Bad Bishop

Description

The explosive, highly anticipated global bestseller from L.J. Shen, the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Thief and Vicious! Bad Bishop is a brilliantly written, fast-paced, and intensely addictive contemporary masterpiece. Plunging deep into the dark, cutthroat underworld of international syndicate warfare, this unputdownable book delivers a spectacular dark age-gap mafia romance packed with psychological depth, razor-sharp witty banter, and a scorching, high-steam enemies-to-lovers chemistry that will keep you glued to the page.

He is deathless, a lethal weapon walking through the shadows. She is a broken survivor simply trying to find a reason to live. Lila’s world was permanently shattered when her innocence was violently ripped away under a starless sky. The devastating aftermath left her navigating an unwanted teenage pregnancy and harboring a dangerous, high-stakes secret that the ruthless Camorra syndicate must bury at all costs. To solve the problem, her cold, calculating father decides to auction her off to the highest bidder. The lucky winner? Tiernan Callaghan, a psychopath extraordinaire and the lethal prince of the Irish mafia.

Tiernan wants Lila for all the wrong, calculated reasons: an unscripted alliance, blood money, global prestige, and an all-out syndicate war. Trapped in close quarters within his dangerous territory, Lila is treated as nothing more than a strategic pawn in his twisted, high-performance game of power. Tiernan sits on a throne built from the skulls of his enemies and views his new bride as a weakling destined to break under pressure. Little does he know, in this brutal chess game, the underdog always wins. Because the thing about bad bishops? They will do absolutely anything to protect good pawns.

As the physical and psychological lines between captor and protector begin to blur, a fierce, protective possessiveness ignites between them. Forced to navigate a corporate and criminal minefield, Lila and Tiernan find their mutual trauma weaving into an intense, soul-shattering devotion. When external threats close in on their fragile arrangement, they must trust each other to survive the incoming storm.

Masterfully executing the dark mafia romance, age gap, forced proximity, arranged marriage, and alpha protector tropes, Bad Bishop delivers an atmospheric, high-energy reading experience. Brimming with raw emotional healing, profound tension, and L.J. Shen’s signature gritty prose, this premium Hodder & Stoughton paperback edition is an essential, mandatory masterpiece for mature contemporary romance collectors.

*Note: This is a dark and twisted syndicate romance intended strictly for mature audiences. Please review all trigger warnings before reading.*