Mantle and Key Paranormal Agency Books in Order

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This page shows the Mantle and Key Paranormal Agency books by RE Vance in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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Corruption on the Run

by RE Vance

2022

A desperate luck spell to save the man she loves sends Maine into a chase through spreading corruption and bad magic. Every fix makes the mess bigger, and time is running out.

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Dire Wolf Stakes

by RE Vance

2022

Maine's next case comes with bad timing, bad odds, and assassins who kill from a distance. As romance and violence collide, she has to protect the people she loves without losing control of the hunt.

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Grave Choices

by RE Vance

2022

War is no longer something happening in the background. As everything closes in, Maine has to choose who to save, what to sacrifice, and how much of herself she can afford to lose.

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Jersey Troll

by RE Vance

2022

A fresh case throws Maine into the dangerous side of fame, where attention can get you killed. To make it out, she has to outplay enemies who understand exactly how to turn spectacle into a weapon.

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Only Trolls Double Down

by RE Vance

2022

Someone is trying to kill Death, and Maine is unlucky enough to get involved. What starts as one impossible case turns into a race against powerful enemies and a much bigger supernatural plan.

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The Good Troll Detective

by RE Vance

2022

Half-troll Maine wants to keep her head down, but a dangerous case pulls her into the city's paranormal underbelly. Solving it means facing what she is, who she can trust, and how ugly the hidden war is getting.

Series background & context

The center of Mantle and Key Paranormal Agency is Maine, a half-troll woman who never gets the easy version of anything. Her bloodline leaves her caught between worlds, and that makes her a natural fit for stories where every case is also an identity problem. She can move through human spaces and monstrous ones, but belonging is harder than walking through the door.

That tension powers the series.

At the surface, these books work like punchy paranormal investigations. A case lands in Maine's lap, something impossible happens, and she starts pulling at threads. But the mysteries do not stay neat for long. Assassins, dire wolves, cursed luck, and even threats aimed at Death itself keep turning what should be one job into something much more dangerous.

The agency setup gives the series a nice rhythm. You get clues, suspects, magical rules, and the feeling that somebody is always hiding the real story one layer deeper. Then the books widen. A single case becomes part of a conspiracy. A personal problem becomes a war. Maine keeps thinking she is handling one emergency, only to find she has stepped into the middle of a much older fight.

There is romance in the mix, but it is never the only engine. The emotional core comes from loyalty, trust, and the fact that Maine's choices affect more than one person at a time. She is trying to protect the people she loves while also figuring out what kind of life she is even allowed to build for herself.

The tone stays lively, even when the stakes rise. These are not cozy little puzzles with a tidy magical bow on top. The books have banter, but they also have bruises. They like detective bones, urban fantasy mess, and heroines who are tougher than anyone gives them credit for.

So if you enjoy a series that starts with cases and keeps building toward something larger, Mantle and Key Paranormal Agency has that shape. Come for the half-troll detective angle. Stay for the escalating magical trouble and the sense that Maine is always one bad day from finding out just how big the real war is.