Zoe Blake Books in Order (Updated April 14, 2026)

With Zoe Blake, the easiest mistake is assuming every dark billionaire or mafia title belongs to one giant interlocked universe. It does not. Her catalog is better understood as a few main spines, each with its own rules.

One spine is built for shared-world mafia standalones. Another needs to be read straight through because it follows one central story. A third is a family saga that really does want full sequence discipline. Once you know which is which, the reading order becomes much simpler.

The three main ways into Zoe Blake

1. If you want the broadest and most representative Zoe Blake experience, start with Ruthless Obsession. Her official site calls it a dark mafia romance series made of standalones in a shared world, but still says it is best read in order. That makes it the most welcoming balance between flexible and structured.
2. If you want a newer mafia branch, start with Ivanov Crime Family. If you want a true continuing story rather than rotating couples, start with Dark Obsession or Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy, because both are explicitly marked as series that need to be read in order.

Spine one: Ruthless Obsession

This is the best first stop for most readers. The books are individual couple stories, but the shared world is meant to deepen as you go.

1. Sweet Cruelty (2020): The series opener, where a wrong door and the wrong man become the start of Zoe Blake’s signature mix of obsession, danger, and possessive dark-mafia romance.
2. Sweet Depravity (2021): A sharper, more confrontational follow-up that keeps the shared-world structure while leaning harder into the heroine colliding with a man who already thinks in terms of ownership.
3. Sweet Savagery (2021): A punishment-and-possession romance that pushes the series further into brutal antihero territory without abandoning the standalone-couple format.
4. Sweet Brutality (2020): A darker chase-and-claim entry where resistance is part of the attraction and the hero’s fixation becomes the book’s central engine.
5. Sweet Ferocity: A mercenary-centered romance that widens the series texture while staying inside the same dark shared world.
6. Sweet Intensity: Another shared-world standalone, built around sudden danger and a hero whose response is immediate, controlling, and absolute.
7. Sweet Severity: A later entry that continues the same pattern of ruthless hero, separate couple, and stronger payoff if you already know the surrounding world.
8. Sweet Animosity: The current eighth core book listed on the official reading-order page, carrying the same shared-world logic to another new couple.
9. Sweet Jealousy: Listed on the official site as coming soon, making it the next visible entry in this line rather than a confirmed published book as of the sources I checked.

Spine two: Ivanov Crime Family

This is the cleaner newer mafia branch. Like Ruthless Obsession, the official site treats these as standalones in a shared world that are best read in order.

1. Savage Vow (2021): The true start of the Ivanov line, opening with a forced mafia bond and the family code that defines the rest of the series.
2. Vicious Oath (2021): A second couple story that keeps the family-world momentum going while shifting the emotional center to a different pair.
3. Betrayed Honor (2021): A betrayal-driven mafia romance where duty, hurt, and loyalty become harder to separate.
4. Fierce Pursuit (2025): A later-series entry that returns to the Ivanov world after a gap, making more sense once the original trio is already behind you.
5. Twisted Proposal (2025): A proposal-and-power romance that signals marriage, strategy, and coercion all at once.
6. Sinister Promise (2025): A darker oath-driven story that keeps the family-centered mafia atmosphere intact.
7. Captive Prize (2025): A captivity-and-possession entry that currently closes the official published sequence on Zoe Blake’s reading-order page.
8. Cruel Protector (2026): Listed by Fantastic Fiction as the next Ivanov Crime Family book, making it the clearest currently visible upcoming continuation beyond the official page’s seven-book list.

Spine three: Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy

This is one of the least flexible Zoe Blake series. Her official site explicitly says it needs to be read in order, and the title pattern makes clear that this is a family saga rather than a shelf of disconnected dark billionaire romances.

1. Scandals of the Father: The family-saga opener, where the Cavalieri world begins with inherited damage, public scandal, and private power struggles.
2. Sins of the Son: A continuation that shifts generation and perspective without resetting the larger family conflict.
3. Secrets of the Brother: A darker family-legacy entry where hidden truths matter more because the series has already laid the groundwork.
4. Seduction of the Patriarch: A late-series power book that sounds exactly like what it is, not an entry point, but a payoff book once the family structure is already in place.
5. Scorn of the Betrothed: The current fifth book listed in the series, extending the dynasty through revenge, arrangement, and family fallout.

The one-story route: Dark Obsession

This is the shelf for readers who do not want rotating couples at all. Goodreads identifies it as dark BDSM between Lizzie and Richard, and Zoe Blake’s official page says it needs to be read in order. That makes it one of the simplest series to classify.

1. Wicked Games (2020): The beginning of Lizzie and Richard’s story, built around control, manipulation, and the heroine being pulled into a game she does not yet understand.
2. Sinister Games: The direct continuation, where the danger escalates because the relationship is already in motion rather than just beginning.
3. Savage Games: A darker middle-stage entry that keeps the same couple and increases the sense that this romance is really a power struggle.
4. Cruel Games: A later continuation where the chase-and-capture dynamic has become fully personal.
5. Vicious Games: The fifth and current listed book, completing the visible arc on the official reading-order page.

Shorter corridors: the series you can slot in later

These are real Zoe Blake series, but they are not the best first stop for most readers.

Surrender

The official page describes these as enemies-to-lovers dark-romance standalone novellas, which makes them easier to sample one at a time.

1. Ruthless Surrender: A novella-length dark romance with the usual Zoe Blake intensity compressed into a shorter format.
2. Rebellious Surrender: A hunter-and-runaway setup where resistance is part of the couple dynamic from the start.
3. Reckless Surrender: A later novella built around lies, pursuit, and a hero who takes deception personally.
4. Relentless Surrender: The fourth listed entry, keeping the same short, aggressive dark-romance structure.

Broken Doll

This is one of the least casual Zoe Blake reads. The official site labels it erotic horror and says it needs to be read in order.

1. Broken Doll (2018): A bleak, disorienting opening that leans harder into horror than her mafia books do.
2. Damaged Doll (2018): A direct continuation where captivity and objectification become even more central.
3. Damned Doll (2019): The finale, carrying the same horror-leaning tone through to the end.

Gilded Decadence

This is the co-authored 2024 billionaire line with Alta Hensley, and the official page treats it as shared-world standalones best read in order.

1. Ruthlessly His: A dark billionaire opener where wealth and cruelty are part of the romantic fantasy rather than background detail.
2. Savagely His: A second shared-world entry that keeps the same ruthless tone while shifting couples.
3. Brutally His: Another billionaire antihero romance, escalated through forceful obsession.
4. Reluctantly His: A later entry built around resistance and reluctant proximity.
5. Unwillingly His: A darker coercion-flavored installment that stays inside the same shared-world structure.
6. Sinfully His: The sixth currently listed book, extending the series through another new couple.

Wicked Ever After / Dark Fantasy

This is the fairytale-reimagining side project rather than the main mafia or billionaire route.

1. Snow and the Seven Huntsmen (2018): A dark reverse-harem Snow White reworking that announces immediately that this branch plays by fantasy rules, not mafia ones.
2. Red and the Wolves (2018): A Red Riding Hood–styled retelling with the same dark reverse-harem energy.
3. Queen and the Kingsmen (2018): The third dark-fantasy entry, continuing the co-authored fairytale line.
4. Wicked Ever After (2018): A box set gathering the three books rather than a separate next novel.

Best reading orders, depending on what you want

For the fullest Zoe Blake introduction

1. Sweet Cruelty
2. Sweet Depravity
3. Sweet Savagery
4. Sweet Brutality
5. Continue through Ruthless Obsession

This works because you get Zoe Blake’s core dark-mafia style in the series her own site treats as shared-world standalones best read in order.

For mafia readers who want the newer branch

1. Savage Vow
2. Vicious Oath
3. Betrayed Honor
4. Fierce Pursuit
5. Twisted Proposal
6. Sinister Promise
7. Captive Prize
8. Cruel Protector when available

This is the cleanest current mafia climb.

For readers who want one continuous story

1. Wicked Games
2. Sinister Games
3. Savage Games
4. Cruel Games
5. Vicious Games

This is the least anthology-like Zoe Blake route.

For billionaire family saga readers

1. Scandals of the Father
2. Sins of the Son
3. Secrets of the Brother
4. Seduction of the Patriarch
5. Scorn of the Betrothed

This is the series where “in order” matters most after Dark Obsession.

What is Zoe Blake’s newest book?

From the sources I checked, the newest clearly listed upcoming core-series title is Cruel Protector in Ivanov Crime Family, shown by Fantastic Fiction as a 2026 release. Zoe Blake’s official reading-order page also lists Sweet Jealousy in Ruthless Obsession as “coming soon,” which makes both series actively expanding, though Cruel Protector is the more concretely dated current listing.

Final recommendation

If you only want one clean answer, begin with Sweet Cruelty and stay inside Ruthless Obsession first. After that, move to Ivanov Crime Family if you want more mafia, Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy if you want a stricter family saga, or Dark Obsession if you want one couple’s full dark spiral rather than rotating leads.