A Heart So Fierce and Broken

by Brigid Kemmerer

  8) Jodi Picoult. (Yes, really. OMG. You all should have seen my face when I got that first DM on Twitter.) Thank you for all your insight and input into this book. I still can’t believe I get to call you a friend.

  9) Research friends! Many thanks to Maegan Chaney-Bouis, MD, for all the medical information. I love being able to send a text about the most bizarre fantastical situations I can think of and getting a straightforward medical analysis in return. Additional thanks to Steve Horrigan of Stone Forge CrossFit for answers about rope climbing, animal carrying, military training, and hand-to-hand combat and especially for not batting an eye at my weird questions. All information given was accurate and factual; any and all errors in this book are mine.

  10) Extra special thanks to book bloggers, bookstagrammers, book vloggers, and anyone who uses their voice to spread the word about books they love. You helped make this series a success, and while I can’t thank each of you individually, please know that I see you and I love you and I can’t thank you enough.

  11) The Kemmerer boys, Jonathan, Nick, Sam, and ZachARY (“Spell it with the A-R-Y, Mom!!”). Thank you for giving me the space to follow my dreams. I can’t wait to see you follow your own. Then again, if you don’t stop bickering, I’m going to delete this paragraph.

  12) You. Yeah, you. You’re a part of my dream, too. I’m so grateful that you’ve taken the time to read this book. It means so much to me that you’ve invited my characters into your heart, because I know that means you’ll carry them with you forever, even if it’s only in the smallest way. Thank you.

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  First published in the United States of America in January 2020 by Bloomsbury YA

  Text copyright © 2020 by Brigid Kemmerer

  Map copyright © 2020 by Kelly de Groot

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Kemmerer, Brigid.

  Title: A heart so fierce and broken / by Brigid Kemmerer.

  Description: New York : Bloomsbury, 2020. | Sequel to: A curse so dark and lonely.

  Summary: The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Loyalties are tested and new love blooms in a kingdom on the brink of war.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2019019168 (print) | LCCN 2019022113 (e-book)

  ISBN 978-1-68119-511-7 (hardcover) • ISBN 978-1-68119-512-4 (e-book)

  Subjects: CYAC: Fairy tales. | Princes—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction.

  Classification: LCC PZ8.K374 He 2020 (print) | LCC PZ8.K374 (e-book) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019168

  LC e-book record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022113

  ISBN 978-1-5476-0566-8 (exclusive edition)

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