Mated by Fire Books in Order

Mated by Fire starts with a familiar reset, a girl in a new home, a new school, and a new chance, but it quickly reveals a much stranger supernatural world underneath. The heroine has spent years bouncing through foster homes, so stability already feels fragile when the series opens. Then she lands somewhere that seems almost too good to be true.

Of course it is not that simple.

At school, she draws the attention of the town's most powerful boys, and their behavior is off from the beginning. They are protective in a way that feels almost territorial. They treat her like she belongs to them before anyone has explained why. Add in a secret crush, suspicious enemies, and a town full of hidden paranormal rules, and the new start becomes a setup for something much bigger.

This series leans more into found family than some of Katie May's darker work. The heroine's foster home matters. Her friendships matter. The emotional shape of the story is about finally finding a place to belong, even as that place turns out to be more dangerous and more supernatural than she expected.

The title gives away the larger direction. Fire, power, and transformation matter a lot here. The heroine is not just the new girl in town. She is tied to forces the people around her understand better than she does, and the plot keeps pushing her toward the truth of what she is and what that truth will cost.

If you like paranormal romance with high school stakes, protective love interests, and a heroine slowly discovering that the world around her has always been on fire, Mated by Fire is a strong match.