The Naughty List by Jade West is the first book in the Naughtier and Naughtier series.
At the time of publishing this guide, this story was available on Kindle Unlimited.
Here’s more about the book, along with our free Dirty Dozen downloadable discussion question guide for your spicy book club.
Book description
Ella, a desperate, newly single goth girl with a mountain of debt, would do anything to see her parents this Christmas… the problem is, her parents live on the other side of the world.
So, when she’s granted access to The Naughty List – a marketplace for dirty proposals from rich strangers – she opts to take everything and anything she can get.
She thinks she’s a good player, getting five-star reviews like a good girl and climbing the ranks – until she stumbles onto The Naughty List’s most daring group of all…
The Hardcorers.
Players who will fulfil any proposal clients ask them to, just so long as the price is right.
Can Ella be one? Can she really climb The Naughty List right the way to the top of the tree?
The idea gets even more thrilling when she meets Weston… the hottest Hardcorer of them all.
As it turns out, maybe it’s not just money that Ella’s truly desperate for this Christmas…
The Naughty List book club discussion guide
**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS DISCUSSION QUESTION GUIDE MIGHT INCLUDE SPOILERS**
We’ve provided the Dirty Dozen below; twelve spicy and intriguing questions to spark discussion and help you uncover the spine-tingling depths of the story.
The Dirty Dozen
Foreplay – Warm Up Questions
1. What’s the overall spice level? 1 (Not Spicy) – 10 (Spiciest Thing I’ve Ever Read)?
2. How does the spice level compare to the other books we’ve read together?
3. Play a few rounds of “Never Have I Ever” (or “We Listen and We Don’t Judge”) to warm up the group for a deep dive into the book’s topics and the proposals Ella receives.
The Spicy Bits – Gettin’ Down and Dirty with the Plot
4. Could you live the “double life” of Holly and Ella? Where would one begin and the other end?
5. Would you make it your goal to be a “hardcorer”, either because of a competitive spirit, interest in the acts, the increase in pay, etc.?
6. Could you have walked away from your grocery store job with only a few weeks with clients?
7. Ella sees her role and job as Holly as giving her the ability to be exactly who she wants to be. What gives you life like this?
8. Ella makes an important distinction between sympathy and empathy when she gets the Christmas party proposal. Would you have taken it?
9. “…I’m learning a lot right now. It seems every single day has a new lesson for me.” What is something new you learned as you read this book… maybe “some [lessons were] more philosophical than others…”
10. Which of Holly’s proposals would you have accepted? Would you have agreed to the fee for it or needed more? Which of Holly’s proposals would you have done for free?
11. Do you think Ella should tell her parents what she does for a job now or stick with “PR professional?”
Aftercare – Final Thoughts
12. What do you think about her and Josh messaging/pursuing something more – could you have a partner who’s an entertainer too?
Bonus: What questions do you have for the author? If you could dog-ear a page with a question for the author, what would it be?
Please feel free to use this post as a starting point for your spicy book club discussion questions and use the comments below to share your thoughts and insights about the book. You can also get a free downloadable copy of the discussion guide using the button below.
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