The Saints Books in Order

The Saints series opens the door to Michelle Heard’s St Monarch’s world, a brutal yet oddly ordered corner of mafia and bratva politics. These books revolve around elite families whose children are trained to survive in a world where loyalty is owned, alliances are strategic, and love is a dangerous weakness.

The first novel introduces Winter, who has grown up knowing her family is a target. When she crosses paths with Damien Vetrov, an infamous Russian heir with a reputation for lethal efficiency, she recognizes the threat immediately. St Monarch’s, a heavily guarded academy and neutral territory, is supposed to keep violence at bay. Instead it becomes the place where her defiance and Damien’s control collide.

Subsequent books follow other players tied to the same web of families. One story focuses on an arranged marriage to Lucian Cotroni, a ruthless mafia son whose father’s assassination forces him into power too soon. Another tracks a man who walks in the shadow of death, feared as a monster until the woman he watches from afar becomes impossible to ignore. Later titles like Tears Of Betrayal and Tears Of Salvation dig into Vetrov and Koslov relatives, mixing captivity, revenge, and forbidden attraction.

St Monarch’s itself is a recurring backdrop. Part training ground and part sanctuary, it is where heirs learn weapons, strategy, and etiquette, and where enemies are forced to coexist under strict rules. That tension, between enforced peace and simmering grudges, gives the romances a uniquely fraught feel.

What ties the series together is not just setting but family ties. Names repeat across generations and across other series like Sinners and Corrupted Royals. Actions taken in one book echo in another, whether as a scar on a character’s past or an ally who arrives when all seems lost.

The tone is unapologetically dark. Characters carry out violent orders, and the threat of betrayal or bloodshed is never far away. At the same time, the emotional core remains familiar: broken people daring to believe they might be loved for more than their usefulness.

Each novel can be read as a standalone romance, but taken in sequence they form a sweeping saga of intersecting mafia and bratva families. If you enjoy high stakes, vengeful plots, and dangerous men who will burn the world down for one person, The Saints is the natural place to start in this world.