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Bad Bishop

The Society of Villains, Book 1

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 The first book in the new dark and decadent Society of Villains series, this is 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 fatal night under the starless sky, resulting in an unwanted teenage pregnancy and a secret the Camorra must bury. So 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.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW SERIES?
Mafia Wars
Taboo tropes
Plot twists to make your jaw drop
One MM book (I told ya' it was coming)
Cameos from your favourite characters (someone said Wolfe and Francesca? Vicious and Millie? And what about the Forbidden Love gang?) . . .

READERS ARE ALREADY OBSESSED WITH L.J. SHEN:
'The way this book had me in a chokehold'
'I'm honestly speechless'
'New favourite author! I could NOT put this book down'
'This book was everything . . . GRAB THIS BOOK NOW'
'All emotions covered'
'Five stars all day long'©2025 L.J. Shen Contemporary Mafia Emotionally Gripping
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loved the characters and whole storyline. Cannot wait for the next book - april is so far away

great story

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One of my favourite so far and well worth a listen. The narrators were brilliant and Corvins accent was 👌👌👌. Hope there is another one asap

phenomenal!!

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Slight spoilers ahead so don't read on if you don't want to know,


There were parts of this book I enjoyed and other parts that just weren't my cup of tea, the parts I liked - it's a dark, spicey, mafia romance and I did enjoy how the actual romance progressed (I'm a sucker for "you're mine", the "bad" guy getting all mushy only for the woman he loves etc) and how from traumatic pasts the main characters were good for each other in the end, I really liked that the FMC is deaf and the inclusion of people wrongly assuming that means a lack of ability or intelligence as it happens even when it isn't being played in to as in this book, overall it was an enjoyable story, definitely not terrible but not up there with my favourites - although I will absolutely be reading/listening to the next books in the series as we've met the characters now and I want to know more, I guessed what the "big reveal" was quite early on but I'm ok with that as it turned out how I expected, the parts of this that weren't my cup of tea is purely personal taste, yes I read the book blurb but I kind of assumed there might be a "some years later" bit but there wasn't so a younger FMC when you're a bit more mature isn't at the top of my favourite trope list, also although I've read/listened to much darker books this would be one I'd say to anyone going in to it to check the TW as one in particular is a big part of the story and might be too sensitve for some readers.

Rounded up from 3.8/3.9 ⭐'s

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I loved this book. Stop whatever you are listening to and listen to this first !!

Highly Recommend

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the ending was a bit rushed and Lila lacked emotions breakheart over a rape she just accepted it and the ending she knew oh no. and i kind of saw a hint at 3rd book MM Enzo.

the betrayal at the end

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