Bad Bishop (Society of Villains #1)
L.J. Shen
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· 168 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 25
- dark romance 24
- age gap 21
- enemies to lovers 20
- arranged/forced marriage 20
- pregnancy 20
- cheating 20
- disabilities & scars 19
- cruel hero/bully 18
- bad boys 16
- m-f romance 16
- possessive hero 16
- tortured hero 16
- contemporary 15
- other man/woman 15
- tortured heroine 14
- grumpy/cold hero 14
- alpha male 13
- height difference 13
- sweet/gentle heroine 13
- anal sex 13
- sassy heroine 13
- vengeance 12
- forced proximity 12
- rich heroine 12
- rich hero 12
- angst 11
- slow burn 11
- caretaking 10
- new adult 9
- suspense 9
- betrayal 9
- survival 9
- competent heroine 8
- take-charge heroine 8
- found family 8
- independent heroine 6
- hurt/comfort 4
- shy heroine 4
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- teenage fmc 4
- late 20s mmc 4
- marriage of convenience 3
- grumpy & sunshine 3
- multicultural 3
- cheerful/happy heroine 3
- mystery 2
- funny 2
- insta-love 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- virgin heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 21
- torture of side characters 17
- past child abuse 17
- child sexual abuse 17
- graphic violence 16
- misogyny 16
- past child neglect 15
- abuse 14
- forced pregnancy 13
- torture of mcs 13
- ableism 12
- past sexual abuse 12
- suicide / ideation 12
- past abuse 12
- mental trauma 11
- victim blaming 9
- slut shaming 9
- third party sexual assault 9
- gambling 8
- third party abuse 8
- self harm 7
- substance abuse 7
- death / grief 7
- alcoholism 5
- mental illness 3
- geography
- new york state 12
- usa 11
- russia 10
- north america 9
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 17
- first person pov 13
- male pov 4
- interconnected standalone 3
- standalone 1
romance tags
The 'Society of Villains' series
4.27 · 172 ratings
forced proximity · audiobook · contemporary · from hate to love · mafia · new adult · standalone-first · length-long · death · child-sexual-abuse · misogyny · independent heroine · bad boys · alpha male · slut-shaming · mental illness · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · sassy heroine · caretaking
Society of Villains reading order and complete book list ❯
