The Well Bookshop
Series · dark romance

Advantage Play

by Kelsie Rae

The Advantage Play series by Kelsie Rae has 5 known books (5 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Wild Card (2019).

Books
5 known books (5 novels)
Published
5
First published
2019
Status
completed
Shelved under
Romance
Start here: Wild Card (2019) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Wild Card
Wild Card (2019)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Wild Card

    Novel
    Wild Card opens Kelsie Rae's Advantage Play in September 2019, marking a sharp turn from the small-town sweetness of her Signature Sweethearts debut into enemies-to-lovers stories built around rival crime dynasties, high-stakes gambling, and arranged-marriage power plays. It runs 234 pages.
    View book

  2. Dark King

    Novel
    Dark King followed later in 2019 as the second book in Advantage Play, continuing the series' pattern of a new couple entangled with family loyalty, betrayal, and danger between the Russo and Romano crime dynasties. It runs 186 pages, the shortest entry so far.
    View book

  3. Little Bird

    Novel
    Published in 2020, Little Bird is the third installment of Advantage Play at 271 pages -- the longest entry to that point -- continuing the series' possessive, high-tension relationships set against its criminal underworld backdrop.
    View book

  4. Bitter Queen

    Novel
    Bitter Queen followed Little Bird in Advantage Play as the fourth entry, also in 2020, keeping the rival Russo and Romano families circling each other while a new couple's romance gets entangled in the danger. It runs 260 pages.
    View book

  5. Black Jack

    Novel
    Black Jack closes out Advantage Play in 2020 as its fifth installment, running 237 pages and bringing Kelsie Rae's mafia-and-casino dark romance series to its conclusion with the same possessive, high-tension voice that ran through the earlier books.
    View book

Key facts about the Advantage Play series

Our list has 5 books in the Advantage Play series. Since all 5 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Wild Card, since it opens the publication order in 2019. Dark King is book 2, from 2019. Little Bird is book 3, from 2020.

Bitter Queen is book 4, from 2020. Black Jack is book 5, from 2020.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2019 and 2020, while their length runs from 186 to 271 pages. That is a run of 1 year.

Kelsie Rae has 10 books on our list. Additionally, they write Signature Sweethearts. We shelve the books under dark romance.

About the Advantage Play series

Advantage Play is Kelsie Rae's mafia and casino-world dark romance series, a sharp turn from the small-town sweetness of her Signature Sweethearts debut into enemies-to-lovers stories built around organized crime families, high-stakes gambling, and arranged-marriage power plays. Rival crime dynasties -- most prominently the Russo and Romano families -- circle each other across the series, with each book following a different couple whose romance is entangled with family loyalty, betrayal, and danger.

The series carries darker content than Rae's contemporary romance work, trading small-town warmth for possessive, high-tension relationships set against a criminal underworld backdrop, while keeping her signature emotionally driven voice.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Advantage Play series?

Six: Wild Card (2019), Dark King (2019), Little Bird (2020), Bitter Queen (2020), Black Jack (2020), and Royal Flush (2021).

Is Advantage Play connected to Kelsie Rae's other series?

No -- it's a separate, darker mafia/casino romance series, distinct from her contemporary Signature Sweethearts romances.

What kind of romance is Advantage Play?

Dark, mafia-adjacent romance built around rival crime families, casinos, and high-stakes power dynamics, with heavier content than Rae's small-town contemporary work.

Last updated

All series