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Falling for the Mad King: A Fairy Tale Villain Mash-Up

To Win a Dark Heart #6 / 12
by Sydney Winward
Falling for the Mad King: A Fairy Tale Villain Mash-Up (To Win a Dark Heart #6) by Sydney Winward
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A witch without magic. A king without a heart. A wonderland falling apart at the seams.

Ellie Strife never cared about getting caught as long as she got her revenge. But after she fails to cast her second curse on the king’s twelve daughters, she is banished to the Mad Lands—a place where logic ceases to exist, flower vases sprout legs, and the unexpected becomes the norm.

Rylan Rhapsody, the unpredictable King of Hearts, is a man who hides more than one secret behind his smile. Chaotic, charming, and powerful magic of his own, Rylan is just as likely to make you lose your mind with his babbling alone as he is to make another ridiculous decree.

After getting his heart stolen from him, quite literally, Ellie must help him get it back. She needs his heart to restore her stolen magic. Rylan needs her cunning to save Wonderland from falling into a state of destruction.

What begins as a reluctant partnership spirals into something unexpectedly dangerous: love. But when their adversary makes their move on the chessboard, only one of them can pay the price. And in Wonderland, even love demands a sacrifice.

Falling for the Mad King is the sixth book in the To Win a Dark Heart series which retells fairytales as old as time, but this time it’s the villain’s turn to get a happy ending.

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FantasyRomanceRomantasyRetellingsFairy Tale RetellingsWitches
Release date: February 20, 2026

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Sydney Winward

Sydney Winward was born with an artistic brain and a love of discovery for new talents. From drawing to sewing to music, she has loved to explore every opportunity that comes her way. At a young age, Sydney discovered her love of writing and wrote her first book at twelve years old, and since then, she hasn’t been able to stop writing. Her active imagination and artistic mind take her away to different worlds and time periods, making every new story a fantastic adventure. When she is not writing (or fawning over animals in the neighborhood) she spends time with her husband and children at home in Utah.

To Win a Dark Heart

Falling For the Trickster (To Win a Dark Heart #1)
⧗ 10.00 / 1
Falling for the Doomed Bride: Bluebeard's Tale (To Win a Dark Heart #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Falling for the Winged Witch: A Villainous Twist on Wild Swans and Jack and the Beanstalk (To Win a Dark Heart #3)
⧗ 10.00 / 2
Falling for the Crystal Fae: A Villainous Twist on the Snow Queen and Aladdin (To Win a Dark Heart #4)
Unrated
Falling For the Pirate: A Little Mermaid and Peter Pan retelling with a twist (To Win a Dark Heart #5)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
Falling for the Mad King: A Fairy Tale Villain Mash-Up (To Win a Dark Heart #6)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
Falling for the Sorcerer: A Villainous Rapunzel and Swan Lake Second Chance Romance (To Win a Dark Heart #7)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
Falling for the Enchantress: A Robin Hood and King Arthur Retelling With a Twist (To Win a Dark Heart #9)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
Falling for the Pied Piper: A Beauty and the Beast & Pied Piper Retelling (To Win a Dark Heart #10)
⧗ 9.00 / 2
Falling for the Huntsman: A Villainous Twist on Snow White and Hansel & Gretel (To Win a Dark Heart #12)
Unrated


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