Katee Robert Books in Order (Updated April 22, 2026)

Katee Robert writes across several different continuities rather than one giant shared reading order. The biggest names right now are Dark Olympus, A Deal with a Demon, Wicked Villains, Crimson Sails, and The O’Malleys, but her official site also lists a wide spread of shorter series, standalones, and shared-world entries.

That means the first job is not “start at book one of everything.” It is choosing the right lane. If you want the most widely recommended modern entry point, start with Neon Gods. If you want monster romance, start with The Dragon’s Bride. If you want dark Disney-inspired romance, start with Desperate Measures. If you want romantic suspense, start with Dark Succession.

Start here: the safest entry points

• Start with Neon Gods if you want the series most readers now associate with Katee Robert. Dark Olympus is a connected modern mythology romance sequence, and publication order is the safest path.
• Start with The Dragon’s Bride if you want monster romance first. A Deal with a Demon is its own separate sequence and does not need Dark Olympus for context.
• Start with Desperate Measures if you want dark fairy-tale or villain retellings. Wicked Villains is another separate continuity.
• Start with Dark Succession if you want mafia-leaning romantic suspense with stronger family and criminal-power continuity. The O’Malleys is one of the better “read in order” older Katee Robert series.

The best Katee Robert reading order

For most readers, this is the cleanest route:

1. Read one series at a time.
2. Use publication order inside each series.
3. Keep Dark Olympus, Wicked Villains, A Deal with a Demon, Crimson Sails, and The O’Malleys separate from each other.
4. Treat omnibuses, special editions, and bind-ups as format choices unless they contain clearly separate short fiction.

Dark Olympus books in order

This is the clearest starting lane for new readers because it is current, high-profile, and still easy to follow in publication order. The official series page lists Stone Heart as book 0.5, then the numbered novels through Shattered Gods.

• Stone Heart (2023): A prequel novella that works as extra setup for the Dark Olympus world, but it is usually better after you already know the tone of the series.
• Neon Gods (2021): The true launch point for the series, introducing modern Olympus politics through the Hades and Persephone retelling.
• Electric Idol (2022): A Cupid and Psyche retelling that widens the city’s internal power structure while remaining accessible after book one.
• Wicked Beauty (2022): A Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Patroclus retelling that expands the series’ relationship range and public-stakes feel.
• Radiant Sin (2023): A heist-shaped Apollo and Cassandra story that moves the series beyond one city faction and into larger strategic games.
• Cruel Seduction (2023): A more politically charged entry that raises the pressure around succession, alliances, and shifting loyalties.
• Midnight Ruin (2024): A Eurydice-centered story that pulls previously supporting tensions into the foreground and deepens the family conflict.
• Dark Restraint (2024): The next phase of the central power struggle, with the series leaning harder into long-running consequences.
• Sweet Obsession (2025): A Poseidon and Icarus retelling that keeps Dark Olympus moving while opening another corner of its mythic-political map.
• Tender Cruelty (2025): A Zeus and Hera novel that pushes the ruling-center conflict toward endgame territory.
• Shattered Gods (2026): The tenth Dark Olympus book and the current listed capstone, positioned as the closing movement of the ten-book saga.

A Deal with a Demon books in order

This is a separate monster-romance sequence, and it reads best straight through in publication order. The official series page currently lists six books.

• The Dragon’s Bride (2022): The series opener and the clearest starting point, establishing the bargain-with-monsters setup that defines the line.
• The Kraken’s Sacrifice (2022): The second book keeps the same broad world and tone while shifting to a new monster pairing.
• The Gargoyle’s Captive (2023): A captivity-and-connection entry that continues the linked-but-couple-focused pattern.
• The Succubus’s Prize (2023): This book broadens the supernatural cast while staying inside the same bargain-driven framework.
• The Demon’s Bargain (2024): A later-series installment that works best after the earlier monster books because the wider supernatural setting is already in place.
• The Demon’s Queen (2025): The sixth official entry and the current endpoint listed on Robert’s series page.

Wicked Villains books in order

This is a separate continuity built around darker fairy-tale and villain retellings. The official series page lists the main sequence plus a shorts volume.

• Desperate Measures (2019): The best place to start this line, opening the series with a dark Jasmine, Jafar, and Aladdin reworking.
• Learn My Lesson (2019): A Hercules-inspired retelling that makes the shared Wicked Villains world feel larger and stranger.
• A Worthy Opponent (2020): The Peter Pan-inspired third book pushes the line further into power games and predatory romance dynamics.
• The Beast (2020): A Beauty and the Beast-flavored installment that keeps the series’ darker erotic-fantasy tone intact.
• The Sea Witch (2020): A Little Mermaid-adjacent entry that continues the villain-centered reinterpretation model.
• Queen Takes Rose (2020): A Sleeping Beauty reworking that closes the six-book main run.
• Wicked Villains Shorts (2020): A companion short-fiction collection best saved until after the novels.
• Wicked Pursuit (2025): Robert’s current site lists this as Wicked Villains #7, so it now functions as the newest main-sequence continuation rather than just an extra.

Crimson Sails books in order

This is a separate fantasy-romance/pirate line. The official page currently shows three books.

• Hunt on Dark Waters (2023): The best starting point for readers who want fantasy adventure and romance rather than contemporary mythology.
• Blood on the Tide (2024): The second book deepens the pirate-and-magic framework while continuing the broader series atmosphere.
• Rebel in the Deep (2025): The third listed book continues the same fantasy-romance continuity and is the current endpoint on the official series page.

The O’Malleys books in order

This is one of Robert’s stronger “read in order” romantic suspense series because family politics and criminal alliances carry forward from book to book. Robert’s official site uses one set of titles, while Fantastic Fiction also notes earlier alternate titles for several books.

• Dark Succession (2015): The opening O’Malleys novel and the right place to start, introducing the family’s dangerous reputation and the series’ criminal-power structure.
• Heated Rivals (2016): The second book builds directly on the family and alliance tensions established in book one.
• Twisted Secrets (2016): This installment keeps the same family-centered suspense engine moving and expands the sense of internal risk.
• Beautiful Vengeance (2017): The fourth book pushes the cost of loyalty and leaving the family orbit into sharper focus.
• Lovely Corruption (2017): Aiden’s book ties romance to undercover-style pressure and justice-driven motives within the same world.
• Ruthless Redemption (2018): The sixth O’Malleys novel closes the main line with a stronger sense of payoff for the family’s longer conflict.

Bloodline Vampires books in order

The official site presents this series both as the original trilogy and as the collected Court of the Vampire Queen edition.

• Sacrifice (2022): The first part of the Bloodline Vampires story and the true opening if you want the trilogy in original parts.
• Heir (2022): The middle installment develops the central power and inheritance conflict.
• Queen (2022): The trilogy finale, which the official site explicitly says should be read after Heir.
• Court of the Vampire Queen (2022): The collected edition that packages the trilogy in one volume, so it replaces reading the three parts separately rather than adding new continuity.

Twisted Hearts books in order

This is a separate series and the one place where the 0.5 novella matters because it sets up the main trio before the full novel sequence.

• Theirs for the Night (2018): A setup novella that introduces the central triad and works best before book one.
• Forever Theirs (2018): The first full novel continues directly from the novella and is not a clean standalone.
• Theirs Ever After (2018): The second book explores what happens after the expected romantic endpoint instead of treating commitment as the finish line.
• His Forbidden Desire (2019): The series expands outward from the original trio into related character threads.
• Her Rival’s Touch (2019): Another connected entry that keeps the same emotional and erotic style while shifting leads.
• His Tormented Heart (2019): A darker installment that leans into the family pain and revenge elements behind this line.
• Her Vengeful Embrace (2019): The sixth official entry continues that connected family-and-desire thread to the current endpoint listed on Robert’s site.

Other official Katee Robert series in order

These are all on Robert’s current site, but most are shorter and less likely to be the first thing a new reader wants. They are easiest to handle as separate series rather than trying to force them into one master order.

Come Undone

• Wrong Bed, Right Guy (2012): The opening book in an early contemporary romance series built around linked couples rather than a heavy overarching plot.
• Chasing Mrs. Right (2013): The second book continues the small-series relationship web.
• Two Wrongs, One Right (2013): A second-chance installment that keeps the series in the same standalone-friendly mode.
• Seducing Mr. Right (2014): The fourth book closes the line’s core run.

Foolproof Love

• Foolproof Love (2015): The series opener and the right place to start this small-town contemporary line.
• Fool Me Once (2015): The second book continues the linked-standalone structure.
• A Fool for You (2016): The third book completes the trilogy.

Hidden Sins

• The Devil’s Daughter (2017): The opening romantic-suspense novel and the best starting point for this darker mystery-leaning trilogy.
• The Hunting Grounds (2017): The second book continues the suspense angle with another danger-centered setup.
• The Surviving Girls (2018): The third book closes the trilogy with the strongest thriller framing of the three.

Hot in Hollywood

• Ties That Bind (2017): The first book starts this Hollywood-set contemporary romance pair.
• Animal Attraction (2017): The second book completes the short series.

The Kings

• The Last King (2018): The series opener introduces the contemporary royal-romance setup.
• The Fearless King (2019): The second book continues that same world and tone.

Make Me

• Make Me Want (2018): The first book opens this contemporary romance line and is the clean starting point.
• Make Me Crave (2018): The second entry continues the linked-standalone model.
• Make Me Yours (2019): The third book keeps the same tone and social circle.
• Make Me Need (2019): The fourth book completes the main Make Me sequence.
• Illicit Temptations (2024): An omnibus volume for the series, not a separate continuity starting point.
• Forbidden Games (2025): Another bind-up/collection title connected to the Make Me books rather than a new numbered novel.

Sabine Valley

• Abel (2024): The first Sabine Valley book begins one of Robert’s newer official-site series.
• Broderick (2024): The second listed entry continues that same line.

A Touch of Taboo

• Your Dad Will Do (2020): The opening novella in this taboo-romance line and the clearest indication of its tone.
• Gifting Me to His Best Friend (2020): The second entry keeps the same short-form, high-heat structure.
• My Dad’s Best Friend (2020): The third book continues the series’ taboo setup.

Bad Boy Homecoming

Prom Queen (2017): The only currently listed book in this line on Robert’s official site.

The Barnes Sisters

Recipe for Temptation (2025): The first currently listed Barnes Sisters novel and a newer official-site series launch.

Scandalous Scions

The Bastard’s Betrayal (2025): The first currently listed book in this newer series.

Secret Fantasy

Forbidden Fling (2025): The first listed Secret Fantasy title on Robert’s official site.

Sea King’s Daughters

Siren’s Curse (2018): Robert’s contribution to the shared-world Sea King’s Daughters project, where other authors wrote other entries.

Dangerous Tides

To Kidnap a Princess (2023): Robert’s entry in another shared-world project, listed on her site as Dangerous Tides #4, which signals that earlier books in that world belong to other authors.

Beautiful Nightmare

Beautiful Nightmare (2025): A currently listed stand-alone or collection-linked title on Robert’s site rather than a long established series sequence.

The Tarot Trials

The Tarot Trials (2026): Robert’s upcoming epic-fantasy series opener, officially listed on her site and separately reported for an October 20, 2026 release.

Publication order or chronological order?

For Katee Robert, publication order wins almost every time. Most of her series are either couple-linked contemporary sequences or connected romance worlds with recurring political and family threads. Chronological reading usually does not add anything valuable, and in lines like Dark Olympus or The O’Malleys, publication order preserves the intended reveals best.

What is separate continuity, and what is optional?

• Separate continuity: Dark Olympus, A Deal with a Demon, Wicked Villains, Crimson Sails, The O’Malleys, Bloodline Vampires, Twisted Hearts, and the other named series above should all be treated as separate reading lanes.
• Optional extras: Prequel novellas like Stone Heart, short-fiction collections like Wicked Villains Shorts, and bind-ups like Court of the Vampire Queen, Illicit Temptations, and Forbidden Games are best treated as optional or format-dependent rather than mandatory new continuity.

Latest release status

As of April 22, 2026, the most recent major Dark Olympus title is Shattered Gods, the official Dark Olympus #10. Robert’s official site also lists The Tarot Trials as a separate new series, and People reported its release date as October 20, 2026.

FAQ

What should I read first by Katee Robert?
Start with Neon Gods unless you already know you want monster romance or darker fairy-tale retellings.

Do I need to read all Katee Robert books in one master order?
No. Her catalog is best approached as separate series, not one giant continuity.

What is the best monster-romance starting point?
The Dragon’s Bride.

What is the best dark-retelling starting point?
Desperate Measures for Wicked Villains, or Neon Gods for Dark Olympus, depending on whether you want fairy-tale villains or modern Greek myth.

Do special editions and omnibuses count as separate books in the order?
Usually no. They are usually collections, repackagings, or alternative formats unless clearly marked as separate stories.

Final recommendation

If you want the one clean answer, it is this: start with Neon Gods and read Dark Olympus in publication order. After that, choose a separate lane based on taste: The Dragon’s Bride for monsters, Desperate Measures for villain retellings, Dark Succession for suspense, or Hunt on Dark Waters for fantasy adventure.