Bella J Books in Order (Updated April 14, 2026)

With Bella J, the real reading-order question is not “publication order or chronological order?” It is “am I reading the older separate series, or am I entering the Dark Sovereign world?”

That matters because her official site now groups Alexius’ Trilogy, Nicoli’s Trilogy, Caelian’s Duet, Isaia’s Trilogy, and Club Myth under one umbrella: Dark Sovereign World. Her official description calls it a collection of interconnected standalones, duets, and trilogies following the Del Rossa men and the elite adult club at the center of that world.

The cleanest way to understand Bella J

Think of the catalog in two stages.

The first stage is the earlier, separate runs: Royal Mafia, Twisted Duet, American Street Kings, Reckless Duet, and Vows and Vengeance. The second stage is Dark Sovereign World, which is clearly the main current spine of her bibliography and the place where the series become more interconnected.

That means the safest recommendation for most new readers is simple: if you want Bella J’s current main universe, start with Alexius and keep moving forward through the Del Rossa books.

The main spine: Dark Sovereign World

This is the center of Bella J’s current catalog, and it is the sequence most readers should prioritize first. The official site groups these books by sub-series, while Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads also show the broader numbered Dark Sovereign run continuing through Unleashed, with Maximo now appearing as the next listed book.

Alexius’ Trilogy

1. Alexius (2022): The true opening move of the Dark Sovereign world, introducing Alexius Del Rossa, the empire he rules, and the brutal, controlling tone that defines the rest of the connected books.
2. His Wife (2022): The relationship deepens under pressure, with marriage no longer just a setup but the trap and battleground of the story itself.
3. Unraveled (2022): The third Alexius book pushes the fallout, secrets, and power struggles toward full trilogy payoff rather than resetting to a new couple.

Nicoli’s Trilogy

4. Nicoli (2023): The world shifts to another Del Rossa man, but it still sits firmly inside the same mafia empire and works best once Alexius’ trilogy is already behind you.
5. His Queen (2023): A continuation where love inside the Dark Sovereign world comes with bloodshed, enemies, and the cost of being claimed by the wrong kind of king.
6. Unveiled (2023): The third Nicoli book keeps the same couple arc moving and is not the place to jump in cold.

Caelian’s Duet

7. Caelian (2024): A runaway-or-marriage setup opens the Caelian branch, using forced choices and mafia pressure to start a shorter two-book arc.
8. His Bride (2024): The duet’s second half turns that forced bond into the emotional and strategic center of the story.

Isaia’s Trilogy

9. Isaia (2025): The next Del Rossa branch begins here, adding another possessive hero to the same larger family world.
10. His Angel (2025): Official site copy frames this as an obsessive island-set continuation where Isaia’s love feels as much like a cage as a devotion.
11. Unleashed (2025): The current end of the published Dark Sovereign sequence, listed by Fantastic Fiction and Goodreads after His Angel.

Next listed Dark Sovereign book

12. Maximo (listed): Goodreads shows Maximo as Dark Sovereign book 12, and Amazon now has a listing for it, which makes it the clearest visible next step in the world even though fuller official-series copy is still thin in the sources I checked.

Where Club Myth fits

Club Myth is not a separate giant universe so much as a connected Dark Sovereign orbit. Bella J’s official Dark Sovereign page explicitly says the Del Rossa men indulge their fantasies within the walls of Club Myth, and the official Club Myth page identifies Primal Pursuit as Club Myth book 2 and ties its hero directly to the Dark Sovereign elites.

That makes Club Myth best treated as adjacent connected reading, not as a better starting point than Alexius.

From the sources I checked, the safest verified Club Myth sequence is:

1. Bared Betrayal: The first Club Myth book, commonly listed in Goodreads/series indexes as the opener to this connected branch.
2. Primal Pursuit (2024): Officially labeled Club Myth – Book 2, about Davian Stark, one of the Dark Sovereign elites.

The earlier separate series

These are not the wrong place to start. They are just not the current center of Bella J’s catalog in the same way Dark Sovereign is.

Royal Mafia

1. Mafia Princess (2018): An early mafia opener that begins one of Bella J’s first clearly defined dark-romance series.
2. Mafia Prince (2018): The second book continues the family-power thread rather than resetting the world.
3. Mafia King (2018): A further escalation inside the same royal-mafia setup.
4. Mafia Queen (2019): The fourth and final listed Royal Mafia book.

Twisted Duet

1. Blood and Lies (2019): A duet opener built around deception, violence, and the darker end of Bella J’s relationship dynamics.
2. Blood and Vows (2019): The direct continuation and intended payoff to the duet.

American Street Kings

1. Depraved (2019): The first MC-set dark romance, opening the series with the violent, obsessive edge Bella J brings to biker fiction.
2. Defiant (2019): The second book keeps the same MC world in motion.
3. Deranged (2019): A later series entry that continues the same biker atmosphere.
4. Destroyed (2019): The fourth listed book and the end of the core run.

Reckless Duet

1. To Touch You (2021): A duet opener built around dangerous attraction and the kind of hero Bella J rarely softens.
2. To Hate You (2021): The direct continuation, meant to be read right after book one.

Vows and Vengeance Duet

1. Devil’s Vow (2022): An arranged-marriage dark romance where the wedding itself is the trap, not the resolution.
2. The Devil’s Vengeance (2022): The duet’s second half, carrying the violence, trauma, and revenge elements forward.

Sins of Saint Trilogy

1. Saint (2021): A forced-marriage dark romance that opens with kidnapping, captivity, and a heroine pulled into a life she never chose.
2. Sinner (2021): The continuation of that same central arc and power dynamic.
3. Solemn (2022): The trilogy closer and the payoff to the Saint/Sinner line.

Standalones

Bella J’s official site keeps a separate standalones section, which is the clearest signal not to force these into a world order unless a future page says otherwise.

The most visible standalone titles across the sources I checked are:

• Stiletto Secrets (2019): An early standalone frequently listed outside the major series buckets.
• The Musician (2021): A standalone novel, not part of the mafia-family runs.
• Cruel God: A standalone centered on Rex Cain and the Cain empire, listed on Bella J’s standalone page rather than under Dark Sovereign or the earlier series.
• Pretty Kind of Violence: Currently featured on Bella J’s homepage and Goodreads as a new visible standalone-style dark romance.

The best Bella J reading order for most readers

Here is the cleanest reader-first route:

1. Alexius
2. His Wife
3. Unraveled
4. Nicoli
5. His Queen
6. Unveiled
7. Caelian
8. His Bride
9. Isaia
10. His Angel
11. Unleashed
12. Then add Club Myth if you want the connected side branch

That order follows Bella J’s current official site structure and preserves the family and world buildup of the Del Rossa books first.

What is the best Bella J book to start with?

Alexius is the best starting point for most readers.

Not because it is the oldest Bella J book, but because it is the front door to the author’s clearest current main world. If you start elsewhere, you can still enjoy the book, but you lose the gradual construction of the Del Rossa empire and the Club Myth orbit around it.

Latest release status

The newest published Dark Sovereign title I could verify cleanly across sources is Unleashed (2025). The next visible entry is Maximo, which Goodreads lists as book 12 in Dark Sovereign and Amazon now has as a listing, but I would still treat it as a listed next book rather than a fully established published endpoint until Bella J’s official series pages expand on it more directly.

Final recommendation

If you only want one answer, read Bella J by fault line, not by total publication year. Start with Dark Sovereign World, begin at Alexius, and stay with the Del Rossa sequence first. After that, go backward into Royal Mafia, American Street Kings, or the duets when you want more of her earlier dark-romance work.