“Even if you never want to see Jacks again, you’ll gravitate toward him until you fulfill the deal you’ve made with him. The only way to stop the wedding is to make a bargain with the Prince of Hearts, even though she knows that you should never make a bargain with a Fate, especially when that Fate is Jacks. She knows that Luc loves her, but he refuses to see her. She and Luc are in love, about to announce their engagement when, instead, he announces his wedding to another woman. The protagonist of Once Upon A Broken Heart is Evangeline Fox. His midnight-blue hair was unruly, and his sable half cape was rakishly crooked, hanging over one shoulder to reveal a partially buttoned, smoke-gray doublet.” “He looked like a bad decision some unfortunate person was about to make.

Once Upon A Broken Heart is her new novel after the Caraval series, set in the same world (although, you can still easily read it if you haven’t read Caraval), with new characters and a couple of old acquaintances, most notably Jacks, the Prince of Hearts. Since then, I started reading more and more fantasy books, often because of Stephanie Garber’s recommendations on Instagram.

Until a few years ago, I read mostly crime and women’s fiction and then I stumbled upon the Caraval series and I fell in love with this magic world of games and fantasy, bargains and fates and I became addicted to Stephanie’s writing style. Stephanie Garber is the reason I read so many fantasy novels. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy… In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.īut after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game – and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she pledged.

Until she learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, and her dreams are shattered.ĭesperate to stop the wedding, and heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. Publication: 30th September 2021 – Hodder & Stoughtonįrom 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 to for happily ever after.įor as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in happily ever after.

Once upon a broken heart series