How do you break a villain’s heart? The first step is to steal it...

Join the authors of Once Upon A Wicked Heart as they detail the bittersweet, tragic, and sinister love lives of the villains we all love to hate!

These twelve dark retellings of fairy tales and myths will leave you shocked, entertained, and hungry for more!

• a Faerie queen with a score to settle


• a mechanical heart that could be a young woman's undoing


• a god who takes back what was stolen from him in a gruesome fashion


• a cursed maiden who finds worth in her affliction


• a jilted goddess who starts a bloody war


• a serial killer who might have just met her match


• a sister who seeks vengeance against those who wronged her


• a nymph who seems to have found true love at last


• a mistreated queen who takes her rightful place no matter the cost


• a heart of ice that will either thaw or shatter


• a betrayed witch who vows retribution for the slights against her


• a sea witch who learns that love cannot be so easily manipulated