The Recommended Reading Order
The Betrothed series is a serialized dark romance epic following a single couple, Hades and Sofia Romano. Because the story is continuous and features significant cliffhangers, you must read the books in their exact order of release. Reading them out of order will spoil major plot points.
Here is the recommended reading order for the Betrothed series:
- Wife (2019)
- Husband (2019)
- Lover (2020)
- Committed (2020)
- First (2020)
- Second (2020)
- Forever (2020)
- Lie (2020)
- Secret (2020)
- Truth (2020)
Chronological Order vs. Publication Order
For the Betrothed series, chronological order is identical to the publication order. The story begins immediately in Wife, where Hades, cursed by a gypsy to love a woman who will never return his affection, first meets Sofia. The timeline progresses sequentially through all ten volumes, concluding with Truth.
How Betrothed Fits Into the Penelope Sky Universe
While the Betrothed series can be read completely on its own, it is set in the same gritty, high-stakes dark romance universe as Penelope Sky's other bestselling series. If you want to experience the complete chronological and recommended universe order as suggested by the author, you should read them in the following sequence:
- Buttons Series (Starts with Buttons and Lace)
- Queen Series (Also known as the Scotch series, starts with The Scotch King)
- Beyond Buttons Series (Originally published as the Lingerie series)
- Banker Series
- Skull Series
- Wolf Series
- Betrothed Series
Starting directly with Wife is perfectly fine if you only want Hades and Sofia's story, but reading the prior series will give you a richer understanding of the author's mafia world.