The D'Angelos Books in Order

The D’Angelos series is a warm, food filled contemporary saga set primarily in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. At its heart is a close knit Italian American family whose lives orbit around their namesake restaurant, Sunday dinners, and a fierce sense of loyalty.

When It Falls Apart opens the door through Brooke Turner, a woman who relocates to San Diego to care for her estranged, ailing father. Renting an upstairs flat from widowed matriarch Mari D’Angelo lands her in the middle of family debates, neighborhood gossip, and an unexpected connection with oldest son Luca, a single dad juggling restaurant duties and his daughter’s needs. Their romance unfolds alongside Brooke’s shifting relationship with her father and her search for a place to finally put down roots.

Be Your Everything centers on Chloe D’Angelo, the baby sister who has always been protected by her brothers and mother. A wild night in Las Vegas leads to a secret marriage with Dante Mancuso, her brothers’ best friend and longtime crush. Watching them navigate guilt, laughter, and the slow realization that their impulsive “mistake” might actually be right is part of the series’ charm.

In Beginning of Forever, charismatic middle brother Gio, once content being the carefree playboy, falls for film location scout Emma as she brings a production into their world. The Whole Time gives ambitious restaurant manager and dancer Salena Barone her turn, pairing her with Ryan Rutledge, a motorcycle riding member of a wealthy wine making family who respects her need for independence even as he falls in love.

Upcoming and recent installments, including Maybe One Day, widen the lens further by following Mari herself as she cautiously opens her heart again on a singles cruise. Across all of the books, the D’Angelos argue, meddle, feed each other, and show up in crises large and small. Readers who enjoy big families, vivid settings, and romances that celebrate every kind of love from first crush to second chances in midlife will find this series especially satisfying.