ARC Listings Available for To Win a Dark Heart Fairy Tale Series
To Win a Dark Heart #1
by Lucy Tempest
Rumpelstiltskin meets The Goose Girl.
An opportunistic maid.
A manipulative faerie.
A gilded deal that binds them both.
Ottoline has had enough. After years of enduring Princess Gertrude’s cruelty, the maid’s patience snaps during their voyage to the foreign kingdom of Orcage, where the princess is to marry the crown prince to settle a royal debt. There, she crosses paths with a silver-haired, silver-tongued man with a penchant for deals and deception.
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Cunning and Ambitious, fae nobleman Lord Roderick von Ravenstock offers Ottoline the opportunity of a lifetime: to switch places with her tormentor and claim the life of a princess.
With a snap of his fingers, she is set to live the life she had dreamed of at the glimmering court of Orcage...until its superstitious king demands she fulfill her kingdom's debt by turning everything into gold.
Trapped by her own masquerade, Ottoline turns to Roderick again, and he offers to save her, in exchange for a kiss.
One kiss. One favor. One step closer to ruin.
As the king’s demands escalate, so do Roderick’s bargains, each adding another layer to his plot against the royal family, and drawing her deeper into a deadly game of magic and court intrigue. But when the king’s greed spirals beyond control, Ottoline has no choice but to escape into Faerie where she falls from one monster’s grasp into the next.
Risking his plans, Roderick saves her and, as she recovers under his watchful gaze, the forced proximity begins to crack their defenses, revealing who they are underneath their roles as the trickster and the fraud. Villains in the lives of others, but heroes of their own stories.
Together, they plot one last con to bring the king to his knees. But nothing ever goes to plan, especially when hearts are on the line.
Falling For the Trickster is the first 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.
Advanced Reader Copies (ARC's) are currently available at both Booksprout and BookSirens for multiple books in this series those who are interested.
Falling for the Mad King: A Fairy Tale Villain Mash-Up
Publication Date: Feb 20, 2026
Page Length: 202 pages
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Review by Feb 21, 2026
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Number of days to read: 54
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Falling for the Sorcerer: A Villainous Rapunzel and Swan Lake Second Chance Romance
Publication Date: February 27, 2026
Page Length: 298 pages
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Number of days to read: 61
Happy reading to anyone who decides to read this series.
My personal recommendation (particularly if you enjoy the book a lot) is to place your review in as many places as you can and to send the author a message letting them know were you posted (including here) to let them know how much you appreciate their generosity in providing you with the opportunity to read an early copy of their book.
Publication Date: February 27, 2026
Page Length: 298 pages
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Review by Mar 31, 2026
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Falling for the Pied Piper: To Win a Dark Heart
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Review by Mar 21, 2026
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