Once Upon a Broken Heart
***How far would you go for happily ever after?*** For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But 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'd pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy...
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Evangeline Fox is convinced her childhood love is about to marry the wrong woman. She makes a deal with Jacks, the immortal Prince of Hearts: three favors in exchange for stopping the wedding. He intends to collect.
Reading Stephanie Garber's Caraval trilogy first adds context, but Once Upon a Broken Heart can be read on its own. The two series share a world; Once Upon a Broken Heart focuses on a side character from Caraval.
Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy has three books: Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After, and A Curse for True Love. The series is complete.
Once Upon a Broken Heart was written by Stephanie Garber, published in 2021 by Flatiron Books.
Once Upon a Broken Heart is 416 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Once Upon a Broken Heart takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Once Upon a Broken Heart is a standalone novel by Stephanie Garber, not part of a series.
Once Upon a Broken Heart is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.