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The O'Malleys
The O'Malleys series by Katee Robert has 6 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Dark Succession (2015).
- Books
- 6 books
- First published
- 2015
- Status
- completed
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Start here: Dark Succession (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
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About The O'Malleys
The O'Malleys is Katee Robert's Irish-mafia romance saga, following the sons and daughters of a Boston crime family as they're forced into marriages, alliances, and rivalries with the city's other criminal dynasties. Each book pairs an O'Malley sibling or in-law with a partner from a rival family, mixing arranged-marriage and enemies-to-lovers tropes with organized-crime stakes — betrayals, power struggles, and loyalty tested against desire. It's less explicitly kink-focused than Robert's Wicked Villains or Dark Olympus, sitting closer to traditional contemporary mafia romance, though still open-door.
The six books were originally published between 2015 and 2018 under different titles (as The Marriage Contract, The Wedding Pact, An Indecent Proposal, Forbidden Promises, Undercover Attraction, and The Bastard's Bargain). Forever/Grand Central Publishing repackaged and retitled the entire series in 2023–2024 as Dark Succession, Heated Rivals, Twisted Secrets, Beautiful Vengeance, Lovely Corruption, and Ruthless Redemption, giving Robert's early backlist a wider release to match the audience she built with Dark Olympus.
How to read this series
Read in series order: Dark Succession, Heated Rivals, Twisted Secrets, Beautiful Vengeance, Lovely Corruption, Ruthless Redemption. Each book follows a different couple within the extended O'Malley family and its rivals, and later books reference earlier couples, so reading in order gives the fullest picture of the family's ongoing feuds — though each romance resolves within its own book. If you find copies under the original titles (The Marriage Contract, The Wedding Pact, An Indecent Proposal, Forbidden Promises, Undercover Attraction, The Bastard's Bargain), they're the same books pre-reissue.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in The O'Malleys series?
Six, all complete: Dark Succession, Heated Rivals, Twisted Secrets, Beautiful Vengeance, Lovely Corruption, and Ruthless Redemption.
Why does The O'Malleys have two sets of titles?
The series was originally published between 2015 and 2018 under different titles (The Marriage Contract, The Wedding Pact, An Indecent Proposal, Forbidden Promises, Undercover Attraction, The Bastard's Bargain). Forever/Grand Central reissued the whole series with new titles in 2023–2024 to reach Katee Robert's larger current readership.
What order should I read The O'Malleys in?
Dark Succession, Heated Rivals, Twisted Secrets, Beautiful Vengeance, Lovely Corruption, Ruthless Redemption — the same order regardless of which title set you're reading.
Is The O'Malleys connected to Dark Olympus or Wicked Villains?
No — it's a separate contemporary mafia-romance universe with no shared characters. It also predates both, having been written earlier in Robert's career and reissued after her Dark Olympus success.
Is The O'Malleys finished?
Yes, all six books are complete and no further installments have been announced.
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