Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravage | 2023 | Michelle St. James | Buy |
Ravage is the opening entry in Michelle St. James’s Ruthless Empire series, published in 2023. As her most recent series launch, it carries the hallmarks of her mature mafia romance style – an alpha hero with real power and real menace, and a romance that doesn’t shy away from the cost of loving someone who operates outside the law.
The Ruthless Empire name signals what readers are getting: a crime world built on dominance, and characters who have to navigate that world on its own terms. St. James has been writing mob romance across multiple series for years, and Ravage shows her continuing to develop within the genre rather than repeating herself. Readers new to her work can start here without needing any prior context.