Trouble (Myla Jackson) Books in Order

The Trouble books, sometimes listed as Tomb Raider Trouble, are Myla Jackson at her most playful. The setup starts in 1924 with adventurous archaeologists, an ancient tomb, and the magical Stone of Azhi, an artifact powerful enough to turn one bad decision into a decades-long curse.

That curse is the engine of the series.

Harry, Will, and Mitch all get pulled into magical bottles and wake up in the modern world only when the right woman releases them. That gives each book an instant spark. The heroes are out of time, the heroines have no idea what they are dealing with, and every wish comes with consequences.

Trouble with Harry opens in a museum, where Edie Ragsdale is cataloguing the contents of a sarcophagus when she finds a bottle and accidentally frees Harry. Trouble with Will shifts to collector Kate Brandt, whose expensive purchase turns out to be something much stranger. Trouble With Mitch brings in Amira Nassiri and ties the whole magical mess back together as old lovers, modern danger, and the Stone of Azhi collide.

The tone is light, sexy, and knowingly over the top in the best way. These are not brooding paranormal epics. They are brisk adventure romances with museums, rare objects, magical rules, and heroes who have lost decades but not their appetites.

What makes the series work is the way Jackson balances the fantasy gimmick with human awkwardness. The wish-granting bond sounds simple until the characters have to live with it, argue through it, and figure out whether attraction is real when magic is in the room. That keeps the books fun without making them weightless.

If you like paranormal romance with an Indiana Jones pulse, but with more flirting and a lot more heat, this is the corner of Myla Jackson's work to try first.