Eva Winners Books in Order (Updated March 12, 2026)

Eva Winners is not writing one neat ladder where you climb from series to series in a single mandatory line. Her catalog works better as a mafia world with several connected families and adjacent branches. The safest approach is to read each series in order, then decide whether you want the older entry path, the Ashford billionaire branch, the newer next-generation material, or the darker mafia lines built around the Nikolaev and DiLustro circles.

For most readers, the cleanest front door is still Belles & Mobsters. It sits early in the current catalog, it introduces several family names that echo later, and it feels like the foundation from which the rest of her mafia-heavy work expands.

Start here, then branch

If you want the broadest grounding in Eva Winners’ world, read in this pattern:

1. Belles & Mobsters
2. Russian Sinners
3. Billionaire Kings
4. Thorns of Omertà
5. Kingpins of the Syndicate
6. Stolen Empire
7. Legacy of Heathens

That is not the only possible route, but it is the most stable one for a first pass because it moves from earlier family-centered mafia books toward the newer, more layered branches.

The foundation line: Belles & Mobsters

1. The Den of Sin (2021, prequel): Vasili’s prequel is labeled as book 0.5, so it is useful background, but not the best first taste of the series for most new readers.
2. Luciano (2021): The main series truly begins here, making this the safest entry point if you want Eva Winners in order rather than in strict internal chronology.
3. Nico (2022): The second book deepens the Morrelli side of the world and works best once Luciano has already established the tone and family stakes.
4. Cassio (2022): This keeps the same mafia-family momentum, with the series leaning harder on relationships already in motion.
5. Alexei (2022): Alexei pulls the Nikolaev connection closer to the front, which matters if you plan to keep reading into later Russian-linked branches.
6. Raphael (2022): An enemies-to-lovers mafia installment that belongs midstream, once the family names and loyalties already mean something.
7. Sasha (2022): Sasha continues the Nikolaev thread and feels much richer if you have not skipped the earlier entries.
8. Luca (2022): Luca closes the currently listed Belles & Mobsters run, so it is best saved until you know the whole circle.

Recommended rule: read Luciano through Luca in publication order, then circle back to The Den of Sin only if you want the extra prequel shading.

The Russian branch: Russian Sinners

1. Marked (2021): The first Russian Sinners book opens this smaller trilogy and is the correct place to start its power-clash setup.
2. Scarred (2021): The middle book stays in the same dark, high-conflict lane, so it works as continuation rather than as a standalone sample.
3. Disgraced (2021): The trilogy closes here, and it is best treated as the payoff to the first two books rather than an isolated read.

This is one of the easier Eva Winners series to binge because it is compact and complete.

The Ashford lane: Billionaire Kings

There is one wrinkle here. Eva Winners’ official author page says her debut Second Chance at Love was later revised into The Exception. Goodreads also treats The Exception as book 0 for Billionaire Kings, while the current five-book sequence starts with Contract of a Billionaire. In practical terms, that means The Exception is optional background, while the numbered series starts with Contract of a Billionaire.

1. The Exception (revised from Second Chance at Love / Final Chance at Love): Best viewed as the Ashford-world on-ramp rather than the numbered series opener.
2. Contract of a Billionaire (2022): The clearest proper start to Billionaire Kings, introducing the Ashford brothers’ darker billionaire-romance framework.
3. Misdeeds of a Billionaire (2023): The series expands with another ruthless Ashford-centered romance and reads best once book one has laid the family atmosphere down.
4. Secrets of a Billionaire (2024): Winston’s book continues the same family branch and belongs in sequence.
5. Reign of a Billionaire (2024): Kingston’s book pushes deeper into the Ashford lineup rather than resetting for new readers.
6. Kinks of a Billionaire (2024): Royce’s book currently caps the main run and should be left until last within this series.

Best use: start with Contract of a Billionaire unless you specifically want the revised early Ashford material first.

The long dark arc: Thorns of Omertà

This is one of the biggest current Eva Winners runs, and it is more serialized than it first appears.

1. Thorns of Lust (2023): The first half of Tatiana Nikolaev’s duet, and the right doorway into the series.
2. Thorns of Love (2023): The second half of that opening duet, so it should follow immediately after Thorns of Lust.
3. Thorns of Death (2023): The series then moves on from the duet opener into the next major relationship arc.
4. Thorns of Silence (2023): This continues the Omertà branch and is best read once the earlier emotional and family context is in place.
5. Thorns of Desire (2024): Another continuation inside the same world, not a fresh independent starting point.
6. Thorns of Blood (2024): By this stage the series is leaning on accumulated family tensions and recurring names.
7. Thorns of Deceit (2025): A later-series installment that works best when the Omertà history is already familiar.
8. Thorns of War (listed as book 8): This appears on Goodreads as the eighth book, but the surfaced data is thinner than for the earlier titles, so I would treat it as the newest listed installment rather than the safest starting place.

If you want one Eva Winners series to read straight through without hopping elsewhere, this is a strong candidate.

The syndicate branch: Kingpins of the Syndicate

This series has its own prequel-style complication.

1. Corrupted Pleasure (2022, book 0): Goodreads labels this as book 0, which makes it supporting material rather than the main place to begin.
2. Villainous Kingpin (2022): The numbered series starts here, so this is the best on-ramp for new readers.
3. Devious Kingpin (2023): The second kingpin book builds on the same syndicate web and should follow directly.
4. Scandalous Kingpin (2024): Christian “Priest” DiLustro’s book continues the DiLustro-centered momentum.
5. Ravenous Kingpin (2024): The fourth main book currently closes the listed sequence and works best after the rest.

Practical advice: read Villainous Kingpin through Ravenous Kingpin first, then use Corrupted Pleasure as optional backfill.

The trilogy branch: Stolen Empire

1. Bitter Prince (2023): The trilogy opens here, with a rescue-protection dynamic that launches the whole arc.
2. Unforgiving Queen (2023): The middle book is tightly tied to the first and should not be separated from it.
3. Wrathful King (2023): The trilogy concludes here, making this the final stop in the Stolen Empire line.

This is one of the more straightforward Eva Winners sequences: three books, one continuous climb, no reading-order tricks.

The newest next-generation branch: Legacy of Heathens

This is the newest major series on Goodreads and the one that feels most like a next-wave continuation of the broader mafia universe.

1. Matteo (2025): The series begins with Matteo, so this is the right entry point into the Heathens line.
2. Nikola (2025): The second book carries the same family-world expansion forward.
3. Enzo (2025): The third installment continues the arranged-marriage and family-duty energy that defines the series.
4. Gabriel (2025): Gabriel pushes the run deeper into obsession and inherited mafia expectations.
5. Jetmir (listed as book 5): Goodreads lists Jetmir as book five, but the data around it is still relatively light, so I would treat it as the newest surfaced installment rather than a settled backlist title.

Because this branch is so new, it makes more sense after at least some earlier Eva Winners reading, not before it.

The early contemporary branch: Love Isn’t What It Seems

This is a separate earlier line and can be read on its own.

1. Devotion Isn’t What it Seems (2020): The series opens with a wounded, secret-heavy contemporary romance setup.
2. Adoration Isn’t What It Seems (2021): The second book continues the line with another romance built around hidden pressures and emotional fallout.
3. Revelation (2021): This book broadens the series while keeping the same emotionally intense contemporary feel.
4. Affection Isn’t What It Seems (2021): The fourth book closes the current run.

It is less central to her current mafia brand than the later books, but it still fits neatly as an early completed branch.

The earliest revised material: Chance at Love Duet

1. Second Chance At Love (2020): Eva Winners’ first novel, now partly superseded because it was later revised into The Exception.
2. Final Chance At Love (2020): The continuation and closure of that original duet.

For most readers today, this is more historical bibliography than essential reading order. If your goal is the current catalog as it now functions, The Exception is the more useful reference point.

A standalone or side-path note

Sins of the Orchid (2022) is widely listed in her bibliography and clearly sits in her mafia-romance mode, but it is not surfaced as one of the main series categories on the current official storefront. I would treat it as a side-path title unless the author folds it more explicitly into a reading-order page later.

I also saw titles such as Under the Albanian Sun and Half-breed Soulmate in catalog data, but I could not confirm a stable current placement for them on the author’s active storefront structure, so I would leave them out of a first-read order.

The best Eva Winners reading order for most readers

If you want one answer that balances clarity and payoff, use this:

1. Luciano
2. Continue through Belles & Mobsters
3. Marked, Scarred, Disgraced
4. Contract of a Billionaire through Kinks of a Billionaire
5. Thorns of Lust through the current Thorns of Omertà books
6. Villainous Kingpin through Ravenous Kingpin
7. Bitter Prince, Unforgiving Queen, Wrathful King
8. Matteo onward into Legacy of Heathens

That route starts with the strongest foundation and moves toward the newer branches without forcing you to begin in the newest, least-settled part of the universe.

Where should a new reader start?

Start with Luciano.

It is the least confusing answer, the strongest base for the mafia-family side of the catalog, and a better first impression than beginning with a prequel, a revised early duet, or a newer next-generation series.

Latest release status

The newest clearly surfaced sequence I found is Legacy of Heathens, with Matteo, Nikola, Enzo, and Gabriel published in 2025 and Jetmir listed as book five. On the Thorns side, Thorns of Deceit is clearly established, while Thorns of War is listed as book eight but still has thinner metadata than the earlier books.

Final recommendation

Read Eva Winners by family-wave, not by raw publication scatter.

Begin with Belles & Mobsters, treat Russian Sinners and Billionaire Kings as the next major branches, then move into Thorns of Omertà and Kingpins of the Syndicate once you want the bigger, darker interconnected world. Save Legacy of Heathens for later, when the older names and loyalties already have weight.