Jagger Cole Books in Order (Updated 2026-02-14)

Jagger Cole’s books are written as one big shared world where characters and events can echo across series, even though most individual series still work on their own. The choice is less “what’s book one?” and more “how much crossover do you want up front?”

Below are two clean ways to read: the author’s suggested route (best for first-time readers) and the internal timeline route (best after you’ve read a few series and don’t mind mild spoilers).

---

Your starting map

• New reader, want the smoothest ride: follow Suggested Reading Order below.
• Only want one “arc” at a time: pick any one series section and read straight through it.
• Love timeline logic (and don’t mind spoilers): use Chronological Reading Order later in this guide.

---

Suggested Reading Order (author-recommended)

Bratva’s Claim

1. The Bratva’s Hostage: A dangerous “held close” situation turns into a high-stakes bond neither expected.
2. Paying The Bratva’s Debt: A deal meant to settle a score becomes a possessive, all-in obsession.
3. The Bratva’s Stolen Bride: A bride taken for leverage discovers the real threat is wanting him back.
4. Hunted By The Bratva Beast: A relentless protector-turned-predator closes in on the one woman who won’t submit quietly.
5. His Captive Bratva Princess: Captivity becomes complicated when power starts shifting in the bedroom and the boardroom.
6. Owned By The Bratva King: A king who takes what he wants meets a heroine who makes him earn it.
7. The Bratva’s Locked Up Love: One locked door, two trapped hearts, and a forced proximity that snaps into devotion.

Savage Heirs

1. Ruthless Throne: A brutal legacy is claimed, and the price is written in loyalty and blood.
2. Savage Heir: A heir apparent collides with the one woman who refuses to fear him.
3. Dark Prince: A prince with sharp edges finds his match in someone even harder to control.
4. Brutal King: A king builds an empire, and then risks it for the one person who sees through him.
5. Capturing Christmas: A holiday detour where guarded hearts loosen just enough for trouble to start.
6. Forbidden Crown: A forbidden connection forces a choice between duty and the kind of love that ruins plans.
7. Broken God: A man who acts untouchable cracks when the wrong woman learns his real weakness.
8. Defiant Queen: A queen refuses the role she’s been assigned and makes her own rules, and her own king.

Kings & Villains (includes two connected duets)

1. Dark Kingdom: A ruthless realm is introduced, and the first lines of allegiance are drawn.
2. Burned Cinder: A “Cinderella” figure escapes the ashes and finds a dangerous benefactor with terms.
3. Empire of Ash: The cost of survival comes due, and love becomes a weapon instead of a comfort.
4. The Hunter King: A predator-king chooses his target and refuses to let her go.
5. The Hunted Queen: The hunted flips the script, turning pursuit into partnership on her conditions.
6. Prince of Hate: Hate burns hot, but it’s the intimacy underneath it that does the real damage.

Dark Hearts

1. Deviant Hearts: A morally gray man decides she’s his, and dares her to fight him for it.
2. Vicious Hearts: A hard hero and a harder heroine collide until the fight turns personal.
3. Sinful Hearts: Temptation becomes a trap when desire and danger start sharing the same address.
4. Twisted Hearts: A twisted bargain forces closeness that neither can pretend is only business.
5. Stolen Hearts: Something precious is taken, and the recovery mission turns into possession.
6. Reckless Hearts: Reckless choices ignite consequences that can’t be outrun, or denied.

Venomous Gods

1. Toxic Love: A toxic attraction becomes an addiction, and the withdrawal is worse than the risk.
2. Devious Vow: A vow is made for strategy, then love shows up and wrecks the plan.
3. Poisonous Kiss: One kiss creates a chain reaction that turns enemies into inevitability.
4. Corrupted Heart: A corrupted world tests whether devotion can stay pure when power demands compromise.
5. Monstrous Urges: Monstrous impulses meet a heroine who won’t be frightened out of wanting him back.

Memento Mori

1. Emperor of Wrath: Wrath fuels an emperor’s rule, until one woman makes him feel something else.
2. Emperor of Rage: Rage keeps him alive, but intimacy threatens to soften the blade.
3. Emperor of Lust: Lust becomes leverage, then becomes the truth neither can hide anymore.
4. Emperor of Havoc: Havoc follows him like a crown, and love becomes the only stabilizing force.

The Darkest Dance

1. Dance of Deception: A deceptive arrangement draws two opponents into a game neither can quit.
2. Dance of Ruin: Ruin closes in as loyalty is tested and desire turns territorial.
3. Dance of Madness: Madness isn’t losing control, it’s realizing control was never real.
4. Dance of Devils: Devils come collecting, and the only escape is a partnership built in fire.
5. Dance of Defiance: Defiance turns a power imbalance into a battle of wills and surrender.
6. Dance of Thorns: Thorns cut both ways when love and vengeance share the same target.
7. Dance of Monsters: Monsters step into the spotlight, and “happily ever after” has teeth.

Scaliami Crime Syndicate

1. The Hitman’s Obsession: A hitman’s fixation becomes protection, then becomes claim.
2. The Boss’s Temptation: A boss meets the one temptation he can’t buy or intimidate into place.
3. The Bodyguard’s Weakness: A bodyguard’s weakness isn’t the threat, it’s what he’s willing to do for her.

Power

1. Tyrant: A tyrant gets challenged by the one person who won’t kneel.
2. Outlaw: An outlaw with his own code finds a reason to break it.
3. Warlord: A warlord’s world shifts when desire becomes the only battlefield that matters.

Standalones

• Broken Lines: Two damaged lives collide, and the lines they draw keep breaking under chemistry.
• Bosshole: A boss who never loses control meets the employee who makes him unravel.
• Grumpaholic: A committed grump discovers the problem isn’t her, it’s how much he wants her.
• Stalker of Mine: A stalker premise turns intimate, dangerous, and impossible to ignore.

---

Chronological Reading Order (timeline route)

This order is explicitly spoiler-prone because it can reveal who ends up with whom and which characters survive certain conflicts.

1. Dark Kingdom: The wider world’s power structure takes shape.
2. The Bratva’s Hostage: Early Bratva events seed later alliances.
3. Tyrant: Power consolidates around a man who doesn’t share.
4. Outlaw: The power struggle expands with a wilder edge.
5. Warlord: The power arc hardens into full dominance.
6. The Hitman’s Obsession: The syndicate thread begins with a single fixation.
7. The Boss’s Temptation: A boss’s choices ripple into future entanglements.
8. The Bodyguard’s Weakness: Protection becomes personal, then permanent.
9. Paying The Bratva’s Debt: The Bratva timeline intensifies through obligation.
10. The Bratva’s Stolen Bride: The stakes rise when a bride becomes a bargaining chip.
11. Hunted By The Bratva Beast: The hunt shifts the tone from threat to claim.
12. His Captive Bratva Princess: Captivity forces decisive loyalties.
13. Owned By The Bratva King: Possession becomes political as well as emotional.
14. The Bratva’s Locked Up Love: The fallout tightens bonds and enemies alike.
15. Ruthless Throne: A throne is seized, setting up the heirs.
16. The Hunter King: The chase begins, and it doesn’t stay contained.
17. Bosshole: A contemporary detour that still echoes the wider world’s edges.
18. Grumpaholic: Another standalone breather with familiar atmosphere.
19. Savage Heir: The heir story kicks into motion.
20. Dark Prince: A prince’s arc deepens the dynasty’s shadow.
21. Brutal King: The king’s rule tightens, and so does his grip on her.
22. Capturing Christmas: A seasonal pause that still counts as canon texture.
23. Forbidden Crown: Duty and desire collide at the highest level.
24. Broken God: A “god” breaks, and love is the fracture line.
25. Defiant Queen: A queen refuses the script and changes the game.
26. Burned Cinder: The ash-and-empire duet begins.
27. Empire of Ash: The duet closes with consequences paid in full.
28. The Hunted Queen: The hunted arc resolves into hard-earned power.
29. Broken Lines: A standalone that lands after major power shifts.
30. Prince of Hate: Hate becomes the entry point to obsession.
31. Deviant Hearts: The Dark Hearts thread starts with a dangerous claim.
32. Vicious Hearts: The next couple escalates the stakes.
33. Sinful Hearts: A sin becomes a turning point.
34. Twisted Hearts: The twist is emotional as much as strategic.
35. Stolen Hearts: What’s stolen is more than a heart.
36. Reckless Hearts: Recklessness closes the Dark Hearts run.
37. Toxic Love: Venomous Gods begins with addiction-level intensity.
38. Devious Vow: A vow locks the world into new alliances.
39. Poisonous Kiss: The kiss changes the balance of power.
40. Corrupted Heart: Corruption tests what love can survive.
41. Monstrous Urges: Urges become action, and nothing stays subtle.
42. Emperor of Wrath: The emperors arrive with wrath as their banner.
43. Emperor of Rage: Rage drives the next conquest.
44. Emperor of Lust: Lust becomes strategy, then becomes truth.
45. Emperor of Havoc: Havoc caps the arc with maximum fallout.
46. Dance of Deception: The dance era begins with a lie.
47. Dance of Ruin: Ruin follows the lie into reality.
48. Dance of Madness: Madness is the cost of obsession.
49. Dance of Defiance: Defiance rebalances the power dynamic.
50. Dance of Thorns: Thorns mark the price of victory.
51. Dance of Monsters: Monsters take center stage as the culmination.

---

What about prequels, freebies, and “missing” titles?

• The Bratva’s Hostage and Ruthless Throne are listed as newsletter freebies in the author’s reading order, so they may not be sold the same way as the other books.
• The author’s list includes Dance of Monsters as the final Darkest Dance title; treat it as the capstone even if storefront metadata varies by region.

---

Latest status

The author’s site shows two upcoming release dates (one in late 2025 and one in early 2026), but the titles are not readable from the page text I could access reliably. Until the titles are confirmed in plain text, it’s safer not to name them here.