The Butcher

Author: Penelope Sky

Romance

Published on 5 November 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Fifth Republic' series

Paperback | 368 pages
196 x 128 x 27 | 260g

Get ready to be OBSESSED with the first book in the addictive Fifth Republic series from bestselling author Penelope Sky, a dark mafia romance perfect for fans of Rina Kent, J.T. Geissinger and Sadie Kincaid.

Available to PRE-ORDER NOW!----------I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me, and his mistress was the one who told me—because he didn’t have the balls to do it himself.

I move out, get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart.

I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn’t been enough, if I’d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.

One night at work, he walks inside—the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen.

A forest fire ignites between us the moment our eyes meet. I invite him back to my place, and it’s the most passionate night of my life.

I expect to never see him again.

I just wanted him as an anti-depressant—but he wants me all to himself. I don’t get much of a say when I learn why: he’s The Butcher, the crime lord of Paris.

And now I’m his.

----------Readers LOVE Penelope Sky...

'I am always so excited when Penelope starts a new series and this one has me hooked especially being set in Paris!!!' - 5* Reader Review'Interesting, intense, intriguing and impossible to put down.' - 5* Reader Review'The Fifth Republic books are filled from start to finish with non stop action, betrayal, love, heartache and lust.' - 5* Reader Review