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Make Me
The Make Me series by Katee Robert has 5 known books (5 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Make Me Want (2018).
- Books
- 5 known books (5 novels)
- Published
- 5
- First published
- 2018
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Romance
- Last checked
Start here: Make Me Want (2018) — 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:
Make Me Want
Make Me Want (2018) opens Katee Robert's Make Me series -- part of the 'Arrogant Heirs' pattern following the wealthy, controlling heirs of a powerful family -- with a couple built around obsession, control, and high-heat tension, the template the next three books repeat with new pairings.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Make Me Want - Book 2:
Make Me Crave
Make Me Crave, also released in 2018 at 448 pages, continues the Make Me series with a new couple from the same controlling, wealthy family, sitting between Make Me Want and Make Me Yours.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Make Me Crave - Book 3:
Make Me Yours
Make Me Yours (2019, 215 pages) is the third entry in Katee Robert's dark-romance Make Me series, centering another couple built around the family's characteristic obsession and control.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Make Me Yours - Book 4:
Make Me Need
Make Me Need, published in 2019 at 162 pages -- the shortest of the four original entries -- is the fourth Make Me novel, continuing the family's run of high-heat, control-driven pairings ahead of Forbidden Games.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Make Me Need - Book 5:
Forbidden Games
Forbidden Games, arriving in 2025 -- six years after Make Me Need -- extends Katee Robert's Make Me series with a fifth entry at 368 pages, returning to the same wealthy, controlling family well after the original four-book run.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Forbidden Games
About the Make Me series
Make Me (also referred to by the individual book titles' shared "Arrogant Heirs" pattern) is a Katee Robert contemporary dark-romance series following the wealthy, controlling heirs of a powerful family. Make Me Want, Make Me Crave, Make Me Yours, and Make Me Need were published across 2018 and 2019, each centering a new couple built around obsession, control, and high-heat tension; Forbidden Games followed considerably later, in 2025, extending the series.
The series sits in the same high-intensity, power-imbalance-driven register as Robert's other contemporary and mythological romance, predating her Dark Olympus breakout.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Make Me series?
Five: Make Me Want, Make Me Crave, Make Me Yours, Make Me Need (2018-2019), and Forbidden Games (2025).
What order should I read Make Me in?
Publication order: Make Me Want, Make Me Crave, Make Me Yours, Make Me Need, Forbidden Games.
What is Make Me about?
A contemporary dark-romance series following the controlling heirs of a wealthy family, each book centering a new high-heat, power-imbalance-driven couple.
Why did Forbidden Games come out so much later than the first four books?
No public explanation was found for the gap between Make Me Need (2019) and Forbidden Games (2025); both are tracked here as the same series per the author's own site.
Is Make Me connected to Dark Olympus?
No -- it predates Dark Olympus and is a separate contemporary-set world.
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