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Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, the infamous Queen of Hearts, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. A favourite of the unmarried king, Catherine is one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, but to the horror of her parents she would rather devote herself to her craft and open a bakery than be the next queen. Everything changes when Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. Cath is determined to create her own destiny, and risks everything to enter into a secret courtship with Jest and fall in love her own way, but in a land of magic, madness and monsters, fate might have other plans . . .
A prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Marissa Meyer's first stand-alone teen novel, Heartless allows readers to discover a romantasy following Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts.
"Meyer’s worldbuilding is extensive and impressive." -- Publishers Weekly