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Broke and Beautiful

by Tessa Bailey

The Broke and Beautiful series by Tessa Bailey has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Chase Me (2015).

Books
3 books
First published
2015
Status
completed
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Start here: Chase Me (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.

Cover of Chase Me, the first book in Broke and Beautiful

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. Chase Me

    Novel

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  2. Need Me

    Novel

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  3. Make Me

    Novel

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About the Broke and Beautiful series

Broke and Beautiful is a three-book Avon trilogy set in New York City and centered on a found family of broke, ambitious twenty-somethings scraping by in expensive apartments and dead-end jobs while chasing bigger lives. Each book follows one member of that circle into an unexpected, high-heat romance with someone from a very different social tier -- old money, sudden fame, a life the heroine or hero never thought they'd have access to -- and mines the class-gap tension for both comedy and real emotional stakes. It's Bailey's take on the classic opposites-attract, rags-to-riches romance, filtered through her usual blunt, funny, extremely physical voice.

Published in 2015, the trilogy (Chase Me, Need Me, Make Me) marked one of Bailey's earliest moves into traditional publishing after her Entangled-era indie series, and it shows: slightly bigger scope, a tighter three-book arc, and a recurring friend group whose separate happy endings build to a satisfying close. Readers who like a scrappy, self-made heroine going toe-to-toe with wealth and privilege -- and winning on her own terms -- will find a lot to like here.

How to read this series

Publication order, starting with Chase Me. All three books follow the same friend group of broke New Yorkers, with each entry giving one of them their own love story, so reading in order lets the trilogy build naturally to its final pairing.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Broke and Beautiful series?

Three: Chase Me, Need Me, and Make Me, all published in 2015.

What order should I read Broke and Beautiful in?

Publication order: Chase Me, Need Me, Make Me.

Is Broke and Beautiful a complete trilogy?

Yes, all three books were released in 2015 and the story is fully resolved.

Do I need to read the books in order?

Each book has its own central couple and resolves on its own, but they share one friend group, so reading in publication order gives the fullest experience of the whole cast's arcs.

Is Broke and Beautiful connected to Tessa Bailey's other series?

No shared characters with her other series -- it's a standalone trilogy, though it shares her recurring found-family, class-gap romance format.

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