Ruby Vincent Books in Order (Updated March 14, 2026)

Ruby Vincent writes dark why-choose romance, mostly in academy, bully, gang, and morally gray ensemble setups. The most important continuity choice is this: some series stand alone, but House of Cards is an eight-book run made from two linked arcs, so it should be read as one longer sequence rather than split apart.

If you want the safest starting point, start with Marked. If you want the strongest fully finished later trilogy, start with Ruckus Royale. If you want a newer paranormal branch, start with Moon Kissed.

Lane 1: House of Cards

This is the best entry lane for most readers. On Ruby Vincent’s own reading-order page, House of Cards runs straight from Evergreen Academy into Somerset University, and Goodreads confirms the Somerset books continue the Evergreen story rather than resetting it.

1. Marked (2019): The first Evergreen Academy book throws Valentina into a high-school bully environment built around Ryder and the Knights, establishing the enemies-to-lovers and power-struggle dynamic that drives the whole world.
2. Broken (2019): The second book deepens the academy conflict and keeps Valentina trapped inside the same cruel social hierarchy, so it works best as a direct continuation rather than a pause point.
3. Bound (2019): The third book tightens the emotional and political pressure around the central group, pushing the series toward its final Evergreen payoff.
4. Unmasked (2019): The Evergreen arc closes here, and Goodreads labels it the final book in that high-school bully sequence.
5. Ruthless (2020): This opens the Somerset University portion of the same wider continuity, moving the cast into college while continuing the Evergreen storyline rather than starting a separate universe.
6. Wicked (2020): The second Somerset book keeps the same relationship and fallout moving forward, which is why reading it out of order would undercut the payoffs.
7. Mercy (2020): The third Somerset book raises the leadership and loyalty stakes, with Goodreads again describing it as a continuation of Evergreen Academy.
8. Redemption (2021): The final House of Cards book closes the full eight-book arc, making this the true end of Ruby Vincent’s longest linked contemporary series.

Best way to read it: straight through from Marked to Redemption with no detours. That preserves the school-to-college escalation and the intended emotional progression.

Lane 2: Breakbattle Academy

This is the other early academy route, but it is more self-contained than House of Cards. Goodreads lists Orientation Week as book 0.5, so the cleanest version is to treat it as an optional prequel and then read the four main novels.

1. Orientation Week (2019): A prequel-style introduction to Breakbattle Academy that sets the school’s tone and gives extra context before the main story begins.
2. The Plan (2019): The proper series opener, where the academy power game starts in earnest and the heroine is pulled into the school’s dangerous social structure.
3. The Execution (2020): The second main book sharpens the consequences of the original plan and leans further into the bully-romance pressure cooker.
4. The Judgement (2020): This book keeps the same central conflict moving and is best read as the penultimate stretch rather than as a standalone stop.
5. The Elites (2020): Goodreads and the book page frame this as the final year and final book, so it works as the natural capstone to the series.

Lane 3: Raven River Academy

This is a shorter trilogy and one of the easiest Ruby Vincent series to binge in a weekend. It stays in contemporary bully-romance territory, but because it is only three books long, the pacing feels tighter and more compressed than House of Cards.

1. The Angels (2020): The heroine is left behind by her parents and dropped into Raven River’s hostile environment, which sets up the trilogy’s abandonment-and-survival edge from page one.
2. The Sinners (2020): The middle book widens the destruction already in motion and keeps the heroine moving deeper into Raven River’s darker power games.
3. The End (2020): The finale resolves the trilogy’s main conflict, though even its blurb signals that the ending comes with more chaos than relief.

Lane 4: Saint and Sinners

This is one of Ruby Vincent’s biggest later series. The core contemporary quartet is followed by a next-generation extension, and the official site now places King of Cruelty after those six earlier books, so the safest order is simple publication/series order.

1. Saint (2021): The series opens in Cinco City and begins the first central why-choose arc, setting up the city, its violence, and the heroine’s struggle to stop surviving alone.
2. Cash (2021): The second book keeps the same main arc moving, with the relationship network and city conflict growing more entangled.
3. Brutal (2021): The third book marks a shift in the game itself, making it the point where the series pushes harder on changing loyalties and higher stakes.
4. Mercer (2021): The original quartet closes here, so it should be read before the later connected books.
5. Son of Saint (2022): The first follow-on book extends the Saint and Sinners world into the next generation rather than beginning a separate unrelated series.
6. Daughter of Deception (2022): The next connected entry continues that legacy branch and belongs after Son of Saint.
7. King of Cruelty (2025): Ruby Vincent’s official page lists this as Saint and Sinners #7, making it the current end point of the line.

Lane 5: The Bedlam Boys

This trilogy is compact, finished, and easier to recommend than some of the sprawling academy runs. It leans into town history, factions, and a more overt sense of place than the school-centered books.

1. Ruckus Royale (2021): Bedlam begins as a town built on revolt, pain, and murder, and the heroine is forced into a deadly local game with the boys now running the chaos.
2. Riot Kings (2021): The second book escalates the Crows-versus-Bedlam Boys conflict and digs deeper into the town’s buried secrets.
3. Chaos Crown (2022): The trilogy ends with open faction war and a fight over Bedlam itself, so it lands as the most political and large-scale book of the three.

Lane 6: The Rogues

This is a shorter, later trilogy and one of the cleaner places to go after you already know you like Ruby Vincent’s style. It is separate continuity, so you do not need any earlier series to follow it.

1. Rogues of Regalia (2022): The series opens by planting the heroine in Regalia’s dangerous social world, with the “rogues” setup carrying more court-and-power energy than a school setting.
2. Trade in Vengeance (2023): The second book turns harder toward retaliation and consequence, making the trilogy feel more openly strategic.
3. Reign by Wrath (2023): The finale pays off the Phantom thread and closes the trilogy’s revenge-and-rule arc.

Lane 7: Corvin Academy

This is the current paranormal branch, and it is the clearest “read this if you want wolves and fated mates” option. The official reading-order page still only shows Moon Kissed, but Goodreads and Fantastic Fiction both confirm a second book, Moon Cursed, published in 2025.

1. Moon Kissed (2025): The heroine is a chosen one with rare power and a fated-mate destiny, but the setup flips violently during the bond ceremony and sends the story into paranormal bully territory.
2. Moon Cursed (2025): The second book continues the same Corvin Academy story, and Fantastic Fiction identifies it specifically as book two of a trilogy rather than a complete ending.

Standalones

Ruby Vincent’s official reading-order page lists The Trouble with Bullies and Belle and the Beast as standalones, and her site now also has Double Bluff filed under standalones. These are good detours when you want the tone without committing to a long series.

1. The Trouble With Bullies (2020): A former queen bee is knocked off her throne by one cruel act and has to fight back against the kind of bullies she once ruled beside.
2. Belle and the Beast (2020): A young woman trapped in fear and family control is pushed toward a marriage-market event she does not want, only to be pulled into a darker enemies-to-lovers setup with multiple men.
3. Double Bluff (2026): Ruby Vincent’s newest standalone is a why-choose romantic mystery about an outcast twin who assumes her dead sister’s identity and walks into the sister’s marriage, child, and wealthy household.

Where to begin, depending on what you want

Read Marked first if you want the most representative Ruby Vincent experience and the longest continuous payoff. Read Ruckus Royale first if you want a finished trilogy with a strong town-and-faction hook. Read Moon Kissed first if paranormal mates are the main draw. Read Double Bluff first if you want a single-book sample of her current style before committing to a series.

What is current and what is next

As of March 14, 2026, Double Bluff is the latest released Ruby Vincent title on the official site, with High Class Street Trash listed next as Rags to Riches #1 in April 2026; Fantastic Fiction also lists Moneybag Bums for June 2026 and Blueblood Bad Boys for August 2026 in that same series. Because those later books are upcoming, I would not slot Rags to Riches into a full reading order yet beyond noting that it appears to be set in the House of Cards world.

The simplest recommended order

If you want one clean path instead of several lanes, use this:

1. Marked
2. finish House of Cards through Redemption
3. Saint and Sinners
4. The Bedlam Boys
5. The Rogues
6. Corvin Academy
7. then the standalones whenever you want a break from longer arcs.