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Society of Villains · Book 1

Bad Bishop

by L.J. Shen
Published
4 November 2025
Pages
477
ISBN-13
9781464252051
Type
novel
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About this book

Bad Bishop opens L. J. Shen's newest series in November 2025 at 477 pages, launching a chess-themed secret society of morally compromised men that the author has planned to run to seven total entries.

Key facts about Bad Bishop

Bad Bishop is a novel by L.J. Shen. Readers have had it since 4 November 2025. It runs to 477 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Bad Bishop. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781464252051 to find the main one.

Bad Bishop is book 1 of 3 in the Society of Villains series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Fallen Rook is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 22 September 2026.

Additionally, L.J. Shen writes Sinners of Saint, All Saints High and Boston Belles, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our romance, contemporary romance and dark romance shelves. Meanwhile, Fallen Rook is the latest published L.J. Shen book on file, from 22 September 2026.

About L.J. Shen

L.J. Shen is a bestselling author of contemporary and new-adult romance, known on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Washington Post lists for dark, angsty stories built around wealthy, damaged anti-heroes and the sharp-tongued women who refuse to be intimidated by them. See every L.J. Shen book in order.

Its place in Society of Villains

Bad Bishop is book 1 in the Society of Villains series. It is followed by Twisted Pawn. See the full Society of Villains reading order.

Society of Villains is L. J. Shen's newest dark-romance series, launched in late 2025, built around a chess-themed secret society of morally compromised men, each book taking its title from a chess piece or move. Bad Bishop opens the series, with Twisted Pawn and Fallen Rook following through 2026, continuing Shen's trademark mix of anti-hero grovelling, class-conflict tension, and enemies-to-lovers dynamics that built her reputation in earlier series like Sinners of Saint and Boston Belles. The author's own site…

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