Mafia Romance Series in Reading Order: Where to Start

Mafia Romance Series in Reading Order: Where to Start

Found a mafia romance series you love and not sure which book comes next? You are in the right place. This guide lists the reading order for our most popular dark mafia romance series, tells you which books can stand alone, and shows you where to start for free.

The Dark Syndicate Series by Rose Knight

Auctions, arranged marriages and blood debts inside the most dangerous families in Europe. Four couples, one war, and men who would burn the world down for women they were never supposed to keep. The books build on each other toward one final reckoning, so read them in order.

  1. Frank. Her father lost her in a card game. Now she is wearing the ring of the most dangerous man in Hamburg for ninety days.
  2. Dante. The heir everyone buried five years ago is home for revenge. She points an arrow at his heart. He asks her to dance.
  3. Damon. In a house in Rome where the women are called jewels, her orders are to make the Englishman fall in love with her and make him sign.
  4. House of Diamonds. A man the whole world thinks is dead sits at his enemies' card table under a new name.
  5. Gates of Hell. The most powerful families in Europe gather at a villa on a lake, and every debt gets paid in the end.

Where to start: Frank is free to read. The complete five book series is available as one bundle.

The Castelli Brothers Series by Alessa Steel

Three Sicilian brothers, one will that says they must marry in the Church within the year, and three brides who never saw them coming. Each book follows a new couple, but the family story runs through all three, so the best experience is in order.

  1. Dante. A convent girl sold to a man who has buried two wives, and the boy her family maimed for loving her.
  2. Nero. She was four seconds from saying I do to the wrong man when Nero walked up the aisle and took her hand.
  3. Dario. She married the lawyer she swore was a killer, because no court can make a wife testify.

Where to start: Dante is free to read.

The Zorovsky Brothers Series by Alessa Steel

Three Bratva brothers and a frozen Chicago winter. Each book is a complete love story, and the brothers' war carries from one book to the next.

  1. Niko. The doctor who lost his father on her table is given to him in the middle of a war.
  2. Artur. Sold to the kindest man in the family, and guarded until the wedding by the boy who promised to come back for her.
  3. Kazar. She saw a man die on the church steps, and the face of the man who shot him. Now the youngest brother is at her back door.

Where to start: Niko is free to read. The Castelli and Zorovsky series come together in one bundle, Six Brothers, No Mercy. Each series can be read on its own.

The Empire of Sin Series by Alice Fox

Six books and three couples in a dark, sinful world, each couple told across two books: Caesar and Scarlett, then Mikhail and Alice, then Nikolai and Daisy. Read each pair together and in order.

  1. Cruel King. He caged her. Then he craved her.
  2. Brutal King. She is no longer a captive. She is the queen beside the monster.
  3. Lethal King. She swore off men like Mikhail Novikov. He made her beg.
  4. Sinful King. She makes him feel like a man, when he has only ever been a weapon.
  5. Savage King. He bought her. Branded her. Now he worships her.
  6. Wicked King. His empire is crumbling, and she is both his weakness and his reason to survive.

Where to start: Cruel King, or the complete six book bundle.

Should you buy the books one at a time or as a bundle?

If you are trying a new author, start with the free first book. If you already know you love the series, the bundle is the better deal: every book in one purchase at a bundle price, with ebooks you can read online or send to your reading app, and audiobooks for many series.

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