Dark Hearts Books in Order
Part ofJagger Cole Books in OrderRead the Dark Hearts books by Jagger Cole in order, with summaries, mafia-family background, and where to begin.
Last updated: June 6, 2026
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Publication Order
5 books
Vicious Hearts
by Jagger Cole
2023
Sent to kill Irish mafia boss Cillian Kildare, she is caught instead. He offers protection from her past, but the price is a six-month marriage and total surrender.
Twisted Hearts
by Jagger Cole
2023
Gavan Tsarenko sees what she did during a grad-school prank gone wrong, and now he owns her debt. Six months in his power becomes a dangerous enemies-to-lovers spiral.
Stolen Hearts
by Jagger Cole
2023
A stolen kiss with Castle James should have stayed buried, especially because he is her best friend’s older brother. When a mafia don comes to collect her, Castle may not step aside.
Sinful Hearts
by Jagger Cole
2023
One masked night with a stranger is meant to sever a heroine from her Bratva past. Then she learns the man was Hades Drakos, her client, and he knows her secrets.
Deviant Hearts
by Jagger Cole
2023
Neve must marry Ares Drakos to stop a mafia war between Irish and Greek families. Their match is meant to be strategy, but hatred and desire make it dangerously real.
Series background & context
Dark Hearts is a major Jagger Cole mafia series about the Drakos, Kildare, and connected crime families. It begins with Deviant Hearts, where an arranged marriage is meant to stop a war between Irish and Greek mafia families.
The series uses a new couple in each book, but the family web matters. Brothers, rivals, enemies, and side characters keep reappearing, so reading in order gives the emotional history more weight.
The core pattern is danger first, trust later.
These books lean into arranged marriages, enemies to lovers, captivity, secrets, age gaps, and heroes who are often described inside the story as monsters, devils, or gods of war. The heroines are not passive, though. They fight back, hide their own scars, and often know exactly how to wound the men trying to control them.
Start with Deviant Hearts. It sets the tone for the series and introduces the kind of family politics, violent stakes, and intense romance that carry through Vicious Hearts, Sinful Hearts, and the rest.
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