Below is the complete list of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s de Vincent books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of de Vincent Books
- Moonlight Sins (2018)
Moonlight Sins was published in 2018 and is listed as book #1 in the de Vincent series. - Moonlight Seduction (2018)
Published in 2018, Moonlight Seduction is listed as book #2 in the de Vincent series. - Moonlight Scandals (2019)
Moonlight Scandals is a 2019 release and appears as book #3 in the de Vincent series.
About de Vincent
Jennifer L. Armentrout’s de Vincent series is a contemporary romantic suspense trilogy centered on the wealthy, scandal-shadowed de Vincent brothers and the Louisiana estate that seems to hold as many secrets as the family itself. The series begins with Moonlight Sins, continues with Moonlight Seduction, and concludes with Moonlight Scandals. Each book focuses on a different brother, but the trilogy is tightly connected through family history, old deaths, dangerous rumors, and the question of whether the de Vincents are cursed or simply trapped by the consequences of their own past.
The first book, Moonlight Sins, introduces the family through Julia Hughes, who takes a job in the Louisiana bayou working for the infamous de Vincent brothers. Lucian de Vincent becomes the central romantic figure, a man surrounded by wealth, charm, grief, and suspicion. The de Vincents are not ordinary rich heroes placed inside a glossy romance setting. Their name carries whispers of madness, misdeeds, and tragedy, and Lucian’s story uses that atmosphere to create a strong gothic-suspense mood. The romance develops alongside the unease of a household where secrets are layered into every room.
Moonlight Seduction shifts the focus to Gabriel de Vincent and Nicolette Bresson. Nikki grew up around the de Vincent estate because of her parents’ work there, and her return brings old feelings, embarrassment, and unresolved attraction back into the open. Gabe’s story has a slightly different emotional rhythm from Lucian’s. It is built around familiarity, youthful longing, and the discomfort of returning to a place where everyone remembers who you used to be. The mystery surrounding the family continues, but the romance is more rooted in old connection and the painful gap between childhood fantasy and adult reality.
Moonlight Scandals brings Devlin de Vincent into the center. As the eldest brother, Devlin is the coldest, most controlled, and most deeply tied to the family’s power and reputation. His romance with Rosie Herpin, a ghost hunter, leans most directly into the series’ haunted atmosphere. Rosie’s interest in spirits and the unexplained makes her a natural match for a family surrounded by rumors of curses and tragedy, while Devlin’s guarded nature gives the final book a sharper enemies-to-lovers edge. His story also carries much of the responsibility for resolving the larger questions that have followed the trilogy from the beginning.
The de Vincent series works because Armentrout blends romance with Southern gothic suspense. The Louisiana bayou setting, the isolated family estate, the brothers’ wealth, and the deaths connected to their history all create a sense that love cannot be separated from danger. Each relationship has its own romantic texture, but the family mystery gives the trilogy continuity. Readers are not only watching three brothers fall in love; they are watching a powerful family’s carefully protected image begin to crack.
Compared with Armentrout’s fantasy and paranormal series, de Vincent is more grounded, but it still carries her familiar emotional intensity. The heroes are damaged, difficult, and protective; the heroines are drawn into worlds where attraction comes with risk; and the pacing depends on secrets being revealed at exactly the moment they can do the most damage. The trilogy is best understood as contemporary romantic suspense with a gothic edge: wealthy brothers, dangerous history, passionate relationships, and a family legacy that refuses to stay buried.