Bad Bishop

A Romance Novel by L J Shen

Book 1 of the Society of Villains Series

Subgenres & Tropes:

Mafia Romance,
Dark Romance,
Age-Gap,
Irish Mafia,
Arranged Marriage

Published 2025

Length 450 pages

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This book is for you if you're into...

Dark mafia romances with high-stakes power plays
Age-gap pairings where both characters have secrets and scars
Chess metaphors woven into dangerous love stories

Publisher Description

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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