
Deception Trilogy
romance
Series · romance
The Monster Trilogy series by Rina Kent has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Blood of My Monster (2023).
Start here: Blood of My Monster (2023) — then read straight through in publication order.

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
Monster Trilogy is a dark mafia romance series that opens with Blood of My Monster, in which a woman disguises herself as a man to infiltrate the military in pursuit of revenge, only to come under the command of a manipulative, emotionless superior officer intent on ruling his own world -- and increasingly likely to uncover exactly who she really is. Lies of My Monster and Heart of My Monster continue the trilogy's themes of identity, revenge, and forbidden desire under threat of exposure.
Published in 2023, Monster Trilogy is one of Rina Kent's most intense dark-romance entries, built on high-stakes concealment (a hidden identity, a hidden agenda) rather than the academy-set power games of Royal Elite or the family-dynasty stakes of Legacy of Gods. Readers who want Kent's darkest, most morally complex register -- revenge plots, mafia power structures, a love interest as threatening as he is magnetic -- should start here.
Publication order, starting with Blood of My Monster. The trilogy follows one central concealed-identity plot across all three books, so reading in order is necessary to follow the story.
Three: Blood of My Monster, Lies of My Monster, and Heart of My Monster, all published in 2023.
Publication order: Blood of My Monster, Lies of My Monster, Heart of My Monster.
A woman disguised as a man infiltrates a military/mafia hierarchy for revenge, and falls for the emotionless commanding officer most likely to expose her.
No shared characters -- it's a standalone dark mafia romance trilogy.
Yes, all three books were published in 2023.
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