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The Queen’s Court #2
Charged Up
Being a new bride comes with some unexpected benefits.
I’ve had an awakening, thanks to my new dragon shifter husband. I’m just not sure Ash knows what he’s unleashed yet.
But it’s not all marital bliss—
• Someone has it out for me and wants to see me meet a violent end.
• And Ash, my so-called fated mate, has been holding out on me.
• Then pile on Ash’s ex who obviously still has the hots for him no matter how much she pretends it’s just business.
While I’m busy playing checkers with Ash and his ex, someone else is playing chess. And I’m nothing more than a pawn in their game.
But what everyone fails to realize is that when princesses get pushed, they push back. Hard.
♥ If you’re 18+ and like a princess who fights for her man, a commanding alpha male dragon shifter, witty dialogue, and a spicy love story, check out Charged Up, the second book in The Queen’s Court series.
♥ Author’s note: Charged Up is an angsty new adult romance with themes of first love, evil exes, and a cliffhanger. This is a fun, fast-paced paranormal romantasy read perfect for a cozy afternoon escape.
Content warning: this book contains non-consensual sexual touching, which may be triggering to some.
I’ve had an awakening, thanks to my new dragon shifter husband. I’m just not sure Ash knows what he’s unleashed yet.
But it’s not all marital bliss—
• Someone has it out for me and wants to see me meet a violent end.
• And Ash, my so-called fated mate, has been holding out on me.
• Then pile on Ash’s ex who obviously still has the hots for him no matter how much she pretends it’s just business.
While I’m busy playing checkers with Ash and his ex, someone else is playing chess. And I’m nothing more than a pawn in their game.
But what everyone fails to realize is that when princesses get pushed, they push back. Hard.
♥ If you’re 18+ and like a princess who fights for her man, a commanding alpha male dragon shifter, witty dialogue, and a spicy love story, check out Charged Up, the second book in The Queen’s Court series.
♥ Author’s note: Charged Up is an angsty new adult romance with themes of first love, evil exes, and a cliffhanger. This is a fun, fast-paced paranormal romantasy read perfect for a cozy afternoon escape.
Content warning: this book contains non-consensual sexual touching, which may be triggering to some.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 8, 2022
About the author
Wanda Swan
12 books43 followersWanda Swan is an Amazon #1 bestselling author of fantasy romance where love and passion meet murder and mayhem. She pits imperfect heroines against the odds where they must combat internal demons and external chaos to find themselves, their perfect match, and their happily ever after!
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December 27, 2022
Amazing, should be in the top 20 paranormal, fun books!
Finally something I read until midnight! Took me a while to find a great book, good conceptsC otherworldly characters and great chemistry between the mains. So sad book three isn’t available yet, I read the first two in 24 hours 👌🏻
Finally something I read until midnight! Took me a while to find a great book, good conceptsC otherworldly characters and great chemistry between the mains. So sad book three isn’t available yet, I read the first two in 24 hours 👌🏻
December 1, 2022
You’re going to love this!
Charged up did not disappoint! As Ash and Nina’s story continues we get to see their relationship develop as a newly married couple with the good/not so good times that come with every relationship.❤️
Plus throwing exes into the mix, you’re in for a wild ride!
Talk about upping the spice level 🥵I couldn’t get enough of the alpha male meets strong independent woman trope. 4/5 🌶️. For those who belong to the spicy book club 😉, Wanda delivers!
This book ends on an exciting cliffhanger, can’t wait to see who we are going to meet in book 3!
5/5 ⭐️
Charged up did not disappoint! As Ash and Nina’s story continues we get to see their relationship develop as a newly married couple with the good/not so good times that come with every relationship.❤️
Plus throwing exes into the mix, you’re in for a wild ride!
Talk about upping the spice level 🥵I couldn’t get enough of the alpha male meets strong independent woman trope. 4/5 🌶️. For those who belong to the spicy book club 😉, Wanda delivers!
This book ends on an exciting cliffhanger, can’t wait to see who we are going to meet in book 3!
5/5 ⭐️
February 1, 2023
Gosh this is so well written. I always know I like the writing when I'm yelling at the stupid people in the book and planning my own murders of a certain character. Soo happy with the ending too! On to the next!
February 16, 2023
Omg that ending, I'm screaming - if it's what I think it is that is SO COOL! Straight onto book 3 🤩
November 18, 2022
I absolutely loved this book, I wasn’t able to put it down and finished it in one day! So far this series has been one of my favourite reads of 2022! I would 10/10 recommend you read this series asap!
November 25, 2022
Wanda Swan’s books are an instant buy for me when she releases a new one. I’ve already read Charged Up twice!! Her main female character, Nina, is full of life, passion and attitude which made Power Hungry & Charged Up such fun books to read. The romantic in me loves that Nina and Ash’s, her new arranged Husband, relationship only develops further in this book as they take on new challenges together. Plus we all love to hate a Jessica ;) IYKYK
June 7, 2023
ERMMMM I DEF LIKED THE FIRST ONE BETTER BUT I CAN’T GIVE THIS ONE A THREE CUZ I KNOW I LIKED THIS ENOUGH FOR IT TO NOT BE THREE STARS SO EHE GOUR STARS IT IS.
OK SO,,,, I’M SO HAPPY WITH THE WAY SERAPHINA AND HER MOM IS SLOWLY WARMING UP TO EACH OTHER?1?1?2 THAT LITTLE “good bye, mother / daughter” THINGY MADE ME SCREAM AND START PUNCHING THE TEDDY BEARS AND PILLOWS OMFG ??
KAT AND SOFIE ARE GAYYYYYYYYY (shocking) (i DEFINITELY didn’t see this one happening, nuh uh, i definitely though they were both straight, mhm).
oh and,,,, erm,,,, this had jessica,,,, who’s one of ashton’s exes which ashton had to get in touch with strictly for business but jessica clearly didn’t think so (surprise surprise, girlie wanted more,,,, even after knowing that he’s already married to nina). yeah,,,,,,
i have to point out that their woohoo life is so active …. like damn,,,,, are they all like that? i have never read anything about the ml and fl doing it so much so,,,, maybe i’m still a bit culture shocked??
BTW WTFHWGJAG BROOOOOO #THAT SCENE GOT ME IN SHAMBLES LIKE KABOSBSKSBSKSSMSKA ICB #THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND I’LL PROBABLY BE SCARRED WITH THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE MAYBE.
OK SO,,,, I’M SO HAPPY WITH THE WAY SERAPHINA AND HER MOM IS SLOWLY WARMING UP TO EACH OTHER?1?1?2 THAT LITTLE “good bye, mother / daughter” THINGY MADE ME SCREAM AND START PUNCHING THE TEDDY BEARS AND PILLOWS OMFG ??
KAT AND SOFIE ARE GAYYYYYYYYY (shocking) (i DEFINITELY didn’t see this one happening, nuh uh, i definitely though they were both straight, mhm).
oh and,,,, erm,,,, this had jessica,,,, who’s one of ashton’s exes which ashton had to get in touch with strictly for business but jessica clearly didn’t think so (surprise surprise, girlie wanted more,,,, even after knowing that he’s already married to nina). yeah,,,,,,
i have to point out that their woohoo life is so active …. like damn,,,,, are they all like that? i have never read anything about the ml and fl doing it so much so,,,, maybe i’m still a bit culture shocked??
BTW WTFHWGJAG BROOOOOO #THAT SCENE GOT ME IN SHAMBLES LIKE KABOSBSKSBSKSSMSKA ICB #THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND I’LL PROBABLY BE SCARRED WITH THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE MAYBE.
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January 30, 2023
Wanda Swan outdid her self again on book 2. I love the characters the world and the smut! I cant recommend this series enough!!
Nina is a fierce hard headed, badass main character. She loves her husband Ash unconditionally.
While ash and Nina are married,
Nina still has to deal with her crazy ex Nicky who clearly doesn’t receive the message that she doesn’t want anything to do with him.
He does everything in his power to get her attention. Normally she wouldn’t have anything to do with him but after she is getting her heart repeatedly broken thanks to a girl named jessica (Ash’s old fling) she runs to Nicky to to claim what he took from her.
Little does he know he has a rude awakening coming 😈
As for jessica the B**** deserves what she gets!
Nina is a fierce hard headed, badass main character. She loves her husband Ash unconditionally.
While ash and Nina are married,
Nina still has to deal with her crazy ex Nicky who clearly doesn’t receive the message that she doesn’t want anything to do with him.
He does everything in his power to get her attention. Normally she wouldn’t have anything to do with him but after she is getting her heart repeatedly broken thanks to a girl named jessica (Ash’s old fling) she runs to Nicky to to claim what he took from her.
Little does he know he has a rude awakening coming 😈
As for jessica the B**** deserves what she gets!
February 19, 2023
Wanda Swan, this book was fantastic and I adored it. Charged Up starts right where the cliffhanger from book one ends and doesn’t disappoint.
I LOVED being able to see Nina and Ash develop as a couple, but mostly I loved getting to know Ash’s family and how Nina’s life was a direct contrast to the informality and loving environment of Ash’s life growing up.
The banter and funny moments were just as good and the spice was a perfect addition to the storyline. I really enjoyed the balance between plot and sexy time.
There’s always a spanner in the works, and let’s just say the miscommunication trope is rife in book 2🤣
I LOVED being able to see Nina and Ash develop as a couple, but mostly I loved getting to know Ash’s family and how Nina’s life was a direct contrast to the informality and loving environment of Ash’s life growing up.
The banter and funny moments were just as good and the spice was a perfect addition to the storyline. I really enjoyed the balance between plot and sexy time.
There’s always a spanner in the works, and let’s just say the miscommunication trope is rife in book 2🤣
December 20, 2023
I find second books to often be a little slower paced and more plot filler type books to built up to great books for the remainder of the series, and that was also the case here.
BUT, still very enjoyable nonetheless and fed into a great third book, which I’m currently about half way through. Things were a little predictable in terms of who Jessica turned out to be but I still really liked this quick and easy read.
I really enjoyed getting to know the main characters even more and seeing their relationship as a newly married couple blossom.
BUT, still very enjoyable nonetheless and fed into a great third book, which I’m currently about half way through. Things were a little predictable in terms of who Jessica turned out to be but I still really liked this quick and easy read.
I really enjoyed getting to know the main characters even more and seeing their relationship as a newly married couple blossom.
July 18, 2024
Golly gosh look at me finishing this book in a day!
This series is actually phenomenal and it is cool to see that even in the second book Nina and Ash’s relationship grow so much throughout the past two 📚 books!
And the facts with these plot twist going on is wild! 😮
This series is definitely living up to the up to the hype!
This is very well written for a small, faced paced fantasy series and it is so nice to see that I literally cannot put the book down….
On my way to the next one ☝️
5⭐️
This series is actually phenomenal and it is cool to see that even in the second book Nina and Ash’s relationship grow so much throughout the past two 📚 books!
And the facts with these plot twist going on is wild! 😮
This series is definitely living up to the up to the hype!
This is very well written for a small, faced paced fantasy series and it is so nice to see that I literally cannot put the book down….
On my way to the next one ☝️
5⭐️
March 17, 2023
5⭐️ 3.5🌶️
This book was phenomenal!! It starts where we left off from book 1. I love the connection Nina and Ash have. I never wanted to climb into a book more than I did when Jess’s character came into the story 😤 I loved how the Queen built her daughter up and reminded her who she was. Nina was such a strong FMC in this book. She knew her intuition was telling her something was wrong and she stuck to it. That ending was perfection. I can’t wait to see what happens in book 3.
This book was phenomenal!! It starts where we left off from book 1. I love the connection Nina and Ash have. I never wanted to climb into a book more than I did when Jess’s character came into the story 😤 I loved how the Queen built her daughter up and reminded her who she was. Nina was such a strong FMC in this book. She knew her intuition was telling her something was wrong and she stuck to it. That ending was perfection. I can’t wait to see what happens in book 3.
June 24, 2023
It is an easy read book .Simply explains the adventures and romantic life of princess Seraphina and Ashton. Simple to read without much twist . Though there is a twist but it is predictable. Their love life is explained very romantically . The passion and desire for each other . The author actually knows what she is doing .BTW got to work a little more on their trust and waiting to realise it in the next two books .
July 31, 2023
If I thought I couldn't love Ash anymore boy, was I so wrong. His love for his mate goes beyond all reason. But boy men sure are blind sometimes. I am not a hug fan of OW drama, but it was a nice change up from book 1 and shows you how much he cares for his mate and truly sees no one else. Nina is one of my fav fmcs she could sence something was wrong and held strong. Love love love this series! 🌶 3.5
February 16, 2023
In book two, the intense passion continues between Nina and Ash, but not without a lot of drama in between to keep you intrigued. I loved the introduction of the seductress Jess who makes us keep guessing Ash’s devotion to Nina. The book is a wonderful escape from this world into the fantasy world that Wanda Swan has shaped for us. You end the book only hungering for more! On to book three!
January 30, 2023
Fantastic read...
A book that has it all, from an arranged marriage to fated mates. Dragons, Queens, princesses, vamps, deranged exes, sirens, shark swimming and all deliciously fun stuff.
A great read. A big recommendation. And book 3 is available.
A book that has it all, from an arranged marriage to fated mates. Dragons, Queens, princesses, vamps, deranged exes, sirens, shark swimming and all deliciously fun stuff.
A great read. A big recommendation. And book 3 is available.
October 23, 2025
Saraphine and Ash are now married and saraphine now has her magic after their "escapade"
Even though ash and saraphine are married, ash has yet mated her. And then here comes ashes co-worker who is also ex- girlfriend....who obviously wants him back.
What a great series!
Even though ash and saraphine are married, ash has yet mated her. And then here comes ashes co-worker who is also ex- girlfriend....who obviously wants him back.
What a great series!
January 26, 2023
🔸4 stars🔸
April 26, 2023
This book is filled with lots of passion and plot twists! I love the dynamic between Ash and Nina and how it progresses throughout the book.
June 16, 2023
She is naive, childish,whiney,and petulant as fuck. Super annoying.
July 18, 2023
Such a fun read but the FML can be so annoying and immature at times.
August 12, 2023
The queen is hands down the most baddasss character! 🙌🏻
February 1, 2024
The series is still going strong! I loved the first one and loved the second one! Now I am on book three 🙌🏻
July 28, 2024
i liked it a lot but i feel like it could have more of a plot then just her marriage with Ash.
May 22, 2025
This is just so bad, like there is no plot or excitement in the book. Like what is this book even about? That is the question no book should ever have!!!!:(
February 25, 2023
Charged Up continues where we left off in Power Hungry, and I really enjoyed getting to know Ash & Nina on a deeper level. Both were irritating at times, with too much miscommunication caused drama for my liking, but we have to understand how new their relationship is to them.
While I loved the introduction of Jess, I wasn’t a fan of how Ash handled Nina’s feelings and while Nina acted immaturely, I feel like her feelings were valid.
All in all, I definitely thought this was more enjoyable than book one, and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
While I loved the introduction of Jess, I wasn’t a fan of how Ash handled Nina’s feelings and while Nina acted immaturely, I feel like her feelings were valid.
All in all, I definitely thought this was more enjoyable than book one, and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
March 21, 2024
Personally, I found that I kinda hated the heroine, she was incredibly indecisive, childish, and I just found I hard to like her even from her perspective. I however liked the plot enough to read the next book.
December 31, 2023
Awesome
Easy read
Easy read
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