De Bellis Crime Family Series by Kylie Kent: Reading Order (6 Books)
Ready to encounter Melbourne’s criminal underbelly? The De Bellis Crime Family reigns supreme in the city’s underworld, led by five brothers. Begin your exploration of their world by delving into “Birth of a Sinner.”
De Bellis Crime Family Series Reading Order
Whilst each of the De Bellis Crime Family books can be read as a standalone, like any book series you can fully understand who a side character is, the storyline and motivations of characters etc if you read them in the following order.
Birth Of A Sinner
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 0.5
Originally available via download or in the front of the A Sinner’s Promise book this is a short story to introduce the De Bellis Crime Family series.
Some people say that you’re born either evil or good.
I think everyone is born good. I’ve seen good before it was taken from me.
It’s people’s circumstances that turn them evil.
A necessity to survive in a world full of sin.
And me…?
My environment birthed a sinner covered in blood, lies, and deceit.
Sinners have hearts too, though. They beat just the same, bleed just the same, feel just the same as everyone else does. And when you come for the people I care about, you better believe I won’t have any qualms about securing my place in hell.
Totally Booked UK Review
Preparing for his brother’s wedding, Giovanni De Bellis can’t help but think that he will never be getting married. His brothers ponder aloud how they have managed to escape being married off by their father. Gio won’t let that happen and would be happy to finally finish off his father if that was the case.
With hours to go before Santo’s wedding to his childhood sweetheart Shellie, they are both missing. Sending Gabe, Marcel and Gio scrambling to discover where they are before anyone else notices that they are not there. The youngest De Bellis son Vin has been tasked with ensuring that their bastard father stays at the house until they can say he can head to the church.
As they search for the couple they unearth some secrets leading to some heartbreaking realities. It’s time for Gio to do the best for his brothers and move the De Bellis crime family forward.
Publication Date: 22nd January 2024
Page Count: 508
A Sinner’s Promise
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 1
A Sinner’s Promise is book 1 in the De Bellis Crime Family Saga, All books in this series are stand-alone dark romances
Gio
Being the eldest son has always been a blessing and a curse. I was raised to be one thing and one thing only.
A monster.
My father did everything in his power to make sure that’s exactly what I became too.
He wasn’t expecting that the monster he created would be the one to take him out though.
Now I’m in charge. Of the family, the empire. Everything.
I’m learning real fast that being the boss isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The first order of business was finding a new place to live. I didn’t want my four younger brothers to have to remain in the house of horrors, aka our childhood home, any longer than they had to be.
But the second I lay eyes on my new realtor, my sole focus becomes making her mine in every way possible.
Eloise
I’ve worked my ass off to land the elite property listings in Melbourne.The downfall? Elite properties come with elite assholes.
I’ve learnt over the past year how to deal with the suggestive comments and overly friendly touches from prospective buyers.
When I meet my latest client, Gio De Bellis, all my skills seem to go on vacation.
Because one look at him has me wanting to throw caution to the wind and give in to the temptation he’s offering.
But my career is way more important to me than one sinfully appetising, hot piece of man candy. At least, I think it is…
“I like you, and when I think about you being with anyone else, I want to rip heads off. I don’t want to share you, which means you and I are exclusive.” It’s simple as that.
Totally Booked UK Review
Making the move from small residential homes to finding and selling real estate to the rich and the elite isn’t giving Eloise Harrington the same feeling of satisfaction. Determined to stick it out and not fail, she finds herself heading out on a last-minute viewing for her boss, delaying dinner with her sister and her new boyfriend. Frustrated that the person she is supposed to be showing is late she opens the door to the most gorgeous man she has ever seen. Attempting to be professional and show him the house.
Needing to get out of the penthouse that he and his brothers have been living in since their father’s house burnt down, Gio has arranged a viewing and is pleasantly surprised to find a beauty showing him around. Instantly attracted to her, he had never felt this pull towards a woman before. Crossing professional boundaries he wants more and when she says that she wouldn’t live in this house it gives him an excuse to see her again.
Eloise is unsure what about Gio that makes her lose her mind around him. Hiding their fledgling love affair from those around them they are enjoying time in their bubble. He’s aware that he is tainting her life by wanting to be with her but he can’t imagine his life without her. As they open up to friends and family they adjust to their new bubble but with threats and war happening in Gio’s world what will be the fallout from it all?
Publication Date: 22nd April 2024
Page Count: 500
A Sinner’s Lies
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 2
A Sinner’s Lies is book 2 in the De Bellis Crime Family Saga, All books in this series are stand-alone dark romances.
Gabe
A lie. Presenting a false impression. To be deceptive.
That’s what I am. A lie.
My family sees one version of me. The world sees another.
Neither is real.
I like it that way. Prefer it even.
And then there’s her.
She sees right through the lie. Through me.
And no matter how much I try, there doesn’t seem to be a damn thing I can do to hide from her.
Daisy
A liar recognises another liar.
I was labelled rebellious. The girl with behavioural issues.
Because no one bothered to dig deep enough to find the truth.
I was running. Chasing an escape that didn’t come until I left school.
I have it under control now. Or at least I thought I did.
Until I meet Gabriel De Bellis. And everything I thought I buried rises to the surface.
Can two people stuck in a web of their own lies find a common truth?
“I love you. I promise to always put you first. To always love you above all else. I promise to be faithful and loyal to you. I will be your shoulder when you need to cry. I will be your friend when you need to talk, and I will be your protector when you need protection. I promise that I will do everything in my power to be everything you could possibly need and want, Daisy De Bellis.”
Totally Booked UK Review
Being born as a mafia prince Gabe De Bellis has known that he’d always end up working for the family. After the death of his father his brother Gio has taken his place as boss and Gabe is the intelligence man for the crime family. He would not have chosen it, especially having to step up as underboss whilst Santo finds his way through grief. Gathering info on the woman that Gio is dating has him following her friend Daisy and feeling a connection to her.
Daisy Blake is mindlessly living life working as a counsellor for children and enjoying time spent with her friends. When she is introduced to Eloise’s boyfriend and his family she suddenly recognises Gabe as the man she has seen in the shadows. Hooking up despite her friend’s warning it is simply sex on Daisy’s behalf, however, Gabe continues to insert himself into her life.
Not interested in a relationship Daisy attempts to keep Gabe at arm’s length but finds herself drawn into his orbit. As his mafia life crosses over into her world she questions whether there is any way they can be together. Gabe taking desperate measures to keep her in his life. But just as they find love they are pulled apart by revelations from an old journal and repercussions hitting home. Can they survive the fallout?
Publication Date: 21st August 2024
Page Count: 268
A Sinner’s Virtue
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 3
Marcello
Being judged isn’t something foreign to me. I’m used to the whispers, the stares, the way people scatter or cross the road when they see me walking their way.
It comes with the territory when your last name is De Bellis.
But being judged by her before she gives me a chance to prove her wrong? Yeah, I’m not going to stand for that.
Zoe thinks she knows who I am, assumes I’m nothing more than a street thug with no morals or ethics.
Letting her walk out of my life isn’t an option. I’ll show her just how virtuous this sinner can be.
Zoe
Moving to Melbourne from New York is the fresh start I craved while having connections here from back home is a welcomed comfort.
When your self-appointed adoptive father is the Pakhan of the Bratva and his wife belongs to one of the five Italian families of New York, you end up bubble-wrapped in one big invisible layer of protectiveness.
I’m safe here. Nothing can touch me. Nothing can pop that bubble. Especially if I don’t want it to.
That’s why, when a six-foot-three hulk of a man takes my breath away and leaves me aching for more of what he delivered in one night, I embrace the shelter my connections afford me.
The last thing I need is to get mixed up with someone who belongs in the criminal underworld. I’ve experienced firsthand how that turns out for girls like me. As much as I want it to be, my last name isn’t Petrov or Valentino. I don’t end up with the dark prince in my own version of a fairy tale.
It doesn’t matter how relentlessly Marcello persists, I will not cave. I will not give in to my bodies desires to have him just one more time…
“Yet. We’re not getting married yet, Zoe. Besides, you never know what the future holds. A lot of marriages started with a couple just like you and me dating.”
Totally Booked UK Review
Publication Date: 26th November 2024
Page Count: 306
A Sinner’s Saint
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 4
Vin
Demons. They’re relentless little fuckers that chase you no matter where you go.
There’s only one escape I’ve ever found and it was at the end of a blunt.
Then there was her. Camilla Taylor. Cammi.
The moment I touched her, my mind went blank. The monsters were… just gone. But good things aren’t for me.
And Cammi? She’s the very essence of good. Which is why I can’t keep touching her. Because if I do, it’s only a matter of time before I drag her down with me. Into that darkness that consumes my soul.
Cammi
Every girl thinks they can tame the bad boy, right? They’re wrong. Bad boys can’t be tamed. And they really shouldn’t be. Because that’s part of their allure in the first place.
Vin De Bellis is the definition of a broken heart waiting to happen. But when he touches me, my entire body lights up. The darkness that’s usually behind his eyes vanishes and a lightness shines through.
It’s the return of that darkness that scares me. Like I said, some people can’t be saved. Especially when the nightmares are so ingrained the demons run through their veins, waiting for their chance to cause havoc.
And Vin’s demons might just be the very things that shatter my heart.
“You’re not broken, and you don’t need repairing. You are exactly the guy I thought you were. The guy I know you are. You are kind, loyal… and when you love, you love hard. You’re a fighter, a survivor, and you are my anchor.”
Totally Booked UK Review
Publication Date: 1st January 2025
Page Count: 263
A Sinner’s Truth
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Book 5
Santo
Cold. A deep, bone-chilling cold. I’ve felt it since the night I clutched my pregnant fiancée to my chest and had a pair of cold, lifeless eyes stare back at me.
My family wants me to move on. To start living again. But it’s not so easy to do when your heart and soul are still six feet under.
A second chance at love isn’t in the cards for me.
A second chance at love isn’t in the cards for me. Which is why when I meet Aria Swan in a bar one night and she offers up a solution to both of our problems, I actually consider her proposal.
I mean, where’s the harm in playing house for a bit? It’s not like I’m going to fall in love with her.
A fact that will make terminating this little arrangement at the end of the year easy.
Even if her touch has this way of melting the icy coldness surrounding my heart…
Aria
Ever had the answers to all your problems just fall into your lap? Or, in my case, have you stumbling into the solution?
I have no idea what comes over me when I bump into Santo De Bellis. Call it desperation. A last-ditch effort to pull myself out of the hole my last name has created. But all I can think is how this arrangement can be mutually beneficial.
I need a husband. Because if I’m already taken, my father can’t marry me off to the highest bidder. And if that same husband happens to be a De Bellis, well, no one is going to be stupid enough to question it.
I don’t expect him to actually agree. So when he does, I jump at the chance for freedom.
What could possibly go wrong? All we have to do is stay married for a year. It can’t be that hard. Can it?
“If you think any man is going to touch you while you’re married to a De Bellis, you don’t know who you’re marrying.”
Totally Booked UK Review
Publication Date: 14th May 2025
Page Count: 114
Death Of A Sinner
Author: Kylie Kent
Book Series: De Bellis Crime Family Extended Epilogue
This Novella is an extended epilogue to the De Bellis Crime Family, if you haven’t already read the previous books, start with A Sinner’s Promise.
Death. The end of the life of a living organism. Final.
Except death isn’t always final. Sometimes ghosts come back to haunt you. Until they quickly
learn that they would have been better off dead.
After all, everyone knows some secrets should just stay buried.
Totally Booked UK Review
The De Bellis brother may have all found the one thwy wish to share thir lives with. But revealations from the last book has had Kylie Kent fans wanting to know how their mum has been alove for all these years and they knew nothing about it. If you though tha they were jumping yp and down with glee (can yooou imagine mafia men doing that?!?) you’d be wrong. they are pissed but ultimately looking for answers.
Catching up woth each of the De Bellis boys as they naviagte news of their mum being alive. Each with their own feelings on the subject and the life they endured with their father after she left. But as they come face to face with Mary, they gain more than a mother in the blink of an eye.
Sadly, the clue is the title for this book and there is no happy ending for this extended epilogue. Althought, hopefully the De Bellis boys have found some peace in having some questions answered.
About The Author – Kylie Kent
Kylie Kent is an international Amazon Bestseller Romance Author of Steamy, Dark and Delicious Mafia Romances. Be sure to check out the complete Kylie Kent library, which features romantic suspense novels which will have you wanting to devour similar books
Kylie is living out her dream to deliver sexy, always and forever romances. She loves a happily-ever-after story with tons of built-in steam. She currently resides in Sydney, Australia, and when she is not dreaming up the latest romance, she can be found spending time with her three children and her husband of twenty years, her very own real-life instant-love.
Other Book Series by Kylie Kent
- Sick Love Duet
- Tempter Series
- Obsession Duet
- Valentino Empire Series – featuring the complete Valentino trilogy including Unassuming Queen
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