Pine Bluff Chronicles Books in Order

The Pine Bluff Chronicles is Eric Ugland’s take on small‑town urban fantasy, set far from the neon glare of Las Vegas or the chaos of Vuldranni. Pine Bluff, Oregon, looks like any other mountain town on a map: a main street, a diner, thick forests pressing in from every side. Under the surface, though, something very old and very hungry has been waiting.

In the first book, Pretty Little Snacks, teenager Kayla Martinez is ripped away from Manhattan when her mother’s career forces a move to Pine Bluff. She hates everything at first. The town is tiny, the locals stare, and the woods feel wrong in a way she cannot quite name. Over time, though, she starts to see the charm—odd neighbors, better‑than‑expected pancakes, and a rhythm to life that is nothing like the city.

That uneasy peace shatters when local kids begin disappearing. Pine Bluff shrugs it off as accidents or runaways, but Kayla realizes the pattern is too deliberate to ignore. Her search for answers pulls her into the surrounding forest, where the line between fairy tale and reality blurs and the trees hide more than wildlife.

The series blends coming‑of‑age story with creeping horror. Kayla has to juggle high school drama, family expectations, and the simple fact that most adults either will not listen or cannot admit what is happening. At the same time, she is learning that magic exists, that it has rules, and that breaking those rules tends to have a body count.

Ugland plays with familiar folktale beats—breadcrumbs, gingerbread, and the idea of children as prey—but tilts them just enough to feel fresh. The forest is not just a backdrop, it is a character: beautiful, suffocating, and complicit. Humor still shows up, usually in Kayla’s voice, but it is threaded through genuine danger and grief.

If Roseland is about an adult rebuilding her life in a city she thought she knew, Pine Bluff is about a teen discovering that the world has always been stranger than the adults let on. Readers who like their urban fantasy with a rural setting, teenage protagonists, and a strong horror edge will feel right at home—if “home” includes the possibility of being eaten.