Broken Hearted by Leia Stone & Julie Hall (Paperback)

Isolde of the Winter Court carries the weight of a crumbling world. With the Summer and Fall princesses vanished after crossing into Ethereum, the court elders declare only one path forward. Kill an Ethereum lord. Steal his blackened heart. Stop the curse that is tearing through Faerie like ice across a frozen lake. If she fails, her people face extinction. Duty demands obedience, so she steps into the shadows of Ethereum expecting monsters. What she finds instead is something far more complicated.

Rumours claimed the vanished princesses were dead, but Isolde uncovers proof they are alive. Their warning shakes everything she was raised to believe. The lords of Ethereum are not mindless villains and the history she was taught may be riddled with lies. A different solution to the curse may exist, one that does not require bloodshed, but she has no guarantee it will save her people. She only knows the clock is tightening around them all.

Then there is the Southern lord. Powerful. Enigmatic. Danger wrapped in a voice she cannot ignore. Every stolen glance cuts deeper than the dagger she was meant to drive through him. Isolde must face impossible choices. Follow duty and spill royal blood, or trust an enemy who could destroy her. If she chooses wrong, Faerie may fall forever.

Perfect for readers who love high stakes, dangerous alliances, and slow-burn tension.