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Fortuna Beach
The Fortuna Beach series by Marissa Meyer has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Instant Karma (2020).
- Books
- 2 books
- First published
- 2020
- Status
- ongoing
- Last checked
Start here: Instant Karma (2020) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Instant Karma
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Instant Karma - Book 2:
With a Little Luck
Alternative text for cover: Cover of With a Little Luck
About the Fortuna Beach series
Prudence Daniels is a righteous local-news intern with a habit of publicly shaming people she catches breaking the rules -- littering, parking in disabled spots, cutting in line -- through an anonymous online alter ego. When her small California beach town starts experiencing a wave of instant, exaggerated karmic payback that seems to be targeting the very people she's called out, Prudence has to team up with Quint Erickson, the slacker classmate she's clashed with for years, to figure out who -- or what -- is behind it, all while an inconvenient attraction complicates her sense of moral certainty.
Marissa Meyer's first contemporary romance swaps her usual fantasy and fairy-tale machinery for a sun-soaked small-town rom-com, though a light touch of magical-realism mystery (is karma actually real, or is someone engineering it?) keeps a hook of genre intrigue running under the will-they-won't-they plot. A second book set in the same town follows a side character from the first, in the same easygoing, romantic-comedy register.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Fortuna Beach series?
Two: Instant Karma (2020) and With a Little Luck (2024), both standalone romances sharing the same small-town setting.
Do I need to read Instant Karma before With a Little Luck?
No -- With a Little Luck follows a different couple, though it's narrated by a side character from Instant Karma, so reading in order adds a little extra context without being required.
Is Fortuna Beach connected to The Lunar Chronicles or Marissa Meyer's fantasy books?
No. It's a contemporary romantic-comedy series, a departure from her fantasy and fairy-tale-retelling work.
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