Queen of Nectar and Knives
(2025)(The second book in the Court of Smoke and Oaths series)
A Story by Jade Swallow
He was the fae king she once tried to destroy. Now, he’s the only one she can trust when the shadows come for her blood.
Astra is no longer the obedient human princess she once was. Crowned queen of the Fae Realms by marriage, she is stuck between two worlds. But when her father—the human king—is murdered, she’s thrust into a dangerous hunt for a traitor whose magic could rival her husband’s.
Trevan—the ancient, silver-haired, and utterly unyielding fae king—is the only one who stands at her side. Once her enemy, her husband is now the only man she can trust. Together, as they hunt the enemy stalking their realm, feelings blossom between the two. Astra begins to fall for the king she once suspected, resisting him in daylight, but surrendering to him in bed.
In moonlit chambers and behind locked doors, their passion burns hotter than ever—each scene a test of Astra’s limits, each night laced with the dark delights of ropes, blindfolds, and her king’s relentless mouth on her milk-sweet skin. The court wants her to produce an heir, and as Astra confronts her feelings for Trevan, her milky body stretched and filled by him night after night, she realizes their fates might be entwined in more ways than she imagined.
But as their enemies close in on them, Astra must choose: embrace the ruthless queen she’s becoming… or lose everything to the shadows.
Queen of Nectar and Knives is Book 2 in the Court of Smoke and Oaths series. This dark, high-heat, age gap romantasy novella contains an alpha fae king, a human queen coming into her own power, BDSM elements, lactation kink, baby-making galore, knife-edge suspense, murder, intrigue, fated-mate tension, and a villain you’ll never see coming. This book is not a standalone—Astra and Trevan’s story continues in book 3. One-click for a spicy, intensely milky, wild ride.
Astra is no longer the obedient human princess she once was. Crowned queen of the Fae Realms by marriage, she is stuck between two worlds. But when her father—the human king—is murdered, she’s thrust into a dangerous hunt for a traitor whose magic could rival her husband’s.
Trevan—the ancient, silver-haired, and utterly unyielding fae king—is the only one who stands at her side. Once her enemy, her husband is now the only man she can trust. Together, as they hunt the enemy stalking their realm, feelings blossom between the two. Astra begins to fall for the king she once suspected, resisting him in daylight, but surrendering to him in bed.
In moonlit chambers and behind locked doors, their passion burns hotter than ever—each scene a test of Astra’s limits, each night laced with the dark delights of ropes, blindfolds, and her king’s relentless mouth on her milk-sweet skin. The court wants her to produce an heir, and as Astra confronts her feelings for Trevan, her milky body stretched and filled by him night after night, she realizes their fates might be entwined in more ways than she imagined.
But as their enemies close in on them, Astra must choose: embrace the ruthless queen she’s becoming… or lose everything to the shadows.
Queen of Nectar and Knives is Book 2 in the Court of Smoke and Oaths series. This dark, high-heat, age gap romantasy novella contains an alpha fae king, a human queen coming into her own power, BDSM elements, lactation kink, baby-making galore, knife-edge suspense, murder, intrigue, fated-mate tension, and a villain you’ll never see coming. This book is not a standalone—Astra and Trevan’s story continues in book 3. One-click for a spicy, intensely milky, wild ride.