Myth and Magic Books in Order

Myth and Magic is a slightly different kind of Keri Arthur series. Rather than telling one long, tightly continuous story with the same cast in every book, it works more like a shared shelf of fantasy romance thrillers linked by tone, mythic creatures, and Arthur's interest in women caught in dangerous magical situations. The books stand on their own, but they clearly belong to the same part of her imagination.

That flexibility is the point.

Arthur has described the series as one where dragons and sea dragons matter, and you can feel that broader mythic reach in the two novels here. Destiny Kills opens on a mystery. Destiny McCree wakes beside a dead man on an Oregon beach with patchy memory, enemies on her trail, and a serpent ring as her one dependable clue. The story moves like a supernatural thriller, with flight, pursuit, and old powers just behind the next turn.

Mercy Burns shifts gears while keeping the same blend of danger and desire. Mercy Wilson is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area, but she is also half air dragon, a woman with power she cannot fully express in the way others of her kind can. That tension, being powerful and limited at the same time, gives the book its emotional bite. Arthur uses it to build a story where the heroine's identity matters just as much as the external threat.

What makes the series interesting is how cleanly it sits between categories. It is fantasy romance, but it is not soft-edged. These books like pursuit, secrets, betrayals, and power struggles. They also like the moment when attraction becomes one more hazard in an already unstable situation. Arthur's couples are still important, but the books keep enough plot pressure on them that the romance has to fight for room.

Because each novel is effectively a standalone, Myth and Magic is a nice entry point if you want Arthur without committing to a nine or twelve book arc. You still get the things she does well, supernatural worldbuilding, capable heroines, forward motion, and a readiness to make magic feel dangerous, but in a tighter package. That means the books can try slightly different moods without breaking the overall brand.

There is also a nice sense of range here. One book leans harder into memory loss and pursuit. The other turns a dragon-blooded heroine loose inside a modern setting and asks what happens when old powers collide with present-day loyalties.

So this is not Arthur's biggest series.

But it is a useful one. If you like the romantic fantasy side of her work and want stories that feel complete in one volume while still carrying plenty of stakes, Myth and Magic is well worth a look.