TL Smith Books in Order
Explore T.L. Smith books in order, with dark romance series guides, quick summaries, and easy suggestions for where to start reading.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
54 books
Adam's Heaven
by TL Smith
2014
Set in the Dilemma world, Adam's Heaven gives Adam and Britney more room to breathe through pain, trauma, and fragile hope. It is emotional, raw, and interested in whether damaged people can still find each other.
Kalon
by TL Smith
2014
Threats against her family turn Krinos even more dangerous as she fights back with revenge on her mind. Kalon keeps the series dark, fast, and centered on power.
Krinos
by TL Smith
2014
Krinos is stepping into her family's criminal business and she plans to own every inch of it. This early dark romance pairs ambition, loyalty, and danger with a heroine who refuses to be underestimated.
Sasha's Demons
by TL Smith
2014
After losing the man she thought would define her life, Sasha is left with grief she cannot outrun. Brax wants to help her heal, but loving again feels like the most dangerous risk of all.
Antagonize Me
by TL Smith
2015
CJ uses dance to escape the pressure around her life, then Kyrone, her brother's teammate and the football captain, crashes through every boundary she planned to keep. Their romance comes with angst, temptation, and fallout.
Degrade
by TL Smith
2015
Degrade drops readers into a dark romance full of power, damage, and people who do not know how to love gently. It is gritty, unsettling, and driven by characters already standing on broken ground.
Pure Punishment
by TL Smith
2015
Kayla invites readers into a dark game where blood, fear, and twisted fun are part of the draw. Pure Punishment is a standalone with a sinister setup and a mind-bending edge.
Twisted Perception
by TL Smith
2015
Aria traffics beautiful young men for wealthy clients and knows exactly how awful that makes her look. Her story is dark, morally messy, and built around the cracks beneath a ruthlessly controlled exterior.
Black
by TL Smith
2016
Hitman Liam Black is reunited with Rose, the girl who once cracked open his hard life, when he finds her broken and bleeding years later. Their second chance is tangled up with addiction, violence, and the darkness he never left behind.
Disbelief
by TL Smith
2016
He believes everyone carries evil until he meets a woman who feels nothing like the darkness he knows. Disbelief turns that obsession into a dangerous, seductive problem.
Distrust
by TL Smith
2016
A Bratva man becomes fixated on a woman who appears and vanishes like a ghost in heels. Distrust mixes obsession, danger, and mafia power in a fast, tense romance.
Red
by TL Smith
2016
Liam and Rose's story continues after years of separation, missing memories, and dangerous lies. Black has to uncover who stole his past before the people circling him destroy any future he still has with Rose.
The Beast Within
by TL Smith
2016
Years after an evil force in the woods destroyed a family, the one survivor is drawn back toward danger. The Beast Within mixes lurking menace, old wounds, and a race to stop history from repeating.
White
by TL Smith
2016
White shifts the focus to Jake, a damaged man already tied to Black's violent world. His romance adds fresh emotion and sharp banter while staying rooted in the same gritty, dangerous circle.
Arrogant Fiancé
by TL Smith
2017
A fake engagement with Hawk Carnage should have stayed strictly for appearances, but forbidden chemistry wrecks that plan fast. He is her boss, off-limits, and exactly the kind of mistake she cannot stop wanting.
Defiance
by TL Smith
2017
A promised match becomes the center of another volatile Smirnov Bratva romance. Defiance blends family duty, possession, and a couple forced together under dangerous expectations.
Dismissed
by TL Smith
2017
Anton is blunt, cold, and fully at home in the Bratva, while Samara is a stripper fighting to survive on her own terms. Their romance is sharp, messy, and full of friction.
Lotus
by TL Smith
2017
Years after Orion broke her heart, Lotus still feels the damage every time his name enters the room. Their second-chance romance is dark, magnetic, and full of unfinished hurt.
Lovesick
by TL Smith
2017
Kee falls for a man so broken by heartbreak that loving him feels like stepping into deep water. Lovesick is an emotional standalone about grief, desire, and trying not to drown in someone else's pain.
Savage Collision
by TL Smith
2017
A stranger's kiss sparks a connection that feels more like a claim than a mistake. Savage Collision opens a duet built on obsession, danger, and a love that stains everything it touches.
Savage Reckoning
by TL Smith
2017
The consequences hit hard in this dark duet finale. Savage Reckoning pushes its central couple through heartbreak, reckoning, and the cost of wanting each other too much.
Buried in Lies
by TL Smith
2018
A mysterious man claims to know her, touches her like he already has, and carries secrets she cannot place. Buried in Lies is a dark, seductive romance where truth keeps surfacing at the worst possible moment.
Cavalier
by TL Smith
2018
Inside the secretive world of Crimson Elite, Creed Christopher is cool, cold, and used to getting what he wants. Elicea shakes that control, turning club rules and private desire into something far more dangerous.
Distorted Love
by TL Smith
2018
She loved him young, hated him later, and never fully escaped what he did to her heart. Distorted Love is an angsty second-chance story about class, old wounds, and a boy who was never easy to forget.
Green
by TL Smith
2018
Green returns to the Black world for one more dose of chaos, loyalty, and dark love. It works like a coda, catching up with the tangled people who survived the earlier storm and showing that danger still follows them.
Kandiland
by TL Smith
2018
Kandi knows her boss is forbidden, incapable of loving well, and still impossible to resist. Their affair turns explosive fast, all craving, lies, and the kind of chemistry that feels toxic on contact.
Sinister Love
by TL Smith
2018
The fallout of a dangerous first love keeps spiraling in this duet conclusion. Sinister Love leans into obsession, heartbreak, and the hard truth that love can feel like a habit you should have quit.
Anguished
by TL Smith
2019
Still reeling after betrayal by the woman he loved and the brother who took her, the hero of Anguished is in no shape for another complication. Then Storm arrives and refuses to stay simple.
Conceited
by TL Smith
2019
Another man from the Crimson Elite world finds himself thrown off balance by a woman who will not play along. Conceited keeps the series' mix of arrogance, secrecy, and high-stakes attraction.
Hate Sober
by TL Smith
2019
Everly tries to pull herself free after loving Gunner nearly destroys her. The sequel is about heartbreak, hard-earned growth, and whether a dark love can survive the truth.
Insolent
by TL Smith
2019
Insolent returns to the Crimson Elite circle for another dark, club-centered romance built on control and resistance. The chemistry is sharp, the power games are constant, and nobody stays comfortable for long.
Karma of Kalpana
by TL Smith
2019
Karma of Kalpana is a dark contemporary romance built around consequences, attraction, and a heroine caught in the fallout of choices that refuse to stay buried. Expect tension, hurt, and emotional payback.
Lighthouse Road
by TL Smith
2019
Lighthouse Road is a darker contemporary romance shaped by secrets, emotional wreckage, and the pull of a past that will not stay quiet. It promises tension first, comfort second.
Love Drunk
by TL Smith
2019
Everly falls fast for the mysterious Gunner, only to realize the dream is curdling into something much darker. What starts as intoxicating desire becomes obsession, secrets, and a shattered heart.
Playette
by TL Smith
2019
Isadora has spent years preparing to destroy the Moretti mafia, and she is willing to use her body as a weapon to do it. Revenge gets complicated the moment Jasper steps into her path.
Sever
by TL Smith
2019
Blythe's marriage is already breaking when another man begins circling her like an obsession. Sever turns betrayal, dark secrets, and a dangerous triangle into a tense psychological romance.
Cruel Beloved
by TL Smith
2020
Carla is handed a marriage contract by a one-night stand who thinks blackmail will get him what he wants. Politics, secrets, and stubborn attraction make this arranged marriage setup deliciously tense.
Heartbreak Me
by TL Smith
2020
Thea's life changes the moment Atlas Hyde kidnaps her and demands obedience she never planned to give. Hatred, fear, and brutal attraction collide in this dark antihero romance.
Heartbreak You
by TL Smith
2020
Atlas and Thea's story turns from fantasy to fallout in this duet conclusion. Lies, lust, and the damage between them make moving on feel almost impossible.
Kisses and Lies
by TL Smith
2020
Rochelle meets Marcus Stone on one of the worst days of her life and cannot stay away from him anyway. Their deal starts with bodies only, then turns into something colder, deeper, and much harder to survive.
Kisses and Warfare
by TL Smith
2020
Kat means to break Blaze's heart, not fall for him, but enemies have a habit of getting too close. Their story is fiery, combative, and full of sparks from two people who would rather fight than yield.
My Beautiful Poison
by TL Smith
2020
Rylee is wealthy, watched, and stuck in a life that is already hurting her, until August becomes the one place she can breathe. Their romance is dark, messy, and full of risk.
Chained Hands
by TL Smith
2021
Sailor's husband sells her to mafia king Keir, and survival quickly turns into a darker, more dangerous bond. Captivity, power, and fierce attraction collide in this brutal series opener.
Locked Hearts
by TL Smith
2021
Sailor runs, but Keir is not a man who lets go. This second book pushes their volatile mafia romance into a tense fight over love, control, and who gets out with their heart intact.
My Cruel Lover
by TL Smith
2021
Jacinta is a single mother trying to rebuild when she ends up working for the cruel, grieving Beckham. Office tension, old wounds, and fierce chemistry drive this connected standalone.
My Wicked Heart
by TL Smith
2021
Rylee and August's relationship is torn apart by prison, family fallout, and everything stacked against them. The sequel pushes their love through heartbreak and second chances.
Arranged Hearts
by TL Smith
2022
Adora ran from the husband she was starting to love, and Joey never planned to let that be the end of it. Their conclusion is full of pursuit, longing, and the mess of a marriage that became real too late.
Cruel Queen
by TL Smith
2022
With the throne suddenly within reach, Talia has to decide whether power is really what she wants. The second Crystal Castle book raises the political stakes while deepening her bond with Death.
Lost to Fury
by TL Smith
2022
Lost to Fury is a dark romance built around anger, desire, and the danger of falling for someone ruled by damage. It promises a fierce emotional clash with very little room to stay safe.
Reckless Hands
by TL Smith
2022
An arranged match ties Joey and Adora together, but duty is only the beginning of the problem. Reckless Hands mixes family power, waiting, and unwanted feelings that start to burn anyway.
Shackled Hearts
by TL Smith
2022
Chanel has been betrayed and pushed to her limit, but she is done being easy prey. The second half of her story with Lucas turns the romance into a fierce battle of wills.
Sinful Hands
by TL Smith
2022
Lucas is obsessed from the start, and Chanel knows exactly how dangerous that makes him. Their duet opens with pursuit, temptation, and a mafia hero who treats desire like a hunt.
Unlikely Queen
by TL Smith
2022
Talia learns a prophecy may make her the true queen in a world ruled by an evil one. With vampires, witches, wolves, and the Angel of Death closing in, survival turns into a fight for a kingdom.
A Villain's Kiss
by TL Smith
2023
The first Villain's Duet book throws a sharp attraction into a world shaped by secrets and men with bad reputations. It is dark, seductive, and built around falling for someone cast as the villain.
Where should I start?
If you want dark antihero romance first: Black → Red → White
If you want mafia romance: Chained Hands → Locked Hearts → Sinful Hands → Shackled Hearts
If you want exclusive club drama: Cavalier → Anguished → Conceited → Insolent
If you want emotional enemies to lovers: Heartbreak Me → Heartbreak You
If you want fantasy romance from TL Smith: Unlikely Queen → Cruel Queen
Author bio
T.L. Smith is a USA Today bestselling Australian romance author from Queensland, and she has built a loyal readership by leaning hard into dark love stories, messy emotions, and heroes who are rarely safe choices.
She writes the kind of books where attraction and danger usually arrive together.
Smith is best known for dark romance, but that label only gets you so far. Her catalog moves through mafia families, obsessive antiheroes, exclusive clubs, damaged marriages, and second chances that come with a cost. Readers can go from the criminal world of Black and Distrust to the bruising emotional pull of Heartbreak Me, then straight into the club-driven heat of Cavalier or the fantasy edge of Unlikely Queen.
A lot of her appeal comes down to the characters she chooses. Smith likes people who are already carrying something heavy before the story even starts. Her leads are grieving, dangerous, possessive, stubborn, traumatized, or all of the above. Instead of sanding those edges down, she writes into them.
That gives her books a clear mood. They are intense, fast-moving, and usually built around a relationship that should be a bad idea on paper. Kidnappers become love interests. Mafia kings fall hard. Cold men who control everything meet women who won't stay in line. Even when the setup is extreme, the emotional question is familiar: what happens when two broken people want each other anyway?
Readers often point to Black as one of the books that helped define her style. Liam Black is very much a T.L. Smith hero, dark, ruthless, and difficult to look away from. Series like Chained Hands, Wicked Poison, and Smirnov Bratva keep working in that same lane, while books like Love Drunk and Heartbreak Me show how much she enjoys pushing a romance right up against obsession.
She also likes building worlds that can hold more than one couple. The Chained Hearts books stretch across linked mafia duets. Crimson Elite turns an exclusive club into a full shared setting. Wicked Poison lets one couple's fallout shape the next book. That sense of connection is part of the fun, especially for readers who like staying in one dangerous universe a little longer.
Smith's public bio gives a few glimpses of life away from the page. She still calls Queensland home, and when she is not there she is often traveling, with Bali, Alcatraz in San Francisco, and New York all showing up as favorite stops. That restless energy fits her fiction. Even when a story stays locked inside one relationship, it usually feels like there is a bigger, rougher world pressing in from every side.
She writes for readers who don't want polite romance.
What brings people back is consistency. Pick up a T.L. Smith novel and you can expect sharp chemistry, emotional damage, power struggles, and at least one person who probably needs a warning label. For dark romance readers, that is not a drawback. It is the promise.
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