<b>#1 in the entire Kindle Store</b> <br><b>A Wall Street Journal Bestseller</b> <br> <br><b>From #1 Amazon and USA Today Bestseller L.J. Shen comes an arranged marriage romance novel with teeth and claws.</b> <br> <br><i>"I’m unequivocally, irrevocably head over heels in love with Cillian Fitzpatrick. Filled with Shen’s trademark wit, soul searing angst and emotional poignancy, The Villain is a deeply satisfying story of patience, acceptance, perseverance and love. Hands down a top 2020 must read! - Helena Hunting, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.</i> <br> <br>Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. <br>Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. <br>To the media, he is The Villain. <br>To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. <br>Now I need him to do me another, small solid. <br>Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. <br>What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? <br>Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favors. <br>The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom. <br>Now I’m the eldest Fitzpatrick brother’s little toy. <br>To play, to mold, to break. <br>Too bad Cillian forgot one, tiny detail. <br>Persephone wasn’t only the goddess of spring; she was also the queen of death. <br>He thinks I’ll buckle under the weight of his mind games. <br>He is about to find out the most lethal poison is also the sweetest. <br>