Order of Swans

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Alexandra Hunter

In this spellbinding, fantasy-rich romance, a woman is swept into a world where she has the power to alter fairy tales, and change a kingdom’s destiny…

To Kaley Arens, a PhD student and expert in folklore, fairy stories have always had a power and an allure beyond mere entertainment.

It’s only when Kaley accompanies her lifelong friend Jobi on a visit to his home that she realizes how much she still has to learn. Bellis isn’t the remote island that she believed it to be. It’s another world—a stunningly beautiful and seductive one, with its own royalty, its own rules, and inhabitants who breathe life into the tales she was taught were fiction.

Kaley’s presence is no simple holiday. She has a mysterious connection with Jobi and with Bellis, and abilities that may help determine this world’s fate. Tasked with locating a lost prince, Kaley and her companions—the enigmatic Tanek, a member of the Order of Swans, and Sojee, Kaley's colossal bodyguard—journey through a land both thrilling and terrifying, where the uncanny and the familiar go hand in hand.

But in fairy tales, heroes and villains are easy to discern. Here, nothing is quite as it seems. And though Kaley is discovering that she can change the outcome of the fairy tales she knows so well, her own story is unfolding in ways impossible to predict, with a destiny she could never have foretold…

©2025 Jude Deveraux (P)2025 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Buyer beware - no ending

The book went on and on and on … then left me with no ending. So disappointing

Another treasure by Jude Deveraux

Weather you like fantasy love stories or not Jude does not disappoint with this story.

Intriguing from start to finish!

Parts of the story have been done but I love how the different story lines were put together. I’m so interested now in how she will move forward with her life, so many options!!

Ready for Book 2

Loved the blend of romance, adventure, and fantasy. Well done! So excited for book 2!!!

Unfulfilling

It was hard getting into the book because the narration was frustrating. Her character voices were fine but the filler narrative was not how people talk. While the story line started to hold some promise, it went nowhere.

Cliffhanger

I am enjoying this story when I did not think I was going to, but the end of it holy freaking cow! Talk about a cliffhanger if she doesn't write another book or two to finish this out I will be very disappointed

I'm hooked

kept me excited and wo during at every turn...I really hope there's gonna be a 2nd one soon!!!

Something is missing

I been a fan for many, many years. But I have to admit I did not enjoy this book as much as I have enjoyed her other books. I am not sure if it was the narrator lack of narration skills or if it was the story itself. It felt like it jumped from one thing to another without really exploring the fairytales.

Also I didn’t feel like there was a true romantic connection between the two main characters. I am not sure why we are supposed to believe that they are in love. I feel like that should haven explore further.

At this point I am not sure if I will be buying the continuation story.

Another great story from Jude

I was hook from the start. I love the characters and watching their relationships develop. The little Easter eggs she drops in to point toward deeper ties than we know. I loved it and I can't wait for the next book.

Not a complete story

It’s a real gamble to end a book mid-story. If your audience is not utterly captivated, you risk angering them, as I am. This wasn’t a “tune in to find out what happens next,” it just ends in the middle of the action. Nothing is resolved, it’s an incomplete story and I didn’t pay money for a book expecting to have to pay more money for another book in the hopes that THAT book will provide any kind of resolution. This was a decent story while it lasted, but it wasn’t good enough to compel me to keep going.