Willow Winters Books in Order (Updated 2026-02-09)

Willow Winters writes dark romance across several separate story worlds. The safest way to read her is simple: pick one world, read it in order, then switch. That keeps character reveals, relationship outcomes, and “you already know what happened to them” moments from landing too early.

This guide covers the author’s main, clearly grouped reading paths and the most commonly followed series orders.

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How to choose your starting point

If you want mafia romance with possessive leads (standalone-style books): start with Dirty Dom.
If you want a long, gritty crime-family arc with multiple connected series: start with Merciless.
If you want a club-and-power dynamic with a clear set of couple books: start with Bought.
If you want myth-inspired dark romance: start with His in the Dark.

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Valetti Crime Family (read in order)

These are designed as standalone romances in the same mafia world, but reading in order helps the family connections feel continuous.

1. Dirty Dom: A mafia heir who always gets his way fixates on the one woman who won’t fall in line.
2. His Hostage: A forced-captivity situation turns into a dangerous attachment neither character can fully control.
3. Rough Touch: A hard-edged enforcer meets his match when desire collides with pride and power.
4. Cuffed Kiss: A binding promise becomes the spark for a relationship that’s equal parts devotion and threat.
5. Bad Boy: A volatile attraction drags two people into the family’s shadowy rules, and makes them choose a side.

Collected edition note: There is also a complete collection that bundles these five books.

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Merciless World (read in order, then branch)

This is the most interconnected reading lane. It starts with the core series, then continues through linked trilogies.

The Merciless series

1. Merciless: A crime-family leader claims what he wants, and the consequences turn intimate and brutal.
2. Heartless: Love doesn’t soften the danger, it sharpens it as trust becomes a weapon.
3. Breathless: The relationship deepens while threats close in from inside and outside the family.
4. Endless: The final push where obsession, loyalty, and survival collide.

Irresistible Attraction trilogy

1. A Single Glance: A search for answers becomes a close-quarters temptation with a man built for trouble.
2. A Single Kiss: A boundary gets crossed, and the fallout turns into a deeper pull.
3. A Single Touch: Want becomes need, and the truth becomes harder to outrun.

Hard to Love series

1. Not My Heart to Break: A dangerous man meets a woman who makes him hesitate for the first time.
2. Desperate to Touch: Restraint fractures as the stakes move from physical to emotional.
3. Easy to Fall: The slide into love feels inevitable, until reality demands proof.
4. Never to End: An ending that doesn’t erase the damage, but does decide what survives it.

This Love Hurts trilogy

1. What I Would Do For You: Betrayal and devotion tangle until no choice stays clean.
2. But I Need You: The cost of wanting the “wrong” person keeps rising.
3. And I Love You The Most: The final reckoning where love has to be chosen without illusions.

Secrets & Submission trilogy (also published as “Love the Way You”)

1. Kiss Me: A charged first step opens the door to control, vulnerability, and risk.
2. Hold Me: Trust becomes the real test when desire stops being the only problem.
3. Love Me: Commitment arrives when both characters finally stop bargaining.

Shame on You trilogy

1. Tease Me Once: A sharp game of temptation turns personal faster than expected.
2. I’ll Kiss You Twice: The attraction intensifies, and consequences stop waiting politely.
3. Then You’re Mine: Possession becomes a promise, and a threat, depending on who’s watching.

Collection note: There are bundled editions for several of these arcs.

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Highest Bidder (read in order)

These books are set around a high-control, high-heat club world, with each book focusing on a different couple. Reading in order keeps the environment and cross-appearances consistent.

1. Bought: A deal that should have stayed transactional becomes emotionally loaded.
2. Sold: Power shifts when a controlled arrangement starts creating real attachment.
3. Owned: A relationship built on rules gets complicated when feelings refuse the fine print.
4. Given: Trust becomes the price when the past won’t stay out of the bedroom.
5. Bound: A commitment story that pushes beyond fantasy into real-life consequences.

Collected edition note: A collection exists that bundles the early books.

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To Be Claimed (read in order)

This is a connected sequence with escalating intensity and repeated characters.

1. Wounded Kiss: A bruised beginning turns into a connection that feels like surrender.
2. Gentle Scars: Healing and hunger collide as the relationship deepens under pressure.
3. Primal Lust: The bond turns possessive as the outside world becomes a threat.
4. Broken Fate: Fate stops feeling romantic when it starts demanding sacrifices.
5. Captive Desire: Desire becomes dangerous when control is the currency.
6. Under His Reign: The power dynamic shifts again as the relationship enters its most ruthless phase.

Collection note: There is a bundled edition that collects the first three books.

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You Are Mine (read in order)

This set is made of connected duets plus a related standalone.

1. You Are My Reason: A second chance opens up, but secrets make it hard to trust the “new” version of love.
2. You Are My Hope: The relationship moves forward while the past keeps trying to pull it backward.
3. You Know I Love You: A new couple steps into the spotlight, but the emotional risks stay just as high.
4. You Know I Need You: Need turns into a confession neither character can keep dodging.
5. Tell Me You Want Me: A desire-driven story that pushes the world’s themes into a sharper, more personal test.

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Tequila Rose (read in order)

A small-town, high-heat duet with a prequel, plus additional standalones in the same setting.

The duet

1. Then You Kissed Me (prequel): A single kiss sets the tone for everything that follows.
2. Tequila Rose: Attraction ignites, and the town’s attention makes every choice louder.
3. Autumn Night Whiskey: The relationship faces consequences that can’t be out-flirted.

Related standalones in the same setting

• A Little Bit Dirty: A familiar face becomes a temptation that’s harder to resist the second time around.
• Kiss Me in This Small Town: A small-town connection turns intense when the past won’t stay quiet.
• Falling at First Sight: A fresh romance that uses the setting without requiring the duet first.

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Seduction of the Gods (read in order)

A darker, myth-inspired lane.

1. His in the Dark: A captive bargain becomes the start of a dangerous love story.
2. His in the Fire: The relationship escalates as the world expands and the cost of devotion rises.
3. A Deal For A Kiss: A demon romance that can be read on its own when you want something shorter and sharper.

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A reader-friendly “do this, not that” plan

• Do: start at the beginning of the world you choose.
• Do: finish that world’s main sequence before sampling another.
• Don’t: start mid-trilogy unless you don’t mind learning earlier outcomes quickly.
• Do: use collections only after you’ve confirmed they contain the books you want (some bundle early arcs).

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Best default starting point

If you want the most guided, interconnected experience: Merciless → Heartless → Breathless → Endless.
If you want “pick up and go” mafia romance with minimal homework: Dirty Dom is the cleanest entry.