Zoe Blake Books in Order
Explore dark romance author Zoe Blake's books in order, with reading guides, summaries, series background, and tips on where to start her mafia and gothic stories.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
52 books
Daddy's Home
by Zoe Blake
2017
Hiding in a remote cabin, she thinks she has finally outrun her past. Then a feared fixer arrives at her door, hired to retrieve information she swears she does not have. Trapped alone with him, she becomes both his prisoner and the focus of his dark obsession.
Fight Me, Daddy
by Zoe Blake
2017
When a dangerous man crashes into her isolated refuge, their clash quickly becomes a twisted game of cat and mouse. Every act of defiance only convinces him she needs a harsh “Daddy” to tame her, and escape starts to look more like another kind of surrender.
Papa's Prey
by Zoe Blake
2017
In a decadent historical estate, innocent Corinne is married off to a man she must call Papa. Dressed, displayed, and disciplined to his exact tastes, she becomes his treasured plaything, torn between the urge to escape and the seductive pull of her gilded cage.
Bite Me, Daddy
by Zoe Blake
2018
Paine has built a reputation on extracting answers through pain. When a sharp‑tongued thief tries to kill him, he decides to teach her a lesson personally. Their battle becomes a brutal courtship, with each punishment dragging her deeper into the orbit of her new Daddy.
Broken Doll
by Zoe Blake
2018
After a shattering accident, a woman wakes in darkness with no memory and one certainty: she is a captive. Her keeper calls her his broken doll, and as days blur together, hope of rescue fades in this grim, horror‑laced tale with no promised happy ending.
Damaged Doll
by Zoe Blake
2018
Still scarred by brutal captivity, the woman at the center of the Broken Doll story struggles to piece together what happened and who she has become. As new truths surface, healing and further degradation stalk her in equal measure in this chilling continuation.
Defying Him
by Zoe Blake
2018
An investigative reporter goes undercover at an elite military academy after a series of chilling deaths. The last thing she expects is a domineering Marine commander who sees through her cover and demands obedience even as they race to unmask a killer.
Own Me, Daddy
by Zoe Blake
2018
She thinks she can lie, run, and hide from the imposing man on her trail. He sees a reckless brat who needs discipline more than mercy. To keep her alive and under control, he wraps her life in rules and chains, determined that his “little one” will belong only to him.
Queen and the Kingsmen
by Zoe Blake
2018
An enchanted queen and a desperate human king become enemies and captor and captive in this brutal fairytale. While he hunts for his missing daughter, she endures his cruelty and plots her own revenge, turning a simple curse into a war between realms.
Red and the Wolves
by Zoe Blake
2018
Chosen under a blood moon, Red is sacrificed to the wolves who protect her village from darker forces. Five cursed men claim her as the price of that protection, and survival means learning how to navigate their savage world without losing herself.
Snow & the Seven Huntsmen
by Zoe Blake
2018
In this dark retelling of Snow White, a princess is offered to seven hardened huntsmen as a living sacrifice. Deep in the forest, she must outwit, endure, and maybe even soften the cursed men who have been ordered to break her instead of save her.
Damned Doll
by Zoe Blake
2019
Given a second chance, the former “doll” refuses to play victim again. Consumed by rage, she sets out to destroy those who treated her like property, turning the tables in a violent quest for vengeance that cares little about redemption or forgiveness.
Lilith's Revenge
by Zoe Blake
2019
Drawing on the legend of Lilith, this dark horror novella follows a demoness who has waited centuries to punish those who wronged her. Told with a sensuous, nightmarish edge, it traces how righteous fury curdles into something far more monstrous.
The Con-Artist
by Zoe Blake
2019
A meticulous fixer thinks he has found the perfect pawn in a young woman whose talent for deception rivals his own. Drawn into his schemes, she must decide whether to outplay him or surrender to the dangerous “Daddy” who pulls every string.
The Expert
by Zoe Blake
2019
She thinks she is surviving on her own terms, unaware that a shadowy “expert” has been quietly controlling every detail of her life. When someone else targets her, he finally steps out of the dark, claiming the right to protect and punish her himself.
The Hacker
by Zoe Blake
2019
A gifted hacker slips into a system she should have left alone and attracts the attention of a man who enjoys owning people as much as data. Cornered, she becomes his reluctant “babygirl,” caught between fear of her new Daddy and fascination with his world.
The Thief
by Zoe Blake
2019
When a brilliant thief crosses the wrong powerful client, a ruthless man is sent to retrieve what she stole. To protect herself and those she loves, she has to work with him, even as his possessive brand of discipline becomes its own threat.
Gilded Cage / Sinister Games
by Zoe Blake
2020
Still trapped in her tormentor’s world, the heroine struggles to resist as his deceptions grow more intricate. Every act of rebellion brings swift punishment, yet her heart and mind are entangled with him in ways that make escape feel both necessary and impossible.
Sweet Cruelty
by Zoe Blake
2020
A broke student knocks on the wrong door and meets a Russian arms dealer who mistakes her for the escort he ordered. One night spirals into obsession as he decides her sweetness will belong to him alone, no matter how much pain that brings them both.
Toxic / Savage Games
by Zoe Blake
2020
The twisted game between a duplicitous duke and his captive reaches new depths. When she runs, he hunts. When she fights, he changes the rules. Marriage, control, and identity blur as he vows to make her his wife and his willing plaything, no matter the cost.
Ward / Wicked Games
by Zoe Blake
2020
An English aristocrat becomes obsessed with a modern American woman and constructs an elaborate lie to keep her. Cut off from the outside world, she is forced into Victorian clothes and rules, slowly losing her grip on what is real in his carefully crafted nightmare.
Betrayed Honor
by Zoe Blake
2021
As head of security for the Ivanov family, he has always guarded their innocent little sister from afar. When a rival clan tries to kidnap her, he seizes his chance, spiriting her away and claiming her as his own, even if it means betraying the brothers he serves.
Rebellious Surrender
by Zoe Blake
2021
First she tried to kill him, then she ran. Hunting her down is both his vengeance and his pleasure. Once she is in his grasp again, the rebel who dared to defy him learns that every act of resistance will be paid for in ways she never imagined.
Reckless Surrender
by Zoe Blake
2021
A disciplined Marine officer uncovers a trail of lies leading straight to a captivating woman who has been playing a dangerous game. Determined to expose the truth and keep her alive, he traps her in his world, insisting that surrender is the only safe option she has left.
Ruthless Surrender
by Zoe Blake
2021
He knows her darkest secret and is merciless enough to use it. Offering protection from a threat she cannot handle alone, he demands complete surrender in return. Their uneasy alliance slides into a volatile attraction as danger presses in from all sides.
Savage Vow
by Zoe Blake
2021
Promised to a terrifying Russian mafia boss, a young bride flees before her wedding day. Years later, he finds her. Determined to honor the vow that bound them, he drags her back into his violent world, insisting she will stand at his side or kneel at his feet.
Sweet Depravity
by Zoe Blake
2021
Sent to retrieve stolen money, a ruthless arms dealer confronts an innocent schoolteacher who has no idea she is holding contraband. Instead of walking away, he takes over her life piece by piece, turning her world into his personal playground of control.
Sweet Savagery
by Zoe Blake
2021
When a quiet woman unknowingly receives a package stuffed with mafia money, a savage enforcer arrives to collect. She is a pawn in a dangerous game, yet his need to punish betrayal quickly tangles with a fierce desire to keep her for himself.
Vicious Oath
by Zoe Blake
2021
Bound by a brutal oath, an Ivanov heir takes a rival’s daughter as his wife to end a bloody feud. She wants nothing to do with the marriage, but each attempt to defy him only deepens his obsession in this dark arranged‑marriage mafia romance.
Cruel Games
by Zoe Blake
2022
Roman has no interest in love, only in the thrill of pursuit. When he spots a woman in the park, he methodically strips away her friendships, freedom, and choices, determined to leave her with nothing but him in this chilling continuation of Dark Obsession.
Jekyll
by Zoe Blake
2022
A modern retelling of Jekyll and Hyde, this dark romance follows a scientist and his monstrous alter ego as they fixate on the same woman. No lock or lie can keep her safe once both sides of him decide she is the only thing they truly want.
Sweet Brutality
by Zoe Blake
2022
A sharp‑mouthed college student crosses paths with a brutal Russian crime boss who has no patience for her defiance. Determined to bend her to his will, he mixes rough lessons with unwanted tenderness, blurring the line between punishment and something far more complicated.
Sweet Ferocity
by Zoe Blake
2022
Hired to rescue a kidnapped mafia princess, a mercenary never plans to keep her. But saving her life awakens an obsession. Soon he is guarding her from enemies and from himself, insisting that the only truly safe place for her is in his possessive arms.
Vicious Games
by Zoe Blake
2022
Haunted by his family’s legacy, Roman tightens his hold on the woman he has claimed. She has nowhere to go and no one to help, yet still resists. Their relationship becomes a vicious tug‑of‑war between a man who will not let go and a woman who refuses to break cleanly.
Scandals of the Father
by Zoe Blake
2023
As head of the powerful Cavalieri family, he knows better than to touch the much younger woman under his protection. Obsession wins anyway. On a lush Italian vineyard, their forbidden attraction ignites, dragging old scandals and buried sins back into the light.
Secrets of the Brother
by Zoe Blake
2023
They were never meant to be together, but one dark twist of fate binds them anyway. As long‑hidden family secrets surface, a brooding Cavalieri brother and the woman he cannot forget must decide whether love can survive when built on lies and blood.
Sins of the Son
by Zoe Blake
2023
Years ago, he stood by while the woman he wanted was used as a pawn in a revenge plot. Now he is done looking away. Hunting down every enemy who hurt her – and begging for a second chance – becomes this Cavalieri son’s dangerous penance.
Sweet Intensity
by Zoe Blake
2023
A young thief makes the mistake of stealing from the wrong man – the owner of Chicago’s most exclusive underground casino. Older, ruthless, and fascinated by her defiance, he uses his wealth and influence to take over every part of her life until escape no longer seems possible.
Brutally His / My Only Hate
by Zoe Blake
2024
They should be on opposite sides of a long‑running war between wealthy dynasties. Instead, a brutal bargain forces them into the same house and the same bed. As trust and betrayal trade places, hate turns into the only passion either of them has ever truly felt.
Reluctantly His / Fair Love of Hate
by Zoe Blake
2024
A society darling raised to be the perfect bride finds herself engaged to the last man she wants – a calculating billionaire who sees her as leverage. Trapped by contracts and family pressure, she learns that resisting him in public only makes their private battles more explosive.
Ruthlessly His / The More I Hate
by Zoe Blake
2024
Ruined at the altar, she becomes the pawn in a ruthless billionaire’s plan for revenge against her former groom. Dragged into a cold marriage of convenience, she fights the man who stole her wedding day even as the chemistry between them refuses to stay buried.
Savagely His / Then Hate Me
by Zoe Blake
2024
A jaded heir locks horns with a woman who was supposed to be an easy tool in his family’s feud. Their relationship is built on lies, bargains, and public scandal, yet every vicious argument only makes his need to keep her in his decadent world stronger.
Scorn of the Betrothed
by Zoe Blake
2024
To secure peace, he is bound by contract to marry the daughter of the mafia boss who nearly destroyed his family. She despises the match and schemes to escape. Their engagement becomes a battle of wills where hatred and desire burn with equal heat.
Seduction of the Patriarch
by Zoe Blake
2024
A single gunshot drags a retired Cavalieri power broker back into the shadows he tried to leave behind. The woman caught at the center of the violence becomes both his responsibility and his temptation as he spirits her away to northern Italy and demands a price for her mistakes.
Sinfully His
by Zoe Blake
2024
The most polished monster in New York high society sets his sights on a woman who thought she could navigate that world untouched. Drawn into his sinful orbit, she must decide whether to keep fighting or accept that in this game, surrender might be the only way to survive.
Sweet Severity
by Zoe Blake
2024
After she crashes into his car, a mafia boss spots bruises on her wrist and refuses to let her walk away. Hiring her as a nanny puts her under his constant control, and each act of “discipline” blurs the line between harsh guardian and dangerously jealous lover.
Unwillingly His / A Hate at First
by Zoe Blake
2024
He has always been her enemy, the arrogant heir who helped ruin her family. When blackmail and duty force them into an engagement, every shared moment becomes a contest of wills, until their carefully guarded loathing begins to look suspiciously like something else.
Captive Prize
by Zoe Blake
2025
Half Russian, half Cuban, he has always felt like an outsider in the Ivanov clan. When a cousin disappears and a cartel strikes, he infiltrates the enemy and kidnaps the fierce mafia princess he blames, only to find revenge twisting into a lethal, all‑consuming obsession.
Fierce Pursuit
by Zoe Blake
2025
Widowed by mafia violence, he is the last man his late wife’s sister wants near her. But when enemies target them both, his only answer is a marriage of protection. Trapped together, they wrestle with grief, blame, and a forbidden attraction that refuses to die.
Sinister Promise
by Zoe Blake
2025
Working off her father’s debts as a hotel maid for dangerous men, she survives by staying invisible – until she witnesses something she should not. To keep her alive, a cold Ivanov cousin forces a marriage of convenience that feels more like captivity than protection.
Sweet Animosity
by Zoe Blake
2025
He never wanted an assistant, especially not a mouthy young woman who challenges him at every turn. As a crime boss running an elite gambling club, he keeps her close to uncover her secrets, then finds himself wanting her mind, loyalty, and body with equal ferocity.
Twisted Proposal
by Zoe Blake
2025
Tasked with selling a mafia princess to the highest bidder, he changes the rules when he sees how her own family has brutalized her. Destroying them all, he chains her future to his instead, insisting that the only safe place she can belong is at his side as his unwilling bride.
Where should I start?
If you want her darkest Russian mafia romances: Sweet Cruelty → Sweet Depravity → Sweet Savagery → Sweet Brutality.
If you love sprawling billionaire family sagas: Scandals of the Father → Sins of the Son → Secrets of the Brother → Seduction of the Patriarch.
If psychological mind games appeal: Ward / Wicked Games → Gilded Cage / Sinister Games → Toxic / Savage Games → Cruel Games.
If you prefer gothic horror with no HEA: Broken Doll → Damaged Doll → Damned Doll → Lilith's Revenge.
For twisted fairytale retellings with Alta Hensley: Snow & the Seven Huntsmen → Red and the Wolves → Queen and the Kingsmen.
Author bio
Zoe Blake writes the kind of stories that lean into the shadows. Her books blend dark romance, horror, and high‑stakes suspense, following possessive billionaires, ruthless mafia kings, and haunted antiheroes who fall far harder than they ever planned.
She grew up in the United States with a steady diet of Victorian novels and gothic classics. Those early reads left a mark. You can feel the influence of crumbling manor houses, secret passages, and dangerous suitors in many of her plots, even when the stories are set in modern penthouses or Chicago back alleys.
In 2014 she released The Submission of Little Emmie, a historical age‑play romance about a young woman forced into marriage with a controlling lord. That book, and the collection that followed, established Blake as a writer who was willing to explore taboo power dynamics in a very direct way. For several years she mostly wrote Victorian‑set stories where lords, dukes, and cowboys demanded obedience and got it.
Over time she shifted that same intensity into contemporary worlds. The Dangerous Daddy books and the Bad Babygirls series moved her focus to mercenaries, bodyguards, and criminal fixers who call their heroines “babygirl” while tracking killers or settling scores. Those short, punchy novels paved the way for the longer mafia sagas that would define the next phase of her career.
Her Russian‑mafia universe in the Ruthless Obsession and Ivanov Crime Family series is where many readers meet her work. Those books are packed with arms dealers, crime bosses, and mercenaries who treat love as another battlefield. The Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy saga widens the lens, following an Italian wine dynasty riddled with secrets, arranged marriages, and brutal loyalty tests. Blake has said she draws on her fascination with old money, scandal, and the kind of family histories that never really stay buried.
She also writes straight horror. The Broken Doll novellas and the collection The Decadent & the Damned step away from romance altogether and into unapologetic gothic terror. Here the warnings about “no happy endings” are literal. Readers who come to her for dark romance often find these stories when they are ready for something even bleaker.
Collaboration is another thread that runs through her career. With fellow author Alta Hensley she co‑created the Dark Fantasy fairytale retellings and the Gilded Decadence high‑society series. Together they take familiar setups – Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Manhattan dynasties – and twist them into lush, explicit, and often brutal romances about power and privilege.
In interviews and profiles she tends to describe herself with a grin rather than a spotlight. She is a USA Today bestselling author, splits her time between Chicago and a quieter writing base in Michigan, and is happily married to a chef who makes sure she never writes on an empty stomach. When she is not drafting another morally messy love story, she is usually traveling, collecting red lipstick, or sipping a martini while plotting new ways to torment fictional characters.
However you come to her work – through a horror novella, a billionaire family saga, or a Russian mafia romance – you can expect obsessive heroes, stubborn heroines, and stories that push comfort zones on purpose.
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