The Forests of Dru

Written by Jeffe Kennedy

Narrated by Esther Wane

An Enemy Land
Once Princess Oria spun wicked daydreams from the legends of sorceresses kidnapped by the barbarian Destrye. Now, though she’s come willingly, she finds herself in a mirror of the old tales: the king’s foreign trophy of war, starved of magic, surrounded by snowy forest and hostile strangers. But this place has secrets, too—and Oria must learn them quickly if she is to survive.

A Treacherous Court
Instead of the refuge he sought, King Lonen finds his homeland desperate and angry, simmering with distrust of his wife. With open challenge to his rule, he knows he and Oria—the warrior wounded and weak, the sorceress wrung dry of power—must somehow make a display of might. And despite the desire that threatens to undo them both, he still cannot so much as brush her skin.

A Fight for the Future
With war looming and nowhere left to run, Lonen and Oria must use every intrigue and instinct they can devise: to plumb Dru’s mysteries, to protect their people—and to hold fast to each other. Because they know better than any what terrifying trial awaits… 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Sep 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094439853

Jeffe Kennedy

Jeffe Kennedy is an award-winning, best-selling author who writes fantasy with romantic elements and fantasy romance. She is an RWA member and serves on the Board of Directors for SFWA as a Director at Large.She is a hybrid author, and also self-publishes a romantic fantasy series, Sorcerous Moons. Books in her popular, long-running series, The Twelve Kingdoms and The Uncharted Realms, have won the RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Fantasy Romance, been named Best Book of June 2014, and won RWA’s prestigious RITA® Award, while more have been finalists for those awards. She's the author of the romantic fantasy trilogy, The Forgotten Empires, which includes The Orchid Throne, The Fiery Crown, and The Promised Queen.Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with two Maine coon cats, plentiful free-range lizards and a very handsome Doctor of Oriental Medicine.She can be found online at her website, every Sunday at the SFF Seven blog, on Facebook, on Goodreads and on Twitter. She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.

Reviews for The Forests of Dru

[debbaworks · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I didn't realize this was fourth in a series I hadn't read prior books to. Alas. It still worked as a stand alone, but I suspect I'd have enjoyed it more, if I were already acquainted with the characters.

[Jessica-Christina (梅詩雅) · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Chuffta=best familiar ever
I will not be happy if anything horrible happens to him in the future.

[Cindy McLoughlin · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I am enjoying the story and want to read to the end, although I feel that I must warn future readers that the relationship between the 2 main characters is very dated in terms of a dominant male and ‘his tame witch’. Although there is attempts within the story line to highlight previous gender inequality within this fictional history, i feel, especially within the sex scenes, that it portrays an incorrect imbalance of power and a kind possessive objectifying towards the female lead from the male.