The Wicked Games Series in Order

About the Wicked Games series

Series Premise

Each book is a standalone dark fantasy romance set in an alternate, early 20th-century-inspired world (roughly 1906–1908 technology) filled with magic, deadly competitions, and sinister bargains. The stories center on young women (often sisters or connected heroines) who enter dangerous, high-stakes magical games or trials to save loved ones, claim power, or survive curses. The games involve haunted mansions, lethal challenges, demons, temptations, and forbidden love, with only two rules: stay alive, and don’t fall in love. The heroines are forced into bargains with charming, arrogant, dangerous men (often magical or demonic figures) who guide them through the trials — but the attraction becomes a deadly distraction. The series explores themes of survival, revenge, family bonds, forbidden desire, and the cost of power in a magical, treacherous world.

Main Characters

> Ophelia Grimm (Phantasma, Book 1) — Eldest Grimm daughter; inherits her mother’s necromancy magic after her sudden death. Brave, determined, and sees apparitions; enters Phantasma to save her missing sister.
> Blackwell — Mysterious, charming, arrogant stranger in Phantasma; claims he can guide Ophelia through the trials but has his own dark agenda; her dangerous love interest.
> Genevieve "Vivi" Grimm (Enchantra, Book 2) — Ophelia’s sister; Specter with her own magic; evolves from lonely and running from her past into a courageous fighter.
> Daemonica characters — Focus on the next Grimm sister or related heroine; tied to the family curse and dark forces.
> Supporting — The Grimm family (mother Tessie, sisters), demons, magical figures, and the sinister entities running the deadly games.

Setting

An alternate early 20th-century fantasy world (roughly 1906–1908 technology) with a gothic, magical atmosphere:
> Haunted mansions (like Phantasma — a deadly contest inside a cursed house).
> Opulent ballrooms, twisting corridors, and lavish yet lethal magical spaces.
> A world of demons, temptations, and ancient bargains, with a mix of Victorian aesthetics and supernatural danger.
The atmosphere is lush, eerie, and sensual — glittering yet deadly, with a constant sense of peril and forbidden allure.

Tone & Themes

Dark, gothic, and intensely romantic — dark fantasy romance with high spice (explicit, passionate sex scenes), morally gray/obsessive heroes, heavy angst, possessiveness, and emotional turmoil. The tone is addictive and dramatic, blending horror-tinged mystery (haunted mansions, demons, lethal trials) with slow-burn tension, betrayal, and twisted love. It has heavy triggers (violence, trauma, temptation, power imbalances) but delivers obsessive devotion and hard-won HEAs — polarizing yet bingeable for dark romance fans.

The series is popular for its gothic dark fantasy romance, obsessive heroes, high spice, and magical family curse plot — ideal for fans of dark romantasy like Phantasma itself, A Court of Thorns and Roses, or The Cruel Prince with a haunted mansion twist. It has heavy content warnings (violence, trauma, explicit sex, dark magic).