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  • Bibliography:
    84 Books (16 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2013
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

After Another

1 - One Step After Another (Sep-2020)
2 - One Breath After Another (Oct-2020)
3 - One Second After Another (Nov-2020)

Andino + Haven

1 - Duty (Oct-2018)
2 - Vow (Nov-2018)
3 - One Last Time (Apr-2020)

The Beast of Moscow

1 - The Beast of Moscow (Jul-2021)
2 - The Lies Between Lovers (Aug-2021)
3 - The Beauty Who Loved Him (Sep-2021)
4 - The Breath Before Forever (Nov-2021)

The Chicago War

1 - Deathless & Divided (Sep-2015)
2 - Reckless & Ruined (Nov-2015)
3 - Scarless & Sacred (Jan-2016)
4 - Breathless & Bloodstained (Mar-2016)
5 - Maldives & Mistletoe (Nov-2018)

Cross + Catherine

1 - Always (Oct-2017)
2 - Revere (Nov-2017)
3 - Unruly (Dec-2017)
4 - Cross + Catherine: The Companion (May-2018)
5 - Naz & Roz (Sep-2018)

Darkest Lies

1 - The Agreement (Mar-2021)
2 - The Promise (Apr-2021)
3 - The Marriage (May-2021)

DeLuca Duet

1 - Waste of Worth (Jan-2017)
2 - Worth of Waste (Feb-2017)

Donati Bloodlines

1 - Thin Lies (May-2016)
2 - Thin Lines (Jul-2016)
3 - Thin Lives (Sep-2016)
4 - Behind the Bloodlines (Sep-2017)

Filthy Marcellos

0.5 - Legacy (Dec-2015)
1 - Lucian (Feb-2015)
2 - Giovanni (Apr-2015)
3 - Antony (May-2015)
4 - Dante (Jun-2015)
5 - A Very Marcello Christmas (Dec-2017)
5.5 - Outtakes Vol 2: The Commission World (Sep-2022)

Guzzi Duet

1 - Unraveled (Jun-2017)
2 - Entangled (Aug-2017)

The Guzzi Legacy

1 - Corrado (Jul-2019)
2 - Alessio (Jul-2019)
3 - Chris (Sep-2019)
4 - Beni (Oct-2019)
5 - Bene (Nov-2019)
6 - Marcus (Dec-2019)
7 - The Firsts (Dec-2020)

John + Siena

1 - Loyalty (Mar-2018)
2 - Disgrace (Mar-2018)

Realms of Glass and Blood

1 - Songs of the Hunted (Nov-2022)

Renzo + Lucia

1 - Privilege (Jan-2019)
2 - Harbor (Feb-2019)
3 - Contempt (Feb-2019)
4 - Forever: The Companion (Jun-2019)
5 - Cusp (Aug-2020)

The Russian Guns

1 - The Arrangement (May-2014)
2 - The Life (Aug-2014)
3 - The Score (Nov-2014)
4 - Demyan & Ana (Mar-2015)
5 - Shattered (Jul-2015)
5.5 - The Jersey Vignettes (Jan-2016)
5.6 - Outtakes Vol 1: The Russian Guns (Apr-2020)

These Valley Days

1 - The Long Road Home (Jan-2022)
2 - Loved Either Way (Mar-2022)

Book List in Order: 84 titles

  • A Mile High

    Olivia wants a vacation, that’s all, but when the airline screws up her plans for a getaway to the beautiful Barbados, instead putting her on a new path that intertwines with the handsome, funny, and charming Sal, she can’t say no to his offer of...

  • A Love Unfinished

    Over two decades ago, an attack on The Clan of Cobalt left families of dragons in ruins. Now, with the clans able to start rebuilding their lives, history is beginning to rewrite, one dragon and one mate at a time…Dani Heartview spent a year runnin...

  • Lynked

    When a fighter’s path crosses with a beautiful woman, he’s positive the meeting will only end in her leaving his penthouse with sex hair and a smile - until life and the law steps in, inevitably linking their futures forever.The accident that end...

  • The Arrangement

    The Russian Guns - 1

    Nothing will stop the Bratva mob boss from taking back what’s his, and once he has her, he’ll do anything to keep her...Viviana “Vine” Carducci’s and Anton Avdonin’s marriage was decided more than two decades ago. The deal between leading...

  • Spray Paint Kisses

    He’s left his mark everywhere. She’s still trying to find a place to leave hers. Gage Masselin is a graffiti artist whose life has revolved around his art, and he's focused entirely on his career. He has never needed a muse to get his inspiration...

  • The Life

    The Russian Guns - 2

    The mafia life is a dangerous one revolving around honor, duty, and greed--a troublesome thing like love isn't meant to play a part, but no one follows the rules.

    Surrounded by men waiting for the Russian mob boss to show weakness, Anton Av...

  • The Score

    The Russian Guns - 3

    In the mess of love and life, nothing and no one is left untouched. After everything the Russian mob boss Anton Avdonin has done to keep his family safe from the dangers of the world surrounding them, he never thought it would come down to this. The ...

  • Lucian

    Filthy Marcellos - 1

    Lucian Marcello is aware of the expectations following him as the oldest son of one of North America’s most infamous Cosa Nostra Dons. Family in his world is more than blood and sharing a last name. It’s the honor, respect, business, and the life...

  • Demyan & Ana

    The Russian Guns - 4

    Demyan and Ana have lived in privilege and protection as the children of Anton and Viviana Avdonin. With a Russian mob boss for a father and a mafia queen for a mother, they've got big shoes to fill. Love and life are messy games to play, especially ...



  • Giovanni

    Filthy Marcellos - 2

    Giovanni Marcello lives life by his own terms and has no intention of changing. As a Capo and the son of a mob boss, he knows what is and is not acceptable conduct. That doesn’t stop him from doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants to do it. The...

  • Antony

    Filthy Marcellos - 3

  • Dante

    Filthy Marcellos - 4

  • Shattered

    The Russian Guns - 5

    "Don't fall in love with me. I ruin beautiful things." Love made him this way, but life makes him stay. Life doesn't give a redo. There's no rewind or pause button to take you back or stop time. Once something happens, it happened. The most tragic of...

  • Deathless & Divided

    The Chicago War - 1

    Lies and love. This is how a war starts.A life for a life. That’s the mafia way. Damian Rossi owes his life to a man who is ready to collect. That payment comes in the form of an arranged marriage to the daughter of another leading family in the Ch...

  • Reckless & Ruined

    The Chicago War - 2

    Play dirty. It’s the only way to win in a war.Alessa Trentini follows the rules, or so it seems on the outside. A certain Conti has always been able to sway her inner rebel and keep her out of trouble, but even Adriano won’t be able to get her ou...

  • Legacy

    Filthy Marcellos - 0.5

    Filthy Marcellos: La Cosa Nostra is not just a choice of regime and routine, it's a culture. Born as mafia royalty, the Marcello brothers were raised ingrained with the beliefs and rules of what it meant to be a Mafioso prince. It is for life. Their ...

  • The Jersey Vignettes

    The Russian Guns - 5.5

    Ana Avdonin had always been a little difficult. Particular, hard to please, and she didn’t deny any of it. As a Bratva princess and the daughter of Anton Avdonin, she was taught that if -- not when -- she chose to have a man stand by her side, he s...

  • Scarless & Sacred

    The Chicago War - 3

    Secrets and wars leave the deepest scars.Evelina Conti has always worn a mask. She is an Outfit principessa, respected and adored. She wasn’t allowed to be anything else. Her father went from a grieving husband to the Outfit boss, and now that Rile...

  • Breathless & Bloodstained

    The Chicago War - 4

    No war is won without a few bloodstains. Tommas Rossi wants what belongs to him -- he wants it bad. At thirty-years-old, he’s on course to become the youngest boss in the Chicago Outfit’s history. He just has to make it to the end alive. But bein...



  • Thin Lies

    Donati Bloodlines - 1

    Calisto DonatiShe was just a woman. That’s what Calisto wanted to tell himself; that’s what he wanted to believe. Emma was nothing more than a woman. There were other women for him to want. To obsess over.It couldn’t be Emma Sorrento.Not for Ca...

  • Thin Lines

    Donati Bloodlines - 2

    Calisto Donati Calisto had never been a fan of pain, but he found it provided a certain relief. It was a high that couldn't compete with anything else he experienced. That was why he fought bare-knuckled, why he drove fast, despite knowing he might c...

  • Thin Lives

    Donati Bloodlines - 3

    The Final Donati Bloodlines Novel***Emma DonatiSome days, it felt like Emma had just imagined it all. Like maybe everything she had been with Calisto was just a dream. Emma knew it was crazy -- it was impossible to forget what she had shared with Cal...

  • Waste of Worth

    DeLuca Duet - 1

    DeLuca Duet, Part One Ask anyone and they will all say the same thing about just who Dino DeLuca is. A criminal, the son of a traitor, and a mafia Capo who can’t be trusted. His past has shaped his life, creating demons he can’t escape from that...

  • Worth of Waste

    DeLuca Duet - 2

    DeLuca Duet, Part Two The Chicago Mob is the same as it has always been -- violent, greedy, and excessive. The Outfit families have turned their backs when they were needed the most one too many times, but Dino DeLuca didn’t expect anything diffe...

  • Inflict

    As the son of an Irish mobster, Connor O’Neil spent his boyhood hiding from the horrors of his own home. His one reprieve was a girl he knew only as Evelyn, but even she was taken away. As a man, Connor is determined to stay away from his father’...

  • Darkness Again

    Filthy Marcellos Series: Filthy Marcellos: La Cosa Nostra is not just a choice of regime and routine, it's a culture. Born as mafia royalty, the Marcello brothers were raised ingrained with the beliefs and rules of what it meant to be a Mafioso princ...

  • Unraveled

    Guzzi Duet - 1

    Cara Rossi’s life has been a mess ever since her identical twin was killed. She blames the mafia, its ways, and the people within the caustic culture for a painful reality that turned her world on its side. In an attempt to momentarily pause her mi...

  • Entangled

    Guzzi Duet - 2

    Gian Guzzi has everything a mafia boss could want, but it comes with strings. He shouldn’t be wasting time on a redhead he can’t have, when men like him are not allowed to be affected by silly things like love. A boss’s job is never done, and G...

  • Behind the Bloodlines

    Donati Bloodlines - 4

    A Donati Trilogy Companion Novella The secrets of the Donati family begin here ... Read as Cross and Camilla Donati go from children, to teens, to young adults, where their stories can now begin. Learn the most devastating moment in Affonso Donati'...



  • Always

    Cross + Catherine - 1

  • Revere

    Cross + Catherine - 2

    A Legacy Novel She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back ...

  • Unruly

    Cross + Catherine - 3

    The crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they've chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe an...

  • A Very Marcello Christmas

    Filthy Marcellos - 5

    Join the Marcellos as they celebrate the holidays ... Cecelia wants one thing for Christmas, and Antony thinks he can make the impossible happen for her. Never underestimate a man who loves his wife. Lucian and Jordyn struggle to make this Christmas ...

  • Effortless

    Camilla Donati doesn’t do relationships -- it’s just not her thing. She wants a fun time, not a long time. She might be exactly what Tommaso Rossi needs to make his vacation from the responsibilities as a Capo, a break worth taking. He didn’t e...

  • Disgrace

    John + Siena - 2

    Siena Calabrese is no longer the prized daughter of la famiglia. Her transgressions against her brothers and family have stained more than just her reputation. Her best chance at keeping breath in her lungs would be to sit down and shut up like she w...

  • Loyalty

    John + Siena - 1

    Fresh out of prison after serving a three-year sentence, Johnathan Marcello wants to get back to normal business as a mafia capo. The rules set out for him are clear-keep out of trouble, maintain a low profile, and stay stable. But stability is a del...

  • Cozen

    coz-en (kuz-uhn) verb1. trick or deceive.• obtain by deception.She was named most appropriately.Cozen Taylor has more than earned her place as one of North America’s most successful thieves. Her name is whispered amongst criminal elite as the go-...

  • Cross + Catherine: The Companion

    Cross + Catherine - 4

    The crime boss and the hustling queen are back for one last goodbye ...Cross and Catherine watch as their kids grow up, and everything changes again. Life is still as busy as it ever was for these two, and their family. Cece and Nazio are trying to f...

  • Captivated

    A shadow meets the light … When someone needs to disappear, the Chicago mob calls on Joe Rossi. A man who can move without a sound, and kill without a word, they don’t call him the Shadow for nothing. This time, it’s a New York crime family in ...



  • Dishonored

    A man with no morals. A woman with nothing to lose. Caesar Accardo is gasoline. Mostly harmless while stable, but Aria holds the match to set the dishonored Cosa Nostra prince on fire in more ways than one. And if he burns down everything in his path...

  • Naz & Roz

    Cross + Catherine - 5

    Follow the extended story of Naz and Roz five years after their Happily Ever After. Everything is changing all over again. And finally, Naz and Roz might actually be able to start their life together and on the same continent.With, of course, so...

  • Duty

    Andino + Haven - 1

    They say heavy is the head that wears the crown …Andino Marcello’s world is turned upside down when he becomes the next heir apparent to the Marcello empire. He was comfortable in his place as a Capo, but comfort is for the weak in the world of m...

  • Maldives & Mistletoe

    The Chicago War - 5

    When the Maldives meet the mistletoe, it's sure to be a beautiful Christmas ...Business in the Maldives brings the Chicago Outfit's boss away for the holidays, but why not bring everyone else along for the ride, too? Wives, kids ... the whole bunch.N...

  • Vow

    Andino + Haven - 2

    They say it’s always the one you least expect … Andino Marcello made his choices -- the right ones for duty and famiglia. But even the right choices have consequences. He’s never been more aware of that fact than he is now. The thing is, Andino...

  • Privilege

    Renzo + Lucia - 1

    They didn’t come from the same world … Born rich to a family of mafia royalty, Lucia Marcello was already destined to succeed. She wanted for absolutely nothing, until she met him. Born poor to parents who never cared, Renzo Zulla was already des...

  • Contempt

    Renzo + Lucia - 3

    How much is too much?Five years -- that was the deal. Renzo Zulla gave up five years of his life to repay a debt to an organization that only wanted to break him before they could make him. Their way, their rules. He doesn’t move without their okay...

  • Harbor

    Renzo + Lucia - 2

    Lucia Marcello is the good girl -- or she used to be. The youngest mafia principessa of her family, she's not the one who falls for the man from the wrong side of the tracks, and she certainly shouldn't have run across the country with him.She'll lea...

  • The Naz and Roz Chronicles

    Follow the extended story of Naz and Roz five years after their Happily Ever After. Everything is changing all over again. And finally, Naz and Roz might actually be able to start their life together and on the same continent. With, of course, someon...

  • Dirty Pool

    To get what he wants, he’ll have to play a game of dirty pool. Michel Marcello never wanted to be a mafioso like every other man in his family -- he wanted to be more. That doesn’t mean he’s unfamiliar with the life, or that he can’t hold his...



  • Forever: The Companion

    Renzo + Lucia - 4

    Five years after their wedding, and life is good for Renzo and Lucia.If not a little stressful.They're always on the move—Lucia with her gallery, and Renzo being an assassin for The League. At the chance to slow life down with a week-long trip ...

  • Alessio

    The Guzzi Legacy - 2

    The son of a prominent Cosa Nostra Don, Corrado Guzzi's life should have been all mapped out. He would be what every other Guzzi man was, too—made, mafia. It's their way. But when given another choice, the chance to be something more, he takes ...

  • Corrado

    The Guzzi Legacy - 1

    The son of a prominent Cosa Nostra Don, Corrado Guzzi’s life should have been all mapped out. He would be what every other Guzzi man was, too -- made, mafia. It’s their way. But when given another choice, the chance to be something more, he takes...

  • Chris

    The Guzzi Legacy - 3

    A made man versus the cartel …The job was simple -- a contract from a powerful crime family to retrieve Valeria Lòpez. A woman believed to have been forcibly taken by one of the major cartels in Mexico. Easy enough, right?Christopher Guzzi thought...

  • Beni

    The Guzzi Legacy - 4

    Chicago has never been more fun, or dangerous … Sent away with his identical twin to get their wild ways under control, Beni Guzzi expects nothing to change. Same crap, new city, right? But if the boss of the Chicago mob can’t set the principes s...

  • Bene

    The Guzzi Legacy - 5

    A vendetta can change everything …Bene Guzzi is walking a fine line. In his family, the mafia, and even with his own twin. Being a Guzzi principe means he doesn't have time to be a screw up, so he needs to fix it and fast.Vanna Falco is nothing tha...

  • Forever

  • Marcus

    The Guzzi Legacy - 6

    When falling is easy, people often forget about the crash.The time has finally come for Marcus Guzzi to step into his birthright. He’s the firstborn -- the next boss to take over his family’s mafia and he’s never been more ready. With an MC enc...

  • The Hunted

    Let the hunt begin … After witnessing the murder of his mother by a mermaid, Prince Eryx Bloodhurst of Atlas makes a deal to sedate his need for vengeance: they’ll catch the mermaid who did the deed, but he’ll pay for it with his crown. Arelle,...

  • Pretty Lies

    Pretty things always tell lies ... Cory Rossi isn't what you would expect the youngest son of the Chicago mob's underboss to be. Despite what everyone thinks, he can actually do what he's told. He just does it his own way. The problem with that is ev...

  • Before

    Before everything changed … He was just Lev Arsov. Bartender. Occasional illegal fighter. Struggling to get by. Before the world watched … She was just Gigi Parker. Unknown. Fledgling model. Barely making it work. Be...

  • One Last Time

    Andino + Haven - 3

    Andino and Haven are back ... one last time.Nearly a decade married, and Andino and Haven Marcello are well into starting their life. Everything is beautiful. Their home is a happy one. But that doesn't mean everything is perfect.They only want one t...

  • Outtakes Vol 1: The Russian Guns

    The Russian Guns - 5.6

    From author Bethany-Kris to her readers, nearly a decade after the release of The Arrangement, she brings back your favorites in Outtakes Vol 1: The Russian Guns. take a trip back into the world of Anton and Viviana Avdonin before, during, ...

  • Pink

    He's Pink, the personal enforcer for the boss of the New York mafia. She's Gigi Rey, a supermodel known across the globe. They live two entirely different lives but before the mob and the fame, they were Lev Arsov and Gigi Parker. Two people str...

  • Fractured Ties

    Everything comes with a price. Kolya Boykov isn't afraid to die-he's already been dead for a long time. All it takes is one look at her from across the bar, and Kolya comes to life again. She's fragile and beautiful and caged. Taking her was the last...

  • Essence of Fear

    The allure of fear is learning to love it. Viktoria Boykov has heard it all-cold they call her. The spoiled bratva princess. She knows very well what people say when her back is turned. She doesn't mind; let them talk. It's better for people to assum...

  • Cusp

    Renzo + Lucia - 5

    Diego Zulla is all grown up. Or mostly. On the verge of adulthood, with the choices that come along with it staring him right in the face, Diego has a decision to make. Risk everything to chase a dream all the way across the country or take the ...

  • One Step After Another

    After Another - 1

    He finds the unfindable, but she's terribly good at hiding ... Penny Dunsworth is dead. Well, she should be-a piece of her certainly is. The broken girl she once was no longer exists. Now a trained assassin for The League, she's turned into the worst...

  • One Breath After Another

    After Another - 2

    They say you can't go back but … Penny Dunsworth was broken. Before she became the white ghost, she was already unrecognizable. A troubled teenage girl with monsters that couldn't be slain, and an irrational crush on the only man she...

  • One Second After Another

    After Another - 3

    There's only one way this can end … Penny Dunsworth isn't hiding. Not anymore. An assassin turned legend, AWOL from her organization and hunted from all sides, nothing is going to stop her from finishing what she started. By the time...

  • The Firsts

    The Guzzi Legacy - 7

    The Firsts Corrado, Alessio and Ginevra have just started to make a home in New York. They wish they could be together more, but the love is still so good … something else might make it even better, too. Christopher and Valeria, happ...

  • Donati Bloodlines: Part One

    They're not star-crossed-they're impossible. Bought and soon-to-be delivered, Emma Sorrento will be the next wife of a New York Don decades her senior. Not by choice, but as a mafia princess-was there ever one? But the soul-black eyes of the man task...

  • Donati Bloodlines: Part Three

    They're not star-crossed-they're impossible. Emma Donati wasn't given a choice in the end, and the one she was forced to make saved more lives than just hers. If only knowing that was enough to get her through the hell she's currently living. Instead...

  • Donati Bloodlines: Part Two

    They're not star-crossed-they're impossible. Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn't his. Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss'...

  • The Agreement

    Darkest Lies - 1

    Criminal. Spoiled. Entirely out of control. Roman Avdonin has heard it all. None of it stops him from crossing the line one more time. Sent to Chicago to answer for his wrongs, he's an outsider beneath the cruel gazes of men who are nothing like...

  • The Promise

    Darkest Lies - 2

    Roman Avdonin has always lived life on the edge of reason—hiding an unstable woman while officials knock down his family's door and a mafia war brews really doesn't seem that crazy, all things considered. But everything about Karine Yazov ...

  • The Marriage

    Darkest Lies - 3

    The darkest lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Faced with the impossible, Roman Avdonin is forced to do anything—and everything—he can to keep Karine safe from the man who wants her back.Even marrying her. The thing about marr...

  • The Beast of Moscow

    The Beast of Moscow - 1

    Tucked away deep in the hills of Dubna lives a man hiding from a past that's as grisly as the scar on his face. Reclusive. Paranoid. Violent. His trek to the top has been a bloody game-with a deadly end for anyone who loses. And it's not over yet. Ve...

  • The Lies Between Lovers

    The Beast of Moscow - 2

    The Beast is back in Dubna. Let the obsession begin.Finished with the Italian and home in his motherland, Vaslav Pashkov should be happy to isolate away in his safe and private hills. But the unfortunate detail of unfinished business with his dead fr...

  • The Beauty Who Loved Him

    The Beast of Moscow - 3

    Kidnapping one's future father-in-law is par for the course for a man like Vaslav Pashkov. Even if done with the best of intentions. But ensuring a safe arrival, and departure, of Vera's father is simply one loose end of many for Vaslav to tie up. An...

  • The Breath Before Forever

    The Beast of Moscow - 4

    The universe isn't done with Vaslav Pashkov just yet ...Perhaps marrying a man whose secrets weren't entirely revealed wasn't the smartest choice of Vera Avdonin's life, but her new husband makes the decision hard to regret.Even when it brings agony....

  • The Long Road Home

    These Valley Days - 1

    Crying into an iced coffee in front of a stranger isn't high on anyone's priority list but ... Gracen Briggs has history in this valley—deep roots, dead dreams, and an ex whose smiling face she sees plastered all over town, every single da...

  • Loved Either Way

    These Valley Days - 2

    Two years have passed since the fire that changed Delaney Reed's life overnight, but she still hasn't been able to move on. Not even time, distance, and a whole new city has helped ease the fear she feels about returning to the place that hurt her th...

  • Outtakes Vol 2: The Commission World

    Filthy Marcellos - 5.5

    Featuring stories from readers favorite characters from author Bethany-Kris' Commission World, Outtakes Vol 2: The Commission World takes readers to before the filthiest Marcello took his throne and far beyond ... to the next generations.Made up ...

  • Songs of the Hunted

    Realms of Glass and Blood - 1

    Once upon a time, a king hunted a queen ... It is year 749 of the House of Bloodhurst reign on Atlas, and King Misael Bloodhurst's thirst for sea women is a well-known threat across the realm, but Anthia, queen of her seas, is sure that she's clever ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Bethany-Kris has published 84 books.

Bethany-Kris does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Songs of the Hunted, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Bethany-Kris, A Mile High, was published in October 2013.

Yes. Bethany-Kris has 16 series.
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