MacKayla Lane Books in Order
Part ofKaren Marie Moning Books in OrderSee the MacKayla Lane novels by Karen Marie Moning in order, with summaries, background on Mac's Dublin Fae journey, and guidance on the best place to begin.
Last updated: December 24, 2025
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Publication Order
11 books
Kingdom of Shadow and Light
by Karen Marie Moning
2021
High Voltage
by Karen Marie Moning
2018
Feversong
by Karen Marie Moning
2017
With the Sinsar Dubh fully unleashed inside her, Mac becomes both weapon and threat, forcing sidhe seers, the Nine, and the Fae courts into desperate alliances as they race to stop black holes devouring Earth and to recover the lost Song of Making.
Feverborn
by Karen Marie Moning
2016
Burned
by Karen Marie Moning
2015
Iced
by Karen Marie Moning
2012
Shadowfever
by Karen Marie Moning
2011
As Mac closes in on the truth about her own heritage and the Sinsar Dubh, she must decide who to trust in a maze of shifting loyalties, where every revelation about Barrons, the Fae courts, and her past raises the stakes for the entire world.
Dreamfever
by Karen Marie Moning
2009
Shattered by an attack she barely understands, Mac fights to reclaim her mind and powers while Dublin erupts with Fae violence, caught between Barrons and V'lane as the Sinsar Dubh's influence grows more intimate, unpredictable, and deadly.
Faefever
by Karen Marie Moning
2008
Mac pieces together desperate clues from Alina's journal while Dublin slides toward chaos, forcing her into uneasy alliances with V'lane and Barrons as All Hallows Eve nears and the walls between the mortal world and Faery grow dangerously thin.
Bloodfever
by Karen Marie Moning
2007
Still hunting her sister's killer and the lethal Sinsar Dubh, Mac is stalked by Fae assassins and shadowy human enemies, torn between seductive prince V'lane and ruthless Barrons, and pushed deeper into a war that threatens both human and Fae worlds.
Darkfever
by Karen Marie Moning
2006
When carefree Georgia bartender MacKayla Lane flies to Dublin to investigate her sister's murder, she uncovers a hidden world of Fae, discovers she is a sidhe seer, and is forced into a dangerous alliance with enigmatic bookseller Jericho Barrons.
Series background & context
MacKayla Lane begins her story as a sun loving bartender in a small Georgia town, more interested in music and nail polish than monsters. When her older sister Alina is murdered while studying in Dublin, Mac flies across the ocean with only a cryptic voicemail for a clue.
In Darkfever she finds a city that feels slightly out of phase with itself and quickly learns why. Mac can see the Fae even when they wear human glamours. That ability marks her as a sidhe seer and makes her a target for predators who feed on beauty, life, and emotion.
Her uneasy partnership with Jericho Barrons, the dangerous owner of a rare bookshop, gives the MacKayla Lane books their central push and pull. Barrons needs Mac's gift to track the Sinsar Dubh, a volume of pure Unseelie magic. Mac needs his knowledge and ruthlessness just to stay alive. Neither of them stays honest with the other for long.
Over the first five novels she sheds the image of a carefree southern girl and becomes a street smart hunter, building her own moral code as she confronts the Lord Master, the sidhe seer hierarchy, and the truth about her family's past. The tone shifts from quippy fish out of water scenes to something much starker and stranger.
In the later Fever volumes Mac's role expands beyond revenge. She is pulled into Fae politics, must live with the consequences of the Sinsar Dubh, and ends up balancing human loyalties with inhuman power. Her romance with Barrons deepens slowly across battles, bargains, and betrayals instead of resolving in a single neat ending.
Because the Fever world also includes Dani focused novels and side stories, it can be hard to know which books still feel primarily like Mac's. This page narrows the spotlight to the core MacKayla Lane arc, so you can trace her journey in order without losing sight of the broader saga raging around her.
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