Imani Jay Books in Order (Updated March 12, 2026)

Imani Jay is a romance author with a very large, fast-growing catalog that spans mafia romance, curvy-girl contemporary romance, monster romance, and omegaverse. Because the full Goodreads bibliography is extensive, the cleanest way to read her is by series lane, not by trying to force every title into one strict master sequence.

The safest starting points are her clearer solo series first, then the newer or looser standalone-heavy lines.

The shelf map first

Imani Jay’s books are easiest to navigate in four buckets.

Start here if you want mafia romance:
Read Maksimov Family Bratva first, then move into Bred by the Bratva.

Start here if you want contemporary family romance:
Read the O’Malley Family quartet.

Start here if you want monster romance:
Read Monster Love, but note that only the first two books are by Imani Jay.

Start here if you want newer omegaverse fairytale romance:
Begin with Hunted & Knotted By The Wolf, which is the first clearly verifiable Knotty Fairytales title.

For most new readers, My Bratva Stalker is the safest overall entry point because it opens one of her clearest in-house series and matches the style most readers associate with her name.

Recommended reading order

If you want the most practical route through Imani Jay’s core solo work, read:

1. My Bratva Stalker (2023): The clearest mafia entry point, opening the Maksimov line with danger, obsession, and the family framework that holds the series together.
2. MY BRATVA DOM (2023): Keeps you inside the same family continuity and works best directly after book one.
3. Owned By My Stalker: You’ll Be Mine (2023): Continues the same world with another internal family match, so it lands better once the Maksimov setup is already in place.
4. Bratva (2024): Finishes the currently verified Maksimov run and also overlaps with another Imani Jay lane, which makes it a useful hinge title.
5. Bought & Bred by the Bratva (2025): Starts a newer Bratva-focused line, so it works well once you already know how she handles mafia-protective romance.
6. Marked & Bred by the Bratva (2025): Continues the same new series and keeps the tone squarely in the obsessive, fast-burn mafia lane.
7. Lucky In Love: Stroke of Luck (2022): A good reset if you want to step out of the mafia books and into family-centered contemporary romance.
8. Fall In Line (2022): Continues the O’Malley set with another self-contained but connected family romance.
9. Fight Or Flight (2022): Keeps the same family lane going and benefits from reading after the earlier sibling stories.
10. Regrets (2022): Closes the currently verified O’Malley quartet.
11. Krampusnacht (2021): Best place to sample Imani Jay’s monster romance side.
12. Owned by the Lion Shifter (2022): Continues that lane with another short, high-heat creature romance.
13. Hunted & Knotted By The Wolf (2025): The cleanest point to try her newer omegaverse fairytale retelling track.

Mafia romance books in order

Maksimov Family Bratva

This is one of the clearest Imani Jay series structures currently visible on Goodreads, and it is the best place to start if you want a defined internal order.

1. My Bratva Stalker (2023): A stalker setup pulls the heroine into the Maksimov family orbit and establishes the possessive mafia tone that defines the series.
2. MY BRATVA DOM (2023): The second book shifts to another family-centered pairing while keeping the same dangerous-protective Bratva atmosphere.
3. Owned By My Stalker: You’ll Be Mine (2023): This keeps the family continuity intact and reads like a deeper dive into the same world rather than a detached sequel.
4. Bratva (2024): The fourth book stays inside the Maksimov circle and works best as the payoff after the first three family stories.

Bred by the Bratva

This is a newer series line. I could verify the series name and at least its opening books, but the full five-book sequence was not cleanly exposed in the search results I checked, so the later entries are better treated as still needing confirmation before being listed as firm reference order.

1. Bought & Bred by the Bratva (2025): The opener launches a darker, highly possessive Bratva line that feels designed for readers who already know and enjoy Jay’s mafia style.
2. Marked & Bred by the Bratva (2025): This follows with another obsession-heavy Bratva pairing and appears to continue the same branded series concept.

Reading note: Goodreads shows Bred by the Bratva as a five-book series, but I was only able to verify the opening titles cleanly from the sources I checked, so I would not guess the remaining titles here.

Contemporary romance books in order

O’Malley Family

This is a neat four-book family set and the easiest non-mafia place to begin.

1. Lucky In Love: Stroke of Luck (2022): The series opens with a chance encounter and establishes the O’Malley family lane as lighter and more family-centered than the Bratva books.
2. Fall In Line (2022): A reformed-bad-boy setup keeps the focus on another O’Malley sibling while preserving the connected-family feel.
3. Fight Or Flight (2022): This entry pushes the series into another wish-fulfillment, chemistry-first pairing without breaking the family sequence.
4. Regrets (2022): The fourth book closes the verified O’Malley run and works best after the first three sibling-linked stories.

Monster romance books in order

Monster Love

This is a partial Imani Jay lane, not a full all-Imani series.

1. Krampusnacht (2021): A holiday monster romance that serves as the cleanest entry point into Jay’s creature-romance side.
2. Owned by the Lion Shifter (2022): The second book stays in the monster-romance lane with another possessive supernatural pairing.
3. Owned by the Orcs (2022): This belongs to the same Goodreads series page, but it is by Kylie Love, not Imani Jay, so it should be treated as separate from an Imani Jay-only reading order.

Newer omegaverse and fairytale lane

Knotty Fairytales

This looks like a newer line and, from the sources I checked, only the first book was clearly verifiable.

1. Hunted & Knotted By The Wolf (2025): A dark fairytale retelling with wolf/omega dynamics that starts the currently visible Knotty Fairytales sequence.

Related newer standalone-style title

1. Knotted By The Incubus (2025): This is clearly a newer Imani Jay omegaverse/monster title, but I could not verify it on a series page from the sources I checked, so it is safest to treat it as a standalone unless a fuller series listing is confirmed.

Other notable Imani Jay books that are best treated as separate or optional

These are real Imani Jay titles I could verify, but they do not currently fit as neatly into the clearer core-series path above.

1. A Nanny for the Bratva Boss (2025): A newer Bratva title highlighted on her official site, best treated as a separate mafia read unless a firm series placement is confirmed.
2. Owned by My Dad’s Best Friend (2023): A standalone-style taboo contemporary romance from the broader catalog.
3. Fixer (2022): A separate contemporary/romance title visible on her Goodreads bibliography but not clearly attached to one of the main core series listed above.
4. Spring Fling with the Mountain Man (2021): Another standalone-style contemporary romance, useful if you want to sample her shorter non-mafia work.
5. Luck of the Cowboy: Man of the Month Club (2025): Featured on the official site as new/upcoming, and best treated as a separate contemporary western-style lane unless a fuller connected series order is confirmed.

Publication order or series order?

For Imani Jay, series order matters more than overall publication order.

That is because her catalog mixes:

• clear in-house series,
• newer branded lines,
• standalones,
• and some books that overlap with shared or anthology-style projects.

So the best rule is simple: pick a lane and stay inside it. Read the Bratva books together, the O’Malley books together, and the monster or omegaverse books as their own shelf.

Where should new readers start?

Choose by mood.

Start with My Bratva Stalker if you want:

• mafia romance,
• possessive heroes,
• and the cleanest series structure.

Start with Lucky In Love: Stroke of Luck if you want:

• a softer family-centered contemporary entry,
• and less mafia intensity.

Start with Krampusnacht if you want:

• a short monster-romance sample,
• without committing to a long series first.

Start with Hunted & Knotted By The Wolf if you specifically want:

• newer omegaverse fairytale romance,
• and do not mind starting with a more recent lane.

Latest release status

From the sources I checked, Imani Jay’s catalog is still expanding quickly. Her official homepage highlights Luck Of The Cowboy under new and upcoming books and also spotlights A Nanny For The Bratva Boss. Goodreads also shows newer 2025 titles including Hunted & Knotted By The Wolf, Bought & Bred by the Bratva, and Owned in another shared series context. The safest summary is that her 2025 output is active and ongoing, but not every newer title was exposed through a fully verified series page in the search results I reviewed.

FAQ

Do I need to read all Imani Jay books in one giant publication order?

No. Her catalog works better by series lane than by one master chronological order.

What is the best Imani Jay series to start with?

Maksimov Family Bratva is the clearest starting point for most readers.

Is Monster Love fully by Imani Jay?

No. Goodreads lists book three, Owned by the Orcs, as by Kylie Love, so it is not an all-Imani series.

Is Bred by the Bratva complete?

Goodreads shows it as a five-book series, but I was not able to verify the full title list cleanly from the sources I checked, so I would treat the later books as needing confirmation before relying on a full numbered list.

What if I only want one short sample?

Try Krampusnacht for monster romance or My Bratva Stalker for mafia romance.

Final answer

The best Imani Jay reading order is not one giant list of every title she has ever published. It is a lane-based order.

For most readers, the best path is:

1. Maksimov Family Bratva
2. Bred by the Bratva
3. O’Malley Family
4. Monster Love
5. Knotty Fairytales and newer standalone-style titles

That gives you the clearest continuity, avoids mixing unrelated shelves, and reflects how her catalog is actually organized right now.