Royals (Ella Fields) Books in Order

Royals is a two-book dark fantasy romance set on the continent of Rosinthe, where power is spread across humans, fae-blooded royals, half-royals, witches, vanishers, mermaids, and other magical beings. The series follows Queen Audra through A King So Cold and The Stray Prince, and it is very much one continuing story, not a set of loose companions. Start at the beginning and stay there.

By the time A King So Cold opens, Audra is already on the throne and already carrying the wreckage of an arranged marriage. Her estranged husband has betrayed her, lost his memory, and ended up in her dungeon, which tells you a lot about the tone before the plot even gets moving. The book works from that sharp premise outward, blending court intrigue, personal vengeance, old desire, and a kingdom teetering near war.

Audra is not written as a sweet, easy heroine.

That is part of what makes the series stand out. She is guarded, harsh, proud, and often frighteningly decisive. The romance around her is just as tangled. Loyalty shifts. Old wounds stay open. Attraction keeps getting mixed up with duty, grief, anger, and the question of who can really be trusted when everyone at court seems to want something.

Rosinthe matters too. This is not just a vague fantasy backdrop for a love story. The hierarchy of power, the different magical peoples, and the constant pressure of politics shape every choice Audra makes. Even the most intimate moments are usually carrying some larger consequence behind them.

Then The Stray Prince raises the stakes. What looks like peace turns out to be temporary, and the series expands beyond palace walls into a wider threat from a land that has been closed off for years. Audra's personal life remains messy, but the books never let that mess feel small. Every emotional choice has political weight, and every political move comes back to the people at the center.

Everyone has a motive.

If you like fantasy romance with a strong queen at the center, sensual tension, memory loss, arranged marriage fallout, war, and a lot of dangerous people making imperfect decisions, Royals is a good fit. It has the pace of a romantic fantasy and the emotional appetite of darker romance, which means it is most satisfying when you want both the palace drama and the bruised, high-stakes love story.