Bad Bishop

#145 in Romance

New out November 4, 2025

Bad Bishop

L.J. Shen

First published 2025Original language EN

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1050 ratingsConfidence 25%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#145 of 200 in Romance ahead of 28% of the category
448
Pages
about 8 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list

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About the book

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'

Reading order · Society of Villains

Full order & progress →
  1. Bad Bishop
    Bad Bishop2025 · 50 ratingsThis book
    7.77.7 / 10
  2. Twisted Pawn
    Twisted Pawn2026 · 24 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. Fallen Rook
    Fallen Rook2026 · 7 ratings · Not ranked yet
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  4. Heartless King
    Heartless King · Not ranked yet
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  5. Wicked Queen
    Wicked Queen · Not ranked yet
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  6. Corrupt Knight
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  7. Devil's Gambit
    Devil's Gambit · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.0 across 50 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 25% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.050 100%

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