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Fifth Season to Adapt Bestselling Novel 'Beautiful Bastard' Into Series

2/19/2026

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Fifth Season has acquired the rights to adapt Beautiful Bastard into a TV series.
The novel, published in 2013 by Christina Lauren, follows Chloe Mills and boss Bennett Ryan.
Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings will write the series, with Bill Dubuque supervising and producing alongside Kristen Campo.
Beautiful Bastard is the first in a nine-book series with translations in over 30 languages.
Authors have written 21 New York Times bestsellers.

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Story summary

Fifth Season has acquired the rights to adapt Beautiful Bastard into a TV series.
The novel, published in 2013 by Christina Lauren, follows Chloe Mills and boss Bennett Ryan.
Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings will write the series, with Bill Dubuque supervising and producing alongside Kristen Campo.
Beautiful Bastard is the first in a nine-book series with translations in over 30 languages.
Authors have written 21 New York Times bestsellers.