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**For fans of *Wicked:* Don’t miss this #1 *New York Times* –bestselling romantasy of Wonderland’s most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.** **”Full of heart and its own idiosyncratic character.”―Gregory Maguire, author of *Wicked*** Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen. Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans. In *Heartless* , her first stand-alone teen novel, the *New York Times* -bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles dazzles us with a prequel to *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland*. **Praise for Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series** : # 1 *New York Times* Bestselling Series, *USA Today* Bestseller, *Publishers Weekly* Bestseller, *National Indie* Bestseller “Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre.” — *The Seattle Times* “Prince Charming among the cyborgs.” — *The Wall Street Journal* **Don’t miss more from Marissa Meyer** : The Lunar Chronicles: *Cinder* *Scarlet* *Cress* *Winter* Stars Above *Fairest* The Wires and Nerve series: *Wires and Nerve: Volume 1* *Wires and Nerve: Volume 2* Renegades

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