15 must-read chick lit books like Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2) by Elle Kennedy

Cover of Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2) by Elle Kennedy

Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

By: Elle Kennedy

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep h…

"I get that. Sometimes things happen to us when we're young, and we learn to stay inside ourselves. Especially when we don't know how to talk about what's going on in our heads."

-Elle Kennedy, Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

If you liked the chick lit plot in Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2) by Elle Kennedy , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Funny Story by Emily Henry

1. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

Cover of The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2) by Tessa Bailey

2. The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky l… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

3. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

Cover of Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) by Elsie Silver

4. Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1)

By: Elsie Silver

4.10

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

She's been driving him wild for years . . . the good kind of wild. The kind of wild that comes … read more

Similar categories in Elsie Silver's Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) by Tessa Bailey

5. Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.90

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance series with … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I just…have this pretty intense need to make sure everyone knows you’re very fucking important. Okay? Could you kindly just go along with it?"

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

"She jackknifed on the couch, screaming so loud that it could be heard clear to Orlando. This was it. Her Dateline moment. A robbery gone wrong. Or was it?, questioned Keith Morrison."

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

Cover of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

6. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

Cover of Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah  Grace

7. Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2)

By: Hannah Grace

3.87

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

The latest in the Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzl… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Grace's Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Before I met you, I hadn't considered what my happy ending might look like. I wasn't sure I'd get one. You’re my happy ending, Russ. I fell in love with you in Meadow Springs, and watching you help b…"

-Hannah Grace, Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2)

Cover of This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

8. This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

Cover of Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

9. Not in Love

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not ha… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I'd been an odd child, then an odd teenager. Then I'd become, maybe as a result, maybe unavoidably, an odd adult."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'd never felt more beautiful than when he looked at me. Like I was the final prototype of someone's entire fantasy life."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"Eli was entranced. Her servant. Spellbound. He considered begging her to let him touch her. To let him go down on her in the hallway. He would go grocery shopping and make her dinner off a YouTube re…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'm going to want to see you every day. I'm going to learn more dishes and pack your lunch and write cute little notes on it. I'm going to ask you if you want to sleep at your place or mine and alway…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

Cover of Stealing Home (Beyond the Play, #3) by Grace Reilly

10. Stealing Home (Beyond the Play, #3)

By: Grace Reilly

3.67

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

A can’t-miss BookTok favorite, reverse grumpy/sunshine forced-proximity college sports romance, thi… read more

Similar categories in Grace Reilly's Stealing Home (Beyond the Play, #3) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2) by Elle Kennedy

11. Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

By: Elle Kennedy

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep h… read more

Similar categories in Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I get that. Sometimes things happen to us when we're young, and we learn to stay inside ourselves. Especially when we don't know how to talk about what's going on in our heads."

-Elle Kennedy, Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

Cover of The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) by Sarah       Adams

12. The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

3.92

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies-to-lovers, second-ch… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5) by Elsie Silver

13. Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)

By: Elsie Silver

4.13

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. I’m the outcast ba… read more

Similar categories in Elsie Silver's Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Everything's amazing right now, and nobody's happy."

-Elsie Silver, Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)

"Bailey, shut up and let me fuck what belongs to me. We can talk later."

-Elsie Silver, Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)

"There's something fractured about Beau. About his spirit. Like he's torn between so many versions of himself and doesn't know which one to pick. I wish he knew it's okay to be all of them with me."

-Elsie Silver, Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)

"You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel ok…"

-Elsie Silver, Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)

Cover of The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) by Elena  Armas

14. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)

By: Elena Armas

3.59

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more

Similar categories in Elena Armas's The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2) by Sarah       Adams

15. Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

4.02

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

A small-town sweetheart and an emotionally unavailable bad boy try to find some common ground in th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Unfortunately Yours  (A Vine Mess, #2) by Tessa Bailey

16. Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess, #2)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A down-on-her-luck Napa heiress suggests a mutually beneficial marriage of convenience to a man she… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess, #2) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Your tits look insane."

-Tessa Bailey, Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess, #2)

Cover of Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1) by Tessa Bailey

17. Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A steamy new rom-com about a starchy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every tur… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I’d dim her glow. I’d change her, and I would hate myself for it."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

"And as a queen of avoidance, she would rather not know. Sneaking around for the rest of her life sounded so much easier."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

"But he found himself wondering what it might be like to fill that role for Hallie. In another life, obviously. A full-time giver of Hallie smiles."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

Cover of When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah       Adams

18. When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

By: Sarah Adams

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"No one loves anything they're miserably chained to."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?"

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

Cover of First Down (Beyond the Play, #1) by Grace Reilly

19. First Down (Beyond the Play, #1)

By: Grace Reilly

3.66

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Tutoring the star quarterback in exchange for a few fake dates won’t lead to anything more… right? … read more

Similar categories in Grace Reilly's First Down (Beyond the Play, #1) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Play Along (Windy City, #4) by Liz Tomforde

20. Play Along (Windy City, #4)

By: Liz Tomforde

4.52

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Kennedy I’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors, and after years of putting up w… read more

Similar categories in Liz Tomforde's Play Along (Windy City, #4) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Daydream (Maple Hills, #3) by Hannah  Grace

21. Daydream (Maple Hills, #3)

By: Hannah Grace

4.11

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a boo… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Grace's Daydream (Maple Hills, #3) book and Elle Kennedy's Bad Girl Reputation (Avalon Bay, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook

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