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Advantage Play
The Advantage Play series by Kelsie Rae has 5 known books (5 published) and 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
- Last checked
Start here: Wild Card (2019) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Wild Card
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Wild Card - Book 2:
Dark King
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dark King - Book 3:
Little Bird
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Little Bird - Book 4:
Bitter Queen
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Bitter Queen - Book 5:
Black Jack
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Black Jack
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.
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