Ruthless Rival
- Published
- 3 May 2022
- Pages
- 367
- ISBN-13
- 9781542036306
- Type
- novel
About this book
Ruthless Rival opened Cruel Castaways on May 3, 2022, at 367 pages, reuniting childhood friends Arya Roth and Christian Miller as courtroom adversaries two decades after they were separated.
Key facts about Ruthless Rival
L.J. Shen wrote Ruthless Rival, a novel on our list. It has been out since 3 May 2022. The book has 367 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781542036306 to find the main one.
Ruthless Rival is book 1 of 3 in the Cruel Castaways series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Cold Hearted Casanova is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 9 April 2024.
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 Cruel Castaways
Ruthless Rival is book 1 in the Cruel Castaways series. It is followed by Fallen Foe. See the full Cruel Castaways reading order.
Cruel Castaways is L.J. Shen's trilogy of interconnected enemies-to-lovers romances published by Montlake, moving her signature wealthy-anti-hero style out of the Sinners of Saint/All Saints High world and into a new, standalone-adjacent cast. Ruthless Rival reunites Arya Roth and Christian Miller, childhood friends separated for two decades, as adversaries when Christian -- now an ambitious attorney -- represents a plaintiff suing Arya's father; neither recognizes the other until Arya starts falling for the man…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781542036306