A.L. DeRose Books in Order (Updated March 14, 2026)

A.L. DeRose writes contemporary romance with a mix of billionaires, off-limits setups, age gaps, fake relationships, and newer mafia-leaning books. The important thing is that her catalog does not currently read like one big connected universe. Instead, it breaks into a few short, clearly named series plus several standalones or loosely grouped mafia romances.

For most readers, the cleanest entry is My Forbidden Billionaire if you want her earlier billionaire/off-limits style, or Faking It With My Ex’s Brother if you want the strongest clearly numbered newer series. If mafia romance is the main draw, start with Devoured by the Don or read the Don books in publication order as a loose shelf rather than a formal series.

Shelf 1: the confirmed short series

These are the books with the clearest published order.

Forbidden Alphas

This is the simplest early A.L. DeRose series: three books, one omnibus, and a straightforward reading order.

1. My Forbidden Billionaire (2023): The series opens with the alpha-billionaire side of DeRose’s brand, making it the best starting point if you want wealth, power, and an off-limits romance dynamic right away.
2. My Forbidden Ex-Military Grump (2023): The second book shifts from billionaire polish to a rougher grump-hero energy, but it stays inside the same forbidden-romance lane.
3. My Forbidden Professor (2023): The third entry leans into academic taboo and closes the trilogy with another clear off-limits variation instead of changing the overall tone.

Optional: Forbidden Alphas (2023) is the omnibus edition if you prefer the full trilogy in one volume.

Off-Limits Bad Boys

This is a smaller shelf and easier to treat as a connected duo than as a major saga. Fantastic Fiction lists two books, while Goodreads also shows a box set collecting the pair.

1. Off-Limits Bad Boys (2023): The opener establishes the “dangerously hot but absolutely wrong for you” flavor that the shelf promises in its title.
2. Desirable Bad Boy’s Fake Fiancée (2024): The follow-up adds fake-engagement energy to the same off-limits setup, making this the stronger pick if that trope is your main reason for reading DeRose.

Faking It: An Enemies to Lovers Off-Limits Romance

This is the most clearly structured mid-catalog series, and probably the easiest place to start if you want a numbered run rather than a trope collection.

1. Faking It With My Ex’s Brother (2024): A woman crosses the one line she should not cross and ends up entangled with her ex’s rich, arrogant brother, which gives the series its strongest immediate hook.
2. Faking It With My Bosshole (2024): A debt-driven job becomes a fake-marriage setup with a grumpy boss, pushing the series more openly into workplace and forced-proximity chaos.
3. Faking It With My Best Friend’s Daddy (2024): The third book takes the taboo side even further, turning the series toward age-gap and friendship-line-crossing tension.

Optional: Faking It: Books 1–3 (2024) collects the full trilogy.

Shelf 2: the standalone-style early books

These are easier to read whenever a specific trope appeals than to force into a strict continuity plan.

1. Billionaire Boss (2023): A short-form earlier release that fits the billionaire-romance side of DeRose’s catalog and works best as a quick side read rather than a core starting point.
2. My Desirable Cocky Rockstar (2023): A personal-assistant setup collides with a rebellious rockstar hero, making this the best choice if you want celebrity romance instead of billionaires or mafia.
3. The Desirable Twin Brother (2023): A childhood-friends setup turns messy when attraction lands on one brother and the fallout threatens the other, giving this one a small-town, brothers-in-conflict feel.

Shelf 3: the mafia-don lane

This is where the catalog changes shape. Public listings clearly show several mafia-don books from 2025 to 2026, but the sources I checked do not present them as one formally named series. The safest way to read them is in publication order as a loose shelf.

1. Devoured by the Don (2025): A revenge plan aimed at one brother goes off-course when a deadlier silver-fox Don takes control, giving this book a strong enemies-to-lovers and age-gap hook.
2. Hacked by the Don (2025): A heroine accidentally trips a mafia don’s digital defenses and ends up pulled into his fortress with her daughter, making this one the most overt forced-proximity entry of the Don books.
3. Stolen By the Don (2025): A rival don kidnaps the heroine on her wedding day, pushing this book into fake-marriage, abduction, and pregnancy-drama territory from the start.
4. Marrying the Mafia Don (2026): Current listings place this as the newest Don title, and it appears to continue DeRose’s shift toward arranged-marriage and mafia-power romance.

Because no verified series page currently groups these four under one official series banner, I would not label them a numbered sequence. Read them by year if you want all of DeRose’s mafia books, or just start with the premise you like most.

The most useful reading paths

If you want the cleanest series experience, read:

1. Faking It With My Ex’s Brother
2. Faking It With My Bosshole
3. Faking It With My Best Friend’s Daddy

If you want the earlier billionaire/off-limits flavor, read:

1. My Forbidden Billionaire
2. My Forbidden Ex-Military Grump
3. My Forbidden Professor

If you want the mafia shelf only, read:

1. Devoured by the Don
2. Hacked by the Don
3. Stolen By the Don
4. Marrying the Mafia Don

Best starting point

The safest overall place to begin is Faking It With My Ex’s Brother. It sits at the front of a clearly labeled trilogy, the premise is immediate, and you can continue straight through without wondering whether the later books are related or not. My Forbidden Billionaire is the better alternative if you prefer billionaire romance over family-drama taboo, and Devoured by the Don is the best first stop if you are here specifically for mafia.

Latest release status

As of March 14, 2026, the newest widely listed A.L. DeRose title is Marrying the Mafia Don, with February 2026 listings appearing on Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads. The broader visible catalog currently includes confirmed series pages for Forbidden Alphas, Off-Limits Bad Boys, and Faking It, plus standalone and mafia titles outside those shelves.

Final recommendation

For a full A.L. DeRose tour, I would not flatten everything into one giant master list. Read the confirmed series first, then sample the standalones, then treat the Don books as their own newer mafia lane. That keeps the catalog clear and avoids pretending there is a bigger continuity map than the public sources actually confirm.