The Villain by L.J. Shen Series: Boston Belles #2
Published by L.J. Shen on December 16, 2020
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Ava Erickson, Jacob Morgan
Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
Genres: Romance
Amazon Audible
From #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestseller L.J. Shen comes an arranged marriage romance novel with teeth and claws.
Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit.
Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth.
To the media, he is The Villain.
To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life.
Now I need him to do me another, small solid.
Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into.
What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway?
Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favors.
The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom.
Now I’m the eldest Fitzpatrick brother’s little toy.
To play, to mold, to break.
Too bad Cillian forgot one, tiny detail.
Persephone wasn’t only the goddess of spring; she was also the queen of death.
He thinks I’ll buckle under the weight of his mind games.
He is about to find out the most lethal poison is also the sweetest.
L.J. Shen books have been hit or miss for me recently, but I’m so glad I gave The Villain a chance. It’s one of her better enemies turned lovers stories.
Cillian didn’t turn me off the way some of Shen’s antiheroes do. He’s cold, but he’s not crude. There’s also a logical reason why he seems so irredeemable.
Persephone’s backbone was a pleasant surprise and added to the chemistry between her and Cillian. I also enjoyed the get-togethers with her gal pals. I plan to continue with the series to see how they each find an unlikely partner.
Recommended for fans of:
Enemies to lovers
Billionaire romance
Clouds
About L.J. Shen
L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.
Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets peoples’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.
She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.
Just love seeing this rating, I do need to read more of this authors’ books for sure.
She became so “hit or miss” for me that I stopped reading her Angela. But I am very glad to see that this one was a hit!
That’s good this one worked out better for you.
I’m glad you did not give up on the author!