Charity Ferrell's Marchetti Mafia series is one of her most popular — a dark, high-heat mafia romance set among a ruthless New York crime family, where every match is a deal, an arrangement, or a debt. If you searched "Marchetti Mafia in order," here's the short answer: it's a three-book series, read in publication order, and each book centers a different Marchetti man. Below is that reading order, plus the connected spin-off series Ferrell has built around the same world.
The Marchetti Mafia Series, In Order
All three books follow the same crime family but center different couples, with recurring characters throughout — so publication order is the way to read them:
1. Gorgeous Monster (Amazon) — An age-gap mafia romance. When her ex puts a hit out on her, the heroine runs to the one man who can protect her: Cristian Marchetti, the head of the family — and her best friend's father. His protection comes at a price: she becomes his wife.
2. Gorgeous Prince (Amazon) — An arranged-marriage mafia romance. Contracted from a young age to marry Benny Marchetti — ruthless, cunning, and the family's prince — the heroine has to navigate a marriage she never chose.
3. Gorgeous Villain (Amazon) — The darkest of the three, closing out the trilogy with the family's most dangerous match.
See all three with covers on the Marchetti Mafia series page.
The Wider Marchetti Mafiaverse
Part of what makes the Marchetti world worth getting into is that it doesn't end at three books — Ferrell has built connected series in the same universe, and her own note is that they can be read as standalones in any order. If you finish the trilogy and want more of the same world:
Lucky Kings — a steamy mafia spin-off set in the same New York underworld: Sinful Sacrifice (Amazon), Sinful Ruin (Amazon), and Sinful Hearts (Amazon). Forced marriage, mafia power plays, the same high heat.
Saint Vale — the second-generation, dark-academia successor set at an elite university, following the next generation tied to the Marchetti world. It begins with The Devil and His Fawn (Amazon). If you like secret-society dark romance, this is where the universe goes next.
Where to Start
Start with Gorgeous Monster. It's book one, it's the entry point everyone means when they talk about this series, and the age-gap/forced-protection setup is the hook that made the trilogy take off. If you're specifically here for arranged marriage, Gorgeous Prince leans hardest into it — but you'll get more out of it having read book one first. And if the Marchetti world hooks you, Lucky Kings is the most direct next step in the same tone.