Bad Bishop (Society of Villains #1)
L.J. Shen
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· 60 ratings · 477 pages · Published: 04 Nov 2025
From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a dark age-gap mafia romance.
He's Deathless.
She's trying to find a reason to live.
Lila
My innocence was ripped from me one fateful night under the starless sky.
Resulting in an unwanted teenage pregnancy and a secret the Camorra must bury.
My father decided to hand me off to the highest bidder.
The lucky winner? Tiernan Callaghan, psychopath extraordinaire.
The Irish mafia prince wants me for all the wrong reasons.
Alliance. Money. Prestige. War.
I am but a pawn in his twisted game.
The man who sits on a throne of his enemies' skulls thinks I'm a weakling.
Little does he know, in this chess game, the underdog wins.
Because the thing about bad bishops?
They protect good pawns.
Bad Bishop is a dark and twisted romance. Please read trigger warnings before reading.
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Tagged as:
- mafia 15
- dark romance 15
- age gap 14
- enemies to lovers 13
- arranged/forced marriage 13
- pregnancy 12
- disabilities & scars 12
- cruel hero/bully 12
- cheating 12
- other man/woman 11
- bad boys 10
- contemporary 9
- tortured heroine 9
- m-f romance 9
- possessive hero 9
- tortured hero 9
- anal sex 9
- alpha male 8
- height difference 8
- sweet/gentle heroine 8
- grumpy/cold hero 8
- new adult 7
- vengeance 7
- angst 7
- forced proximity 7
- sassy heroine 7
- suspense 6
- betrayal 6
- rich heroine 6
- rich hero 6
- slow burn 6
- independent heroine 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- caretaking 5
- found family 5
- survival 5
- competent heroine 4
- neurodivergent mc 2
- insta-love 1
- virgin heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- graphic violence 11
- rape 11
- misogyny 10
- torture of side characters 10
- past child abuse 10
- child sexual abuse 10
- past child neglect 10
- torture of mcs 9
- abuse 9
- forced pregnancy 7
- ableism 7
- suicide / ideation 7
- victim blaming 6
- slut shaming 6
- past sexual abuse 6
- past abuse 6
- gambling 5
- mental trauma 4
- self harm 4
- third party sexual assault 4
- substance abuse 3
- death / grief 3
- third party abuse 3
- alcoholism 1
- geography
- new york state 7
- north america 6
- usa 6
- russia 6
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 10
- first person pov 7
- male pov 2
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The 'Society of Villains' series
4.28 · 62 ratings
audiobook · mafia · contemporary · from hate to love · new adult · length-long · forced proximity · dark
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