once he develops the feels for her. She unlocks the love level for him, and so, sure, he wants to keep her around. A little kidnapping and captivity never hurt anyone, right?

Well.

I guess that's not accurate, but I don't care. Give Sebastian what he wants!

So, I loved Sebastian. He's so well-done. I was won over immediately. Their first scene together and I was a goner. I was schoolgirl-giddy every time he showed up and she was nice to him. I was so excited.

Now, the heroine is actually my issue with this book, and for completely the opposite reason I've seen. Among the not-feeling-its, I've seen several people say she accepted him and her captivity too soon. And to that I say: how??? Seriously, how? This literally made me feel like I got a copy of the wrong book. I don't want to give spoilers, so I'm not going to say at what percentage of the book she was still resisting Sebastian, but suffice it to say, it was late in the game. Late. She tried to escape 300,000 times. She was plotting and resisting and... my mind is literally blown, given the percentage of her last awful, traumatizing (to me, my poor heart) escape attempt, that anyone could possibly say that. So, if you're debating reading this and you're like "Eh, I hate kind-hearted heroines who accept their captivity too quickly," HAVE NO FEAR, YOU CAN READ THIS BOOK.

I wanted to murder Camille by the end. I loved her for 70% of the book, and then between 70 and 76, she lost me. So that's my issue. BECAUSE she resisted for so long (and did something I hated so much) that I gave up on her. I started feeling like she was mean. I would be able to understand, probably, her holding onto the flimsy "I can't betray myself" card until the bitter end if he actually mistreated her, but aside from one little whiff of chloroform (and a paltry kidnapping), he did not. He was never mean to her, he never physically hurt her in any way, he gave her everything he could feasibly think of to make her happy... Yes, he made deals and blah blah blah, but when she started talking about his many sins against her, I kinda wanted to pop in the book and knee her in the face. At the start of the book, I thought she was going to be kinder--and it's not like she was vicious, but sometimes she did hurt him just because she knew she could, which made me wince (even though it was early enough that this was totally understandable; I just fell hard and fast for Sebastian, so I was very protective). And sometimes I just felt like she was made of stone to still be resisting so hard and being so unkind and everything when it was SO far into the game, and she was clearly into him (and with reason! Subtract the whole "he kidnapped her" thing and he's a sweet deal). The whole "I can't betray myself" argument isn't sufficient for me here, because caring for someone who treats you like treasured gold isn't a self-betrayal. And he was clear from the beginning that as soon as she "adjusted" she would essentially be free and normal again, he wasn't going to lock her up for the rest of her life. He just had to know she wasn't going to try to get him arrested or run away. You know, reasonable things! So, if she would've stopped resisting and trying to escape and would've played him a little, she would've been given the freedom she fought for so desperately, and still kept the dreamy orgasm-robot who loved her. Work smarter, not harder, Camille. Jeeze.

Anyway, loved the (smart) teacher heroine (until I wanted to murder her and dump her in a river), adored Sebastian, totally enjoyed most of this book... did not enjoy being stuck in Link's head. Ew. Go die, Link. At one point Camille's friend completely reversed her position on something that didn't make a lick of sense, but that was a little thing. Whatever. I just wanted to murder people by that point. Lol. Good times.

Anyway, recommended? Totally. Go meet Sebastian.

<i>**Voluntarily (that's an understatement, I was salivating for this book) read and reviewed this. Don't know the author. Have no investment in misleading anyone. Honest, unbiased review!**
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sherrejon
5.0 out of 5 stars Sebastian being a literal psycho drew me like a moth to a flame
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021
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I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars! This is my first book by Celia Aaron and I loooove her writing style. I have never read a book where the H is a psycho, literally- someone who lacks empathy. I’m so glad I dove into this book! The heat from the H and the h alone sold me.

We first meet Sebastian and Camille leading separate lives. Camille is with Link and has been with him for a little while. She attends a work function and that’s where she meets the hot-as-sin Sebastian. Sebastian is enthralled by her, and because he’s diagnosed as a psycho, he can’t stop looking at her (to the point where people feel the awkwardness). Side note- I love Sebastian’s stream of consciousness- it allows us to explore the state of mind of his psychotic behavior. I especially appreciate the flashbacks to his childhood and traumas- again, all of this added dimension to his character; plus, it gave us insight as to why he behaves a certain way or what his motivations to do things are. Camille admits to herself that there’s something intriguing about him, but she has Link, her white knight- the man that’s been there for her after losing her parents. Regardless of the time they’ve been together, she can’t move forward with him- they haven’t been intimate. There’s something holding her back. She would have never guessed that she needed a little bit (or maybe a lot of bit lol) of darkness to really succumb to the pleasure achieved through intimacy.

Sebastian is a successful man; he’s actually Link’s boss. He maneuvers himself to steal a dance from Camille (meanwhile, Link is uncomfortable and notices how he looks at her). As they’re dancing, he takes advantage of their private time and discusses her interests and goals in life. She’s a science high school teacher who is all about plants (botany). This piques Sebastian’s interest and uses it to his advantage when he kidnaps her. Which he does.

When Camille gets a call that she will be able to travel to the Amazon and conduct research, she is ecstatic! This was a dream of hers, one she mentioned to Sebastian (and one Link doesn’t fully support). She doesn’t realize that all of this is a ploy in order for Sebastian to kidnap her. Which he does.

In her “prison,” Camille can do whatever she wants, as long as she stays on the property. She doesn’t have any contact with the outside world, but she’ll always have contact with Sebastian. Sebastian would move heaven and hell to make her happy, except let her go. In his mind, they’re meant to be, no matter how many times he has to clip her wings.

Oh Sebastian. What an intricate character you are. He’s seductive and intuitive when it comes to attracting Camille and giving her what she needs (😉). Their attraction is intense. It’s raw, visceral, sexy, palpitating and delicious. He’s patient with her and only pushes her so much, especially when it benefits both. Although she fights him (oh man, does she fight him! Those were my favorite scenes) she can’t help but feel that stomach-plunging, moth-to-a-flame connection to Sebastian. I mean, even I had my breath stolen as I was reading. It was scrumptious and explosive *chef’s kiss*. The heat level and sexy times were nuclear. I loved every single moment.

I highly recommend this book. Be aware, there are some dark themes, but nothing too intense.
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Rowdy and Princess
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of feels here
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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Loved this book. The vivid writing was great and nothing gross and cringe like some books. Sebastian is sexy, charming and a psychopath. Love this and recommend.
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Rebecca Mosey
5.0 out of 5 stars It's like a Dark romance but not too dark, just the right amount!
Reviewed in Canada on April 10, 2022
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The hero is a psychopath and does bad things, but he's also super lovable.
Loved the book, Celia Aaron is a great writer, it's not all about smut with her.

I give it a steam level of 4/5
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Icee C
5.0 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2024
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I really do enjoy a dark romance and this was a really good one, and me a Sebastian any day.😍 I’ve just discovered this author and I’m already ready for more. 🏆
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Carolina
4.0 out of 5 stars Could be longer
Reviewed in Mexico on October 15, 2019
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I think the story could’ve been longer and with a different end
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Kris
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!
Reviewed in Australia on May 20, 2023
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This book had everything, it was a slow burn at first but as soon Camille was in the limo- what a story!!

Some parts like the botany talk & the story lines of Mint & Link I had to skim over, as I wanted to get the best parts!!

Need more stories like this!! I especially enjoyed how Sebastian & Camille made deals with each other ;)
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Rachel Hurley
4.0 out of 5 stars I need my own bad guy!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2023
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Well what can I say? This book ticked all of the boxes for me, I couldn’t put it down!

Sebastian is the delicious bad guy and he sets his sights on camilla and it’s game on. He decides to kidnap her (yep that’s the logical thing to do in his mind) and the fun ensues from there.

The character progression, dialogue and spice were so good! I was with the characters every step of the way dying to see what would happen next.

This is a dark romance so make sure you check your triggers.
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