Below is the complete list of Rina Kent books in order. For each series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Deception Trilogy Books
- Dark Deception (2021)
Dark Deception was published in 2021 and is listed as book #1 in the Deception Trilogy series. 
Publication Order of Empire Books
Publication Order of Hate & Love Duet Books
with Isabella Starling
- He Hates Me (2020)
He Hates Me was published in 2020 and is listed as book #1 in the Hate & Love Duet series. - He Hates Me Not (2020)
Published in 2020, He Hates Me Not is listed as book #2 in the Hate & Love Duet series.
Publication Order of Kingdom Duet Books
Publication Order of Legacy of Gods Books
Publication Order of Lies & Truths Duet Books
Publication Order of Monster Trilogy Books
Publication Order of The Rhodes Books
- Remorse (2019)
Published in 2019, Remorse is listed as book #2 in the The Rhodes series.
Publication Order of Royal Elite Books
Publication Order of Team Zero Books
Publication Order of Throne Duet Books
Publication Order of Thorns Duet Books
- Yellow Thorns (2021)
Yellow Thorns was published in 2021 and is listed as book #1 in the Thorns Duet series.
Publication Order of Villain Books
Publication Order of Vipers Books
About Rina Kent
Rina Kent is a London-based author of dark romance whose novels are known for morally compromised protagonists, intense power struggles, obsessive relationships, and interconnected families. A New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer, she has built much of her bibliography inside a shared fictional setting commonly called the Rinaverse. Her books move between elite schools, criminal organizations, wealthy dynasties, corporate empires, and university communities, with characters from one sequence frequently reappearing as relatives, rivals, allies, or parents elsewhere.
Before writing full time, Kent pursued an academic career in medical research. She completed a master’s degree and had begun doctoral study when fiction redirected her professional life. She is also multilingual, describing herself as fluent in four languages and conversational in two others. Although she keeps much of her private life out of public view, she has identified London as her home and travel as an important way of resetting between demanding writing projects.
Kent’s early reputation developed through romances featuring controlling antiheroes, dangerous loyalties, and heroines forced to resist characters accustomed to dominance. Rather than presenting darkness as an isolated obstacle before a conventional courtship, she makes it part of the relationship’s structure. Her protagonists may begin as enemies, captor and captive, rivals, or members of opposing families. Trust is rarely immediate, and affection often develops alongside manipulation, revenge, secrecy, or an unequal balance of power.
The Royal Elite series became one of the foundations of her connected universe. Set around an exclusive British school and the powerful families associated with it, the novels introduced characters whose friendships, marriages, and rivalries influence much of Kent’s later work. Deviant King begins the central Aiden King and Elsa Steel trilogy, while other installments shift attention to couples already established within the group. The Kingdom, Lies & Truths, Thorns, and Empire books broaden that world through older relatives and connected families.
Her mafia romances form another substantial branch of the bibliography. The Deception Trilogy follows Adrian Volkov and Lia Morelli through a psychologically intense marriage shaped by concealed identities and organized crime. The Monster Trilogy centers on Kirill Morozov and Aleksandra Ivanova, while the Throne Duet explores power within the Russian criminal underworld. These books can be approached as separate couple-centered stories, but recurring names and alliances give additional meaning to readers familiar with the wider universe.
Legacy of Gods became Kent’s most prominent next-generation series. Set largely around rival university societies, it follows the children of characters introduced throughout her earlier books. Beginning with God of Malice, the sequence retains her interest in possessive antiheroes, family influence, violence, and psychological obsession while introducing a younger ensemble with its own friendships and conflicts. The later Villain and Vipers series continue expanding her dark-romance catalogue beyond the original family network.
Kent writes with direct pacing, alternating viewpoints, heightened emotional conflict, and a strong emphasis on character possession and rivalry. Her couples are usually given complete arcs within a duet, trilogy, or individual novel, even when they continue appearing elsewhere. That structure allows each series to stand independently while rewarding readers who recognize inherited traits, unresolved family tensions, and events viewed from another character’s perspective.
Her bibliography is therefore best understood as a collection of distinct romantic arcs joined by overlapping histories. The continuing appeal of the Rinaverse lies not simply in recurring cameos, but in watching one generation’s choices shape the loyalties, damage, and desires of the next.