The Villain
- Published
- 16 December 2020
- Pages
- 422
- ISBN-13
- 9781732624771
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Villain (2020, 422 pages) is the second Boston Belles novel, built around a marriage-of-convenience plot shadowed by mafia ties as L.J. Shen widens the Boston high-society world introduced in The Hunter.
Key facts about The Villain
The Villain is a novel by L.J. Shen. Readers have had it since 16 December 2020. It runs to 422 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Villain. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781732624771 to find the main one.
The Villain is book 2 of 4 in the Boston Belles series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Hunter (2020). The Rake is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 February 2022.
Additionally, L.J. Shen writes Sinners of Saint, All Saints High 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 Boston Belles
The Villain is book 2 in the Boston Belles series. It follows The Hunter. It is followed by The Monster. See the full Boston Belles reading order.
Boston Belles follows the impossibly wealthy, impossibly messy social circle around the Boston Belles charity society and the Sinclair family men who orbit it. The Hunter opens with a forbidden, grumpy/sunshine romance between an ex-con and the woman he's determined to stay away from; the books that follow move through a marriage-of-convenience plot shadowed by mafia ties in The Villain , a dark, morally gray anti-hero romance in The Monster , and an opposites-attract, marriage-of-convenience-for-a-baby storyline…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781732624771
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781713606796