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Make a wish . . .

'An unputdownable fairy tale' Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of the Wicked

From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go…

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3 authors picked Once Upon a Broken Heart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a wonderfully whimsical story with hints of Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. This book has beautiful prose, a character that deserves a redemption arc, and a love to break all curses. 

Evangeline Fox is sent to the mysterious north to be ambassador to the south at the new queen’s request. But Evangeline was not prepared for the truth the north holds or the people she would end up entangled with.

I fell in love with Stephanie’s books through the Craval series, and I fell in love again with a whole new land set in the same world.…

I highly recommend this book, especially if you’re in a reading slump. This is the exact one that brought me out of mine. I needed to not only feel I was in another world but escape my very own.

With Stephanie Garber’s writing ability being able to make you hear, taste, feel, see and smell every single detail of her words, I promise you’ll never want to leave her vision. Jacks starts out very mischievous and cruel, but his protective behavior of his “little fox” leaves you begging for his heart. It’s no wonder they call him the prince of…

From Rachael's list on to pull your soul into another realm.

Once Upon a Broken Heart is a fairy tale with a knife. Here, you’ll discover wily stories that change their endings, a bad boy (…if he is indeed human…) with a deadly smile, and poisons delivered through kisses. 19th-century fashions abound but, just like the plot, these outfits all have unexpected twists. What I love is how this novel is a love letter to both the hopeless romantics and the cynics. 

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On the Horizon tells the story of people whose lives were…

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