Defy
- Published
- 18 October 2016
- Pages
- 165
- ISBN-13
- 9780996135672
- Type
- novella
About this book
Defy is the novella that opens Sinners of Saint, by L. J. Shen, first published in 2016 at 165 pages. It's followed in the reading order by Vicious, in a series of 5 books that ran from 2016 to 2018.
Key facts about Defy
Defy is a novella by L.J. Shen. Readers have had it since 18 October 2016. It runs to 165 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Defy. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780996135672 to find the main one.
Defy is book 1 of 5 in the Sinners of Saint series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Bane is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 April 2018.
Additionally, L.J. Shen writes All Saints High, Boston Belles and Cruel Castaways, 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 Sinners of Saint
Defy is book 1 in the Sinners of Saint series. It is followed by Vicious. See the full Sinners of Saint reading order.
Sinners of Saint is L. J. Shen's dark, angsty bully-romance series set among a group of wealthy, morally compromised friends in the fictional town of Todos Santos, California. Each book follows one member of the friend group — a group defined by money, cruelty, and buried trauma — as he collides with a heroine who refuses to be steamrolled by him. Expect grovelling anti-heroes, revenge plots, class-conflict tension, and the enemies-to-lovers/bully-romance tropes that made Shen a staple of dark New Adult romance…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780996135672