A. Zavarelli Books in Order (Updated: April 14, 2026)

A. Zavarelli’s catalog makes more sense when you split it into lanes instead of forcing one giant master list. There is the core solo dark-romance shelf, there are a few separate standalones, and there is the shared Society World she writes with Natasha Knight.

For most readers, the real choice is this:

1. Start with Boston Underworld if you want the classic A. Zavarelli mafia run.
2. Start with Sin City Salvation if you want a shorter connected series.
3. Start with The Society Trilogy if you want the collaborative secret-society world.
4. Start with Pretty When She Cries or Stealing Cinderella if you want a one-book sample first.

The main solo series

Boston Underworld

This is still the cleanest starting shelf for readers who want A. Zavarelli’s best-known solo series.

1. Crow (2016): The opening Boston Underworld novel, introducing the mafia tone, revenge energy, and damaged-hero style that define the series.
2. Reaper (2016): A darker second entry that keeps the criminal-world setting intact while shifting to a new central couple.
3. Ghost (2016): A pain-heavy third book where trauma and survival sit closer to the center of the romance.
4. Saint (2016): A later-series installment that stays rooted in the same underworld network while expanding the emotional range of the cast.
5. Thief (2018): A heist-leaning entry that keeps the mafia atmosphere but adds a sharper outsider edge.
6. Conor (2018): The sixth main book and the natural endpoint of the core Boston Underworld run.

Sin City Salvation

This is a shorter series and an easier commitment if you want A. Zavarelli’s dark-romance style without a six-book mafia run.

1. Confess (2018): The series opener, built around guilt, secrecy, and a morally fraught romance in a Las Vegas underworld setting.
2. Convict (2019): A follow-up that pushes harder into imprisonment, punishment, and emotional damage.
3. Contempt (2023): The third book and current endpoint of the series, continuing the line’s dark, high-stakes romantic suspense feel.

Bleeding Hearts

This is an earlier duet and works best read straight through.

1. Echo (2015): The first half of the duet, centered on obsession, captivity, and the cost of trying to save someone you love.
2. Stutter (2015): The second half, carrying the fallout forward and finishing the story’s darker emotional arc.

Empire of Kings

This is the newest clearly active solo series.

1. Beautiful Torment (2025): The opener, a dark mafia romance built around an old promise, revenge, and a heroine being pulled back into a dangerous past.
2. Pretty Prey (2026): The second book, taking the series deeper into anonymity, manipulation, and forbidden obsession.

The solo books that stand apart

These are the books you can use when you want A. Zavarelli without committing to a larger solo series first.

1. Beast (2017): A dark contemporary Beauty and the Beast retelling, written as a separate fairy-tale-inspired romance rather than part of Boston Underworld.
2. Tap Left (2017): A rock-star romance with a more emotional, contemporary setup than the mafia books.
3. Hate Crush (2019): A darker academy-style romance built around dangerous attraction and volatile chemistry.
4. Stealing Cinderella (2020): A twisted Cinderella retelling that leans harder into dark romance than traditional fairy-tale reimagining.
5. Pretty When She Cries (2020): A dark academy romance with a brooding-neighbor setup and a stronger new-adult feel than her mafia work.
6. Kingdom Fall (2021): A nanny-and-enemy antihero romance that is written as a solo A. Zavarelli novel but sits inside the wider Society World orbit.

The Society World books with Natasha Knight

This is the one part of the bibliography where order matters more than usual. A. Zavarelli and Natasha Knight’s official page says the Society World includes multiple trilogies, duets, and standalones with some crossover, and recommends starting with The Society Trilogy if you want to begin at the beginning.

The Society Trilogy

This is the starting line for the shared world.

1. Requiem of the Soul (2021): The first Society book, opening the aristocratic, secretive power structure that the later connected books build on.
2. Reparation of Sin (2021): The middle volume, continuing the same central arc rather than resetting for a new couple.
3. Resurrection of the Heart (2021): The third book, bringing the trilogy’s core romance and revenge thread to its conclusion.

Rite Trilogy

This series can stand on its own, but it is set in the Society World and works best after The Society Trilogy if you want the full context.

1. His Rule (2022): The opener, focused on Mercedes De La Rosa and Judge Montgomery inside the same secret-society power structure.
2. Her Rebellion (2022): The middle book, pushing the conflict toward open defiance and emotional damage.
3. Their Reign (2022): The conclusion, turning the trilogy’s betrayals and loyalties into final consequences.

Ties That Bind duet

This is a shorter collaborative mafia lane.

1. Mine (2020): The first half of the duet, opening a Russian-mafia romance with a possessive, forbidden setup.
2. His (2020): The second half, finishing the duet’s story rather than branching into a separate arc.

Sacrifice Duet

This is the darkest and most overtly cursed/fated of the collaborative books.

1. The Tithing (2023): The opener, built around an ancient curse, marked heroines, and a forbidden bond between two families.
2. The Penitent (2023): The second book, completing the duet’s blood-price mythology and impossible-love thread.

The most useful reading paths

If you want the classic A. Zavarelli experience

Read Boston Underworld first. It is still the strongest single entry into her solo catalog.

If you want the shortest good series

Read Sin City Salvation. Three books is a much lighter commitment than Boston Underworld.

If you want the collaborative secret-society world

Read in this order:

1. The Society Trilogy
2. Rite Trilogy
3. Kingdom Fall
4. Ties That Bind or Sacrifice Duet

That order keeps the world-building cleanest, even though some later pieces can function on their own.

If you want a one-book test first

Try Pretty When She Cries for dark academy romance, Stealing Cinderella for a twisted fairy tale, or Tap Left for contemporary romance outside the mafia shelves.

Publication order or series order?

For A. Zavarelli, series order matters more than full publication order.

The solo shelves are mostly easy to separate from one another. The one place where the order becomes more important is the Society World, because the official guidance explicitly points readers to The Society Trilogy as the beginning of that interconnected set.

Latest release status

The newest A. Zavarelli book I could clearly verify is Pretty Prey (2026), the second Empire of Kings novel. That makes Empire of Kings the most obviously active current solo series.

FAQ

What should I read first by A. Zavarelli?

Start with Crow if you want mafia romance, or Requiem of the Soul if you want the collaborative Society World first.

Is Boston Underworld the best-known A. Zavarelli series?

Yes. It is the clearest long-form solo series and still the easiest place to begin.

Do I need to read the Natasha Knight books in order?

Yes, more than her solo books. The Society World has crossovers and an official recommended starting point.

Is Kingdom Fall a standalone?

It works as a single novel, but it also sits inside the broader Society World structure, so it is better understood as adjacent to that shared world than fully isolated.

What is A. Zavarelli’s newest series?

The newest clearly active solo series is Empire of Kings.