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Reading Order - Belles & Mobsters
Eva Winners
💕 Vasili & Isabella, Luciano & Grace, Nico & Bianca, Cassio & Aine, Alexei & Aurora, Raphael & Sailor, Sasha & Brianka, Luca & Margaret
Belles are meant to be cherished, not dragged into the underworld and served to the Mobsters on a silver platter. But the pact between families says otherwise. Belles & Mobsters follows a circle of ruthless mobsters — the Nikolaevs, the Kings, the Vitales, the Morrellis, the Santos — and the women fated to bring them to their knees. Seven antiheroes with scars, secrets and promises they have no intention of breaking. Seven heroines ready to take down these merciless men. Beware the rising of the queens.
Reading style · Publication order
In the order they were originally published.
Editor's note: Belles & Mobsters reads best in publication order. The Den of Sin (#0) works as a prequel and introduces Vasili and Isabella, plus the universe and the side characters who'll take center stage in later books. Starting with Luciano (#1), every book is an interconnected standalone: each one centers on a different couple, but they all share the same web of mafia families, the "Belles & Mobsters" pact hanging over the heroines, and the friendships between the male leads. The books can be read independently, but they hit so much harder in order because previous couples reappear and the family bonds keep building.
Reading order
#0The Den of Sin
Eva Winners
💕 Vasili Nikolaev & Isabella Taylor
Belles & Mobsters prequel. Vasili Nikolaev is the king of New Orleans, head of the Russian mafia and her best friend's older brother. On Halloween night of her senior year of college, Isabella gives him body, soul and heart. By dawn, he burns it all to the ground. Five years later, Isabella is a surgeon with a settled life and a boyfriend. But Vasili reappears, and the Nikolaevs always settle their accounts. The question is whether he'll destroy her again, or whether this time she'll be the phoenix rising from the ashes to take what she's always wanted: him.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, age gap, manipulation, betrayal, miscarriage, explicit sexual content, alphahole hero.
#1Luciano
Eva Winners
★★★★4/5
💕 Luciano Vitale & Grace Romano
Luciano Vitale: cruel, ruthless, a killer. Grace fell in love with him, and he broke her heart. Three years later, on the run with her best friend and a secret that changes everything, Grace has rebuilt her life in a tiny Sicilian town. Until they find her. Her mafia husband drags her back into the underworld, but this time Grace has so much more to lose. She refuses to fall for his charm and his hot kisses again. If only her heart would get on board with the plan.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, attempted rape, violence, manipulation, secret baby, possessive hero, explicit sexual content.
#2Nico
Eva Winners
★★★★4/5
💕 Nico Morrelli & Bianca Carter
Nico Morrelli is the wolf in an Armani suit: blackmailer, liar, ruthless. Bianca stole money from him to save someone she loved, and when he came to collect, there was nothing left. Now he blackmails her over a debt she can't repay, and drags her into an underworld her family always tried to keep her out of. Bianca refuses to be a tool for his revenge — the stakes are far too high. Her secrets keep coming to light, and she no longer knows who to trust. If only her body didn't crave the submission he offers.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, blackmail, age gap (40/26), forced marriage, widow heroine, breeding kink, manipulation, explicit sexual content.
#3Cassio
Eva Winners
★★★★4/5
💕 Cassio King & Áine Callahan
Cassio King: her savior, her enemy, the man who lurked in the shadows of her dreams. He was meant to marry her cousin, but Áine took her place instead. She's hated the King name her whole life — some things are unforgivable — but there's something about Cassio that doesn't quite fit the monster she thought she knew. Ten years ago, he and his brother Luca rescued her from a trafficker; she doesn't remember it. Now he's back in her life with a hidden agenda, and Áine has to decide whether she can find her happily-ever-after while still avenging the harm the King family did to her father.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, scenes related to human trafficking and abuse (not between protagonists), trauma, violence, explicit sexual content, arranged marriage.
#4Alexei
Eva Winners
★★★★★5/5
💕 Alexei Nikolaev & Aurora Ashford
Alexei Nikolaev: blessed with the face of Adonis, cursed with eyes colder than the Arctic and a past he can't escape. His story reads like a Dostoyevsky tragedy. He's been on the FBI's radar for years without ever being caught. When Aurora Ashford — FBI agent and senator's daughter — is forced to work with him, fire ignites and everything spirals out of control. The distrust between them runs deep, but the pull toward that tattoo-covered body is impossible to ignore. A broken hero who can't bear to be touched, an agent determined to break down every wall.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, severe trauma, kidnapping and captivity (in backstory), graphic violence, broken hero, explicit sexual content, mental health themes.
#5Raphael
Eva Winners
★★★★4/5
💕 Raphael Santos & Sailor McHale
Raphael Santos: a criminal, the devil himself, known in the underworld as El Diablo. Smooth, charismatic, and the only person who makes Sailor tremble with a single look. She hates him with every fiber of her being: the Santos family destroyed hers. The Santos rule Florida's underworld; the McHales once ruled D.C. But Sailor has secrets too — an innocent boy she'll protect with her last breath. Her son. When Raphael proposes a deal that works for both of them, she reluctantly agrees. In his darkness, the fire burns brighter. Passion runs hotter. Love grows stronger.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, graphic violence, scenes of abuse (not between protagonists), age gap, secret baby, trauma, explicit sexual content.
#6Sasha
Eva Winners
★★★★4/5
💕 Sasha Nikolaev & Brianka Russo
Sasha Nikolaev: the unhinged mobster, Satan's spawn with pale blue eyes. Brianka made him a promise years ago — she only made it so he'd kiss her, but a promise is a promise. She waited and waited, and he never came back to collect. So she moved on. What she never imagined was seeing him on her wedding day, waiting in the church pews. When he snatched her mid-ceremony in front of everyone, all hell broke loose. He claims she has a debt to pay. Her family swears revenge. So does her fiancé. And nothing will ever be the same.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, kidnapping at the altar, unhinged hero, manipulation, violence, alternate fiancé, explicit sexual content, prolonged separations in the plot.
#7Luca
Eva Winners
★★★★★5/5
💕 Luca King & Margaret Callahan
Belles & Mobsters finale. Luca King: the notorious playboy, master of one-night stands, Margaret's constant shadow. Wherever she went, he was there. Until he wasn't. One wild night at a masquerade party was all it took. Margaret got pregnant, broke her engagement and failed her family. Now she has to face the consequences of one night with a man who never should have existed in her life, and a baby who rewrites every rule of the Belles & Mobsters pact.
✓ Can be read as a standalone
⚠ Content warnings
Mafia romance, surprise pregnancy, marriage of convenience, manipulation, separations in the plot, explicit sexual content, unhinged hero.
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