Ugly Love is a standalone contemporary romance. In the present, nurse Tate Collins agrees to a physical relationship with airline pilot Miles Archer. Alternating chapters gradually reveal why he refuses questions about his past or expectations of a future.
Before you read
The novel includes explicit sexual content, emotional withdrawal and manipulation, pregnancy, a car crash, drowning and the death of an infant. The official author catalog places it in the Mature 17+ category.
Where Ugly Love fits
You do not have to read another Colleen Hoover book first. Ugly Love is a standalone and can be read at any point. If you prefer publication order, it follows This Girl and the early Hopeless books and was published in the same year as Maybe Someday and Maybe Not.
Choose your guide
Characters, dual timeline and a gated full plot.
Spoiler routeUgly Love ending explainedRachel, Clayton, Tate and the epilogue.
Editorial note
Sources and review status
Bibliographic position and audience category were checked against the author’s official catalog and product page. Plot sequencing was cross-checked against an independent study guide. This original guide still requires a final human comparison with the novel before publication.
- Colleen Hoover — official Ugly Love page
- Colleen Hoover — official books and audience guidance
- SuperSummary — plot cross-check
Last source review: August 9, 2026.