Samantha Barrett Books in Order (Updated July 1, 2026)

Samantha Barrett is a dark romance author whose catalog includes mafia romance, masked-men romance, paranormal fantasy romance, sports romance, academy danger, co-written dark romance, and short taboo/holiday novellas.

This guide covers the dark romance author Samantha Barrett. The name also appears on unrelated book listings, so this page focuses only on the author of Sinners Welcome, Murdoch Mafia, Playing for Keeps, Dirty Temptation, Devlin Mafia, and the connected dark-romance catalog.

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The main reading rule is simple: do not try to force every series into one timeline. Samantha Barrett’s books are best handled as separate shelves, with a few crossover and legacy connections noted clearly.

Start here first

Choose by the kind of Samantha Barrett book you want:

Dirty Priest: Start here for the current Sinners Welcome / masked-men lane.
Played By The Bishop: Start here for the Murdoch Mafia and its later mafia-world branches.
Offside: Start here for the Playing for Keeps sports-romance series.
Filthy Few: Start here for Dirty Temptation.
Dream: Start here for the current A Curse of Fate fantasy/paranormal line.
Puck Around And Find Out: Start here for Devlin Mafia.
Naughty Or Nice: Start here for Malevolent Sinners, the shorter seasonal masked-men line.

For most new readers, Dirty Priest is the strongest modern entry point. For readers who want the broader mafia continuity, Played By The Bishop is the better first book.

How Samantha Barrett’s catalog is organized

Samantha Barrett’s books sit in several lanes:

A Curse of Fate: paranormal fantasy romance.
Brutal Savages: dark high-school / small-town romance.
Murdoch Mafia: major mafia-family series.
Memento Mori: next-generation mafia branch tied by tone and family power.
Godfathers of the Night: academy and mafia-danger branch.
Re Della Strada: mafia romance centered on a different ruling family.
Dirty Temptation: masked-men dark romance.
Sinners Welcome: masked-men / taboo dark romance.
Malevolent Sinners: shorter seasonal masked-men books.
Playing for Keeps: sports romance.
Devlin Mafia: dark hockey-mafia romance.
Co-writes, standalones, and shared-world entries: optional unless noted.

A Curse of Fate books in order

A Curse of Fate is the best place to separate old-title confusion from current reading order. Earlier listings may show Dream Trilogy titles such as A Beautiful Dream, A Twisted Fate, and A Beautiful Nightmare. Current author-site presentation uses the shorter titles Dream, Fate, and Nightmare.

Use the current order below.

Dream (2025; originally listed as A Beautiful Dream in some catalogs): A paranormal fantasy romance where dreams, hidden power, Fae conflict, and a choice between two dangerous kings begin the series.
Fate (2025; originally listed as A Twisted Fate in some catalogs): The second fantasy-romance entry continues the magic, destiny, and realm-level conflict opened in Dream.
Nightmare (2025; originally listed as A Beautiful Nightmare in some catalogs): The third core fantasy entry pushes the dream-world danger into darker territory and should come after Dream and Fate.
Redemption (2021): A later A Curse of Fate title that should be read after the opening trilogy material because it belongs to the established fantasy-romance world.
Anarchy (2021): A continuation of the A Curse of Fate lane, best read after Redemption when following the current author-site grouping.
Den of Nightmares (2025): A related A Curse of Fate title that appears with the current fantasy/paranormal grouping and should be saved until after the earlier Fate books.

Brutal Savages books in order

Brutal Savages is a four-book dark romance sequence. Keep the books together because the Rosewood setting, secrets, and revenge dynamics build across the set.

Savage Lies (2022): A Rosewood dark romance where a fresh start turns hostile when Creed Reeves targets the girl who does not belong in his town.
Brutal Truth (2022): The second Brutal Savages book continues the Rosewood conflict, pushing the hidden truths behind the first book into sharper focus.
Savage Beast (2022): The third book keeps the series in its darker small-town world, where cruelty, secrets, and attachment remain tightly connected.
Brutal Beauty (2022): The fourth Brutal Savages book closes the line by bringing the beauty-and-brutality contrast of the series to its final relationship arc.

Murdoch Mafia books in order

Murdoch Mafia is one of Samantha Barrett’s central dark-mafia series. Read the six main books first, then the novella.

Played By The Bishop (2022): Bishop Murdoch pulls Kiara Coleman back into the dark world she escaped, opening the family power struggle and chess-piece naming pattern.
Tormented By The King (2022): The second Murdoch Mafia book continues the chessboard structure with a higher-power figure and deeper family control.
Tortured By The Knight (2023): The third book expands the Murdoch Mafia conflict through another dangerous relationship shaped by loyalty, pain, and power.
Tempted By The Queen (2023): The fourth entry gives the series its queen-positioned romance, where temptation and family strategy matter as much as survival.
Turned By The Pawn (2023): The fifth book uses the pawn position to focus on vulnerability, manipulation, and a character caught inside the Murdoch game.
Ruined By The Rook (2023): The sixth main book completes the Murdoch Mafia chess set and should be read after the earlier pieces are in place.
Stalemate (2023): A Murdoch Mafia novella that belongs after the six main books because it works as extra material for readers who already know the board.

Memento Mori books in order

Memento Mori is a mafia branch centered on calling cards, marked prey, and a next-generation power structure. Read it after Murdoch Mafia if you want the strongest family-world context.

Reign of Royal (2023): The first Memento Mori book introduces the card-marking system, the new generation, and Royal’s role inside the death-bringer structure.
Broken By Sin (2023): The second book continues the Memento Mori framework with another darker romance built around sin, loyalty, and punishment.
In Havoc Lays Chaos (2024): The third book pushes the card-and-chaos structure forward and should be read after Reign of Royal and Broken By Sin.

Godfathers of the Night books in order

Godfathers of the Night sits close to the mafia-school danger side of Barrett’s catalog. Read it after Murdoch Mafia and Memento Mori for the clearest power-family context.

London Has Fallen (2024): London Murdoch enters Blackwood Academy and collides with Artemis Argyros, turning school trials, mafia inheritance, and forbidden attraction into one conflict.
Damned By His Angel (2024): The second Godfathers of the Night book continues the academy-mafia danger after London Has Fallen and should not be used as the starting point.

Re Della Strada books in order

Re Della Strada is a three-book mafia series. It is separate enough to read on its own, but still fits best after the main Murdoch / Memento Mori material if you are doing a full mafia-world read.

Shattered Soul (2024): Lakeland Deveraux is pulled into Knox’s world after memory loss, family secrets, and accusations of murder reopen a six-year wound.
Fractured Heart (2024): The second Re Della Strada book continues the street-kings world with another romance shaped by damage, loyalty, and power.
Tainted Essence (2024): The third book closes the Re Della Strada sequence by keeping the family’s violent legacy and emotional fallout at the center.

Playing for Keeps books in order

Playing for Keeps is Samantha Barrett’s sports-romance series. Read it in order because the group setting, house dynamics, and later couples are introduced through the sequence.

Offside (2023): Leah returns to the college house of her brother and his friends, where an old betrayal gives the series its first revenge-fueled sports romance.
Touchdown (2023): The second Playing for Keeps book shifts the series into football-coded romance while keeping the same competitive, high-pressure emotional style.
Endgame (2023): The third book continues the sports-romance line with a title built around final moves, strategy, and relationship stakes.
Hail Mary (2023): The fourth book uses the last-chance sports metaphor for a romance where risk, pressure, and emotional timing matter.
Blindside (2023): The fifth book continues the team-world structure with a romance built around being hit by feelings and consequences that were not seen coming.
Keeping Score (2024): The sixth Playing for Keeps book finishes the series with the scorekeeping theme brought directly into the relationship conflict.

Dirty Temptation books in order

Dirty Temptation is a three-book masked-men dark romance series. Read it in order because the Filthy Few premise and debt structure begin in book one.

Filthy Few (2024): A cemetery favor, a debt owed, a new stepfamily, and masked men pull the heroine into the Filthy Few’s dangerous orbit.
Forever Filthy (2025): The second book continues the masked-men and debt-driven world after Filthy Few, deepening the consequences of that first favor.
Filthiest Of Them All (2025): The third book completes the Dirty Temptation sequence and should be read after the first two Filthy Few books.

Sinners Welcome books in order

Sinners Welcome is one of Barrett’s most visible current series. Read the six books in order, especially if you want the recurring masked-men and small-town sin framework to build naturally.

Dirty Priest (2025): A small-town church fundraiser, a priest fantasy, masked men, and taboo desires open the Sinners Welcome series.
Dirty Daddy (2025): The second Sinners Welcome book continues the taboo dark-romance lane with another “dirty” title centered on power, temptation, and forbidden attachment.
Dirty Little Sinner (2025): The third book keeps the sinner theme active and should follow Dirty Priest and Dirty Daddy for the smoothest series rhythm.
Dirty Little Psycho (2025): The fourth book pushes the series into more unhinged masked-men territory and works better after the first three Sinners Welcome entries.
Dirty Brothers (2025): The fifth book brings a brother-focused taboo setup into the same Sinners Welcome world.
Dirty Little Convict (2025): The sixth book closes the current Sinners Welcome run with a convict-centered dark-romance setup.

Malevolent Sinners books in order

Malevolent Sinners is a shorter, seasonal masked-men branch. The entries are quick, trope-forward, and best read in numbered order.

Naughty Or Nice (2025): A Christmas-themed masked-men chase begins the Malevolent Sinners line with Holly trying to uncover who is hunting her.
Shoot Me Cupid (2026): A Valentine-themed entry that moves the masked-men premise into cupid imagery and seasonal danger.
Somebunny Hunts You (2026): An Easter-themed masked-men entry built around being hunted, pursued, and pulled into a seasonal dark-romance game.
Stuff Me Father (2026): A short taboo entry that continues the Malevolent Sinners structure with religiously charged title language and power imbalance.
Sinful Little Nun (2026): A nun-themed Malevolent Sinners title that keeps the series in its short, taboo, masked-men lane.
Chase Me Daddy (scheduled 2026): The sixth Malevolent Sinners entry is listed for 2026, but date listings vary, so treat it as scheduled until it is fully live everywhere.

Devlin Mafia books in order

Devlin Mafia blends dark hockey romance and mafia revenge. This series should be read in order because the first book opens with missing memories and a central truth that carries forward.

Puck Around And Find Out (2026): A lost-memory tragedy, Xaden Devlin, and a feared mafia family begin the hockey-mafia conflict.
Pucking With The Enemy (2026): The second Devlin Mafia book continues the war after a year locked away, with Xaden and the heroine standing on opposite sides of danger.
Pucked Around And Found Out (scheduled 2026): The third Devlin Mafia book is scheduled as the continuation and should be read after the first two books.

Sinners Island books in order

Sinners Island is a newer announced branch. Only the first book had a clear confirmed release placement in the sources checked.

Flesh & Divinity (scheduled 2026): A Sinners Island dark retelling setup begins with a hidden island, a collar, three masked men, and a glass-slipper image turned dangerous.

Additional announced Sinners Island-style cover titles include Venom & Vanity, Spite & Splendor, Dust & Chains, Malice & Defiance, and Myth & Marrow. I would not place them in the main numbered order until final book numbers and release dates are confirmed.

Co-written and shared-world books

These books are optional unless you are doing a complete Samantha Barrett read. Read co-written series by their own order.

Hate Us Like You Mean It (2023): A co-written dark romance with Jaye Pratt that starts the “Like You Mean It” pairing.
Love Me Like You Mean It (2023): The follow-up co-write with Jaye Pratt and best read after Hate Us Like You Mean It.
You’re Ours Now (2025): A co-written Masked Men series contribution with Jaye Pratt, best treated as part of that shared masked-men world rather than a core solo-series requirement.
Dirty Little Secret (2025): A co-written Devils You Know book with Octavia Knightly that begins its own darker branch and should be read as book one of that line.

Standalone and anthology-world books

These do not need to be read before the main series. Use them when the trope or shared-world setup interests you.

Red and the Wolf (2021): An early standalone title with fairy-tale language and a darker romance frame.
Condemned Beast (2023): A Fairytales with a Twist contribution that reworks Beauty and the Beast through mafia family secrets, a library, and a monstrous reputation.
Den of Nightmares (2025): Listed separately in some catalogs but shown with the A Curse of Fate material on the author site, so it is safest after the Fate books rather than before them.

Shorter reading paths

If you want mafia romance

Played By The Bishop: Start the Murdoch Mafia structure.
Tormented By The King: Continue the chessboard.
Tortured By The Knight: Stay in the Murdoch conflict.
Tempted By The Queen: Keep the family stakes in order.
Turned By The Pawn: Read before the final main book.
Ruined By The Rook: Finish the main Murdoch run.
Stalemate: Add the novella.
Reign of Royal: Move to Memento Mori.
Broken By Sin: Continue Memento Mori.
In Havoc Lays Chaos: Finish that branch.
London Has Fallen: Add the Godfathers of the Night branch.
Damned By His Angel: Finish the pair.
Shattered Soul: Begin Re Della Strada.
Fractured Heart: Continue Re Della Strada.
Tainted Essence: Finish Re Della Strada.

If you want masked-men romance

Filthy Few: Start with Dirty Temptation’s favor-and-debt setup.
Forever Filthy: Continue the Filthy Few sequence.
Filthiest Of Them All: Finish Dirty Temptation.
Dirty Priest: Begin Sinners Welcome.
Dirty Daddy: Continue the sinner world.
Dirty Little Sinner: Read third.
Dirty Little Psycho: Read fourth.
Dirty Brothers: Read fifth.
Dirty Little Convict: Read sixth.
Naughty Or Nice: Begin Malevolent Sinners.
Shoot Me Cupid: Read second.
Somebunny Hunts You: Read third.
Stuff Me Father: Read fourth.
Sinful Little Nun: Read fifth.
Chase Me Daddy: Read sixth once available.

If you want sports romance

Offside: Begin Playing for Keeps.
Touchdown: Continue the team sequence.
Endgame: Read third.
Hail Mary: Read fourth.
Blindside: Read fifth.
Keeping Score: Finish Playing for Keeps.
Puck Around And Find Out: Begin the darker hockey-mafia Devlin branch.
Pucking With The Enemy: Continue Devlin Mafia.
Pucked Around And Found Out: Read third once released.

If you want fantasy or paranormal romance

Dream: Begin the A Curse of Fate world.
Fate: Continue the magic-and-destiny conflict.
Nightmare: Finish the opening trio.
Redemption: Continue the fantasy grouping.
Anarchy: Read after Redemption.
Den of Nightmares: Save for after the established Fate material.

Chronological order

A single chronological order is not useful for Samantha Barrett’s whole catalog.

The series do not form one clean timeline. Publication order is helpful inside each series, but forcing every mafia, fantasy, sports, and masked-men title into one list creates more confusion than clarity.

Use chronological order only inside the series you are reading.

The main exceptions are:

Murdoch Mafia before Memento Mori and Godfathers of the Night if you want the strongest family-world context.
Dirty Temptation before later masked-men branches if you want to see that side of the catalog develop.
Puck Around And Find Out before Pucking With The Enemy because Devlin Mafia carries a continuing central conflict.

Latest release status

At the time of writing, such as July 1, 2026, the newest clearly verified Samantha Barrett release I found is Pucking With The Enemy, published June 12, 2026.

The next listed books are Chase Me Daddy, Flesh & Divinity, and Pucked Around And Found Out. Future release dates vary slightly by listing, so treat them as scheduled rather than final until they are fully live across author and retailer pages.

FAQs

What Samantha Barrett book should I read first?

Start with Dirty Priest if you want the most direct route into her current dark masked-men romance. Start with Played By The Bishop if you want mafia first.

Are Samantha Barrett’s books connected?

Some are connected by series, family branch, or shared dark-romance world, but the entire catalog is not one single timeline. Read each series in order.

Do I need to read Murdoch Mafia before Memento Mori?

It is strongly recommended. Memento Mori makes more sense after Murdoch Mafia because it works better with the larger mafia-family context already established.

Should I read Stalemate with Murdoch Mafia?

Yes, but place it after Ruined By The Rook. It is novella-length extra material rather than the starting point.

Is A Curse of Fate the same as the Dream Trilogy?

Some older listings use Dream Trilogy-style titles, while the current author-site grouping uses A Curse of Fate with shorter titles such as Dream, Fate, and Nightmare. Use the current order and treat older title forms as alternate listings.

Can I start with Playing for Keeps?

Yes. Offside is a valid starting point if you want sports romance rather than mafia or masked-men romance.

Can I read Sinners Welcome without Dirty Temptation?

Yes. Dirty Priest starts Sinners Welcome. Dirty Temptation is a separate masked-men branch, not required first reading.

What order should I read Devlin Mafia?

Read Puck Around And Find Out, then Pucking With The Enemy, then Pucked Around And Found Out once available.

What is Samantha Barrett’s newest book?

As of July 1, 2026, the newest clearly verified release is Pucking With The Enemy.

What is Samantha Barrett’s next book?

The next scheduled titles include Chase Me Daddy, Flesh & Divinity, and Pucked Around And Found Out. Dates may shift, so treat future listings as scheduled.

Bottom line

For most readers, begin with Dirty Priest if you want the current high-visibility Samantha Barrett experience.

For mafia continuity, begin with Played By The Bishop and stay with Murdoch Mafia before moving to Memento Mori, Godfathers of the Night, and Re Della Strada.

For a full catalog read, keep each series together. Samantha Barrett’s books are easier to follow by shelf than by one forced timeline.

Frank

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Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.

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