Sam Mariano Books in Order

Nikki already lives under the shadow of her mother's scandal when a hateful encounter ties her to Derek Noble. Their volatile enemies to lovers connection mixes family baggage, obsession, and the kind of first love that leaves bruises.

Julie transfers to a Chicago college to live with her unreliable boyfriend and winds up working as a nanny instead. Her bond with her married employer grows far too close, turning a fresh start into a moral mess.

Willow Kensington is abducted by traffickers just after her eighteenth birthday. The man who helps save her is Ethan Wilde, an undercover investigator whose terrible compromise leaves both of them bound together by guilt, trauma, and attraction.

Back home after unimaginable trauma, Willow tries to rebuild a life that no longer fits. Her connection with Ethan only grows more complicated as both of them face the damage done and the future they should not want.

Mia accidentally witnesses Vince Morelli's first mob hit and makes the worst possible enemy notice her. What follows is a dark mafia romance where attraction and survival become tangled inside a ruthless Chicago crime family.

As the Morelli drama keeps escalating, the past refuses to stay buried and no one gets a clean escape. This installment brings key players back into the fire and forces them to face what home really costs.

Told from Mateo's point of view, this companion novella revisits the Morelli saga from the inside. It adds extra scenes, deeper context, and a closer look at one of Sam Mariano's most controlling antiheroes.

Francesca Morelli falls for Salvatore Castellanos, a man from a rival family she should never trust. Their romance deepens the war around them and exposes just how costly loyalty can be in this world.

The main Morelli saga races toward its end as years of violence, loyalty, and impossible love finally demand payment. This is the book where the long game comes due and nothing stays tidy.

Adrian Palmetto wants out of Mateo Morelli's world and a real life with Elise at last. But old loyalties, buried rage, and unfinished business make escape far harder than either of them hoped.

The fallout from loving Mateo turns brutal as old bargains snap and enemies close in. This installment pushes the Morelli saga deeper into obsession, retaliation, and the chaos that follows powerful men.

A widow grieving her husband is ordered to seduce and kill Chicago crime lord Mateo Morelli. Instead, she is pulled into his orbit, where every bargain is dangerous and every feeling comes with a body count.

After her father's murder, Annabelle De Luca refuses to bend to the men trying to control her life. Liam Hunt, a gunman with his own orders, becomes both her danger and her only possible way out.

Years after Derek shattered Nikki's heart, he pushes back into her life and refuses to let her stay gone. This sequel turns their messy first love into a tense second chance fight over trust, forgiveness, and unfinished desire.

What happens in Vegas refuses to stay there as Rafe Morelli's world grows more personal and more dangerous. This middle book raises the stakes on desire, power, and the cost of staying close to a Morelli.

A supposedly harmless weekend fling with Vegas boss Rafe Morelli leaves one woman with a life changing problem. The first Vegas Morellis book turns lust, power, and bad decisions into a dangerous invitation back into his world.

Two boys built their lives together long before Moira changed the balance between them. This MFM romance turns old loyalty, jealousy, and love into a tangled relationship none of them can keep simple.

Virginia has spent years keeping her distance from Rafe Morelli, at least where it counts. That plan collapses when loyalty, desire, and danger finally force her to choose between the life she wanted and the man she cannot quit.

After getting a football player suspended for harassing her, a Texas senior becomes the target of star quarterback Carter Mahoney. His attention is terrifying, obsessive, and impossible to ignore in this infamous dark bully romance.

Dante Morelli gets his own brutal love story in a book that works best after the main series. A woman who once thought love could save him learns just how dangerous it is to be the thing he refuses to lose.

Alyssa never expects Brantley Morrison to show up in her bedroom with a gun and a plan. Instead of destroying her, he finds himself drawn to the very woman he was never supposed to keep.

Jasper Harding, a charmingly unhinged mafia hitman, needs a date for the holidays. Autumn is stranded, out of options, and about to learn that in a Sam Mariano Christmas romance, kidnapping can be a meet cute.

Noelle is the star student her frighteningly hot teacher cannot stop watching. Forced into private tutoring after school, she finds herself in a forbidden holiday romance that is equal parts tense, risky, and steamy.

What starts as concern for a hurt rich boy with a dark secret becomes a dangerous bond she cannot outrun. This second chance bully romance follows the long reach of Hunter Maxwell's obsession.

Calvin Cutler sees a woman once and decides he wants her, whether she agrees or not. This standalone dark romance is all villain energy, with a relentless billionaire antihero and very few safe choices.

After nearly drowning in Baymont, California, a girl is rescued by Dare and drawn toward the beautiful menace everyone should avoid. Their romance is dark, obsessive, and built on the frightening idea that the villain might still get the girl.

Kennedy agrees to fake date Jet Granville for tutoring help, which means constant time around Jet's father, Milo. The result is a taboo, age gap romance where every boundary gets tested.

This holiday collection gathers three Sam Mariano Christmas romances in one place, from office angst to teacher student taboo to a mafia hitman's chaotic December date. It is the easy way to sample her festive side.

Gemma goes to ruthless lawyer Hayden Atwater for help against a nightmare neighbor and quickly realizes he wants far more than a case. Their sharp, impossible attraction only gets worse once real disaster hits.

Parker's careful senior year plan collapses when her mother gets engaged to the father of Landon Atwater, the bully who has tormented her for years. Living under the same roof turns schoolyard cruelty into something much more dangerous.

Brynn once fantasized about an obsessive protector. Then she met Killian Walsh, a masked secret society villain who feels safest when he is ruining her life. This spin off is dark, possessive, and impossible for him to let go.

Sophie catches the eye of Silvan, a wealthy man who treats desire like a thing to conquer. This dark romance can stand alone, but it also expands the Coastal Elite world with extra tension around the wider cast.

A young woman falls hard for a sculptor who feels more like a magician than a safe choice. Told in her devoted voice, this dark standalone follows how obsession can feel like freedom from the inside.