The Head, the Heart, and the Heir
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 1
A noble in hiding. A magical heritage. Truths long kept that could prove her undoing…
Princess Elizabeth “Alex” Alexandria fears discovery. Fleeing the castle and disguised as a boy for fourteen years after her mother’s savage murder, the ninteen-year-old heir to the throne struggles to control her emotionally charged wild magic. So when rough-looking strangers asking questions show up near her woodland home, she doesn’t hesitate to take one down with a pair of arrows.
Realizing she’s wounded the crown prince of an allied kingdom and her childhood crush, the royal young survivor patches him up. But despite it being safe for her to return to her appointed role, the castle’s traumatic memories trigger her dangerous powers, and those she loves harbor secrets that could destroy her.
Fighting to master her legacy, can the burgeoning sorceress become the leader her people need?
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir is the enchanting first book in The Head, The Heart, and The Heir epic fantasy series. If you like charming heroines, fast-paced action, and the power of friendship, then you’ll adore Alice Hanov’s doorway to adventure.
Broken Sons
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 2
A terrible choice tears two lovers apart. Now battlefields separate them.
Warren lost its princess once before, and now, in exchange for the lives of those she loves, Princess Alex has surrendered her freedom again. As long as Alex remains at her uncle Moorloc’s castle, Aaron will be safe—but the same can’t be said of her. Desperately trying to learn control of the magic coursing through her, she is now a prisoner trapped by cruel men who despise her for being both powerful and a woman.
Determined to rescue Alex, Aaron takes up his mantle as Datten’s prince and declares war on Moorloc, leading a cavalry of the best knights from both kingdoms into the Ogre Mountains. But the location of Moorloc’s castle is a mystery, and he is forced to seek an audience with the King of Betruger, an old enemy more likely to imprison or kill Aaron than help him.
As Alex and Aaron fight their way back to each other, they discover new allies and confront new foes. To be reunited, they must push beyond their limits and step into their destinies. But will they survive their own battles? And if they do, will they ever be the same again?
Note: This book deals with mature content and is recommended for NA (18 +)
The Heir Rises
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 3
A prince she loves.
A sorcerer she can’t forget.
Can she live with the person she’s become?
Princess Alexandria should be consumed with celebrating her upcoming wedding to Prince Aaron, a ceremony that will unite the kingdoms of Warren and Datten. Instead, still recovering after her traumatic escape from her abusive uncle,she is preoccupied by lost memories, persistent nightmares, mystifying new scars, and the haunting echoes of a cracking whip. The answer to restoring her memories lies in the one place she never wanted to return to: the castle where she was held captive. Alex fears what her lost memories may reveal–could she be a monster like her grandfather…or is she something even worse?
While traveling to her wedding preparations, Alex is attacked by two mysterious sorcerers hunting for Gryphon, the sorcerer who helped Alex survive her imprisonment and trained her to control her growing powers. She doesn’t know his location, but that doesn’t stop them from nearly killing her.
Now, Alex’s powers are failing her completely, powerful sorcerers are after her, and Aaron is acting strange. He’s become obsessed with Gryphon and Alex doesn’t know if Aaron is still the same man she agreed to marry.
Can she regain her memories and save the man she loves or will Alex find herself alone again?
The last true heirs
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 4
A prince cursed.
Hidden truths revealed.
An ancient evil emerges–can she fight what lives inside?
Princess Alexandria expects her happily-ever-after to begin after marrying the prince of her dreams. But when it’s revealed that Prince Aaron has been cursed by someone trying to hurt her, turning him into a jealous, violent monster, Alex must retreat to safety in her own kingdom, Warren. There she grapples with having put Aaron in harm’s way–not knowing if the man she loves will ever be himself again.
Determined to help Alex, the sorcerer Gryphon relives the horrifying memories of Aaron belittling and hurting Alex, learning it was his family that cursed him in the first place. It’s all his fault and if he doesn’t save the Princeling, his future with Alex will be over before it begins.
While the sorcerers led by Gryphon try to find a cure, Alex discovers hidden spellbooks that might hold the key to saving Aaron–as well as an old journal revealing truths that throw her whole life into question and unearth why her grandfather killed her mother. When Alex shares what she’s learned, a close ally’s true identity is exposed.
Now, Alex must confront the truth of her past and what it means about her relationship to Aaron, face the sorcerers who want to capture or kill her, and ready herself to become the Queen her kingdoms need.
Can Alex grow into the sorceress she’s meant to be…or will the fury raging inside hold her back?
Revenge of the Forbidden Lands
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 5
A labyrinth only three can enter.
An angry war god out for vengeance.
Is she the heart they thought she was—or something more?
As Alex, Edith, and Michael navigate a confusing network of underground passageways, the labyrinth tests them each in turn. But if they ever want to return home, Alex must make a choice that will change the lives of everyone she’s ever cared about.
Meanwhile, Prince Aaron, her husband and king of Datten, is still reckoning with the curse that almost cost him everything. Sorcerers from the Forbidden Lands continue to attack, and he's not sure if Alex will ever be able to trust him again.
But Gryphon is fighting a secret battle of his own, and when a dangerous figure from his past shows up demanding vengeance, he uncovers a truth that’s remained hidden from everyone—even Alex.
As the sorcerers and mortals join forces to protect their queen, Alex’s true identity threatens to change everything, and the fury continues to grow stronger. Who will commit the final betrayal?
Ffight of the Fury
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 6
A princess in exile.
A heart in love.
A king in despair.
The head, the heart, and the heir must face the beast threatening to destroy them all.
To rescue her father, Princess Alexandria must infiltrate the sorcerer homeland known only as the Forbidden Lands. With her husband King Aaron and her friends beside her, the path to victory is clear…
Until the megalomaniacal Head, king to all sorcerers, reveals he orchestrated the kidnapping to lure Alex to his castle. She was his true prey all along.
When Alex makes a fatal decision to save them all, it backfires and her friends, sorcerer and mortal alike, vanish, expelled from the Forbidden Lands, leaving Alex trapped in a foreign land with no way to communicate with the outside world. Gryphon is her only remaining ally and the flame between them—the future filled with love, children, and harmony that they’ve both seen—threatens to destroy the life she’s left behind with Aaron.
Making matters all the worse is Alex’s secret, a secret she’s kept from Aaron, her ladies, and her father—one she can’t keep from Gryphon any longer as the wicked sorcerers circle their new Head like hungry wolves. She’s strong enough to fight any mortal, but the world of sorcerers is ancient and their powers unfathomable. Only Gryphon can keep her safe.
Desperate to get back to Aaron and her home, Alex is willing to do anything—so is her passenger, the fury, a goddess of vengeance churning right below the surface, waiting for her moment.
Can Alex keep the fury at bay and resist Gryphon’s undeniable pull long enough to find a way home? When she gets home, what will be waiting?
After everything they’ve endured, can Alex and Aaron’s love overcome the powers forcing them apart?
The last Spell
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Book 7
Cover coming in 2026
Book releases in late 2026.
The Spare Who Became the Heir
and other stories
The Head, the Heart, and the Heir Prequel
The Boy Who Should Never Have Been Heir and the Girl Who Will Change Everything
The Spare Who Became the Heir and Other Stories is an enchanting introduction to a world where a young sorcerer and princess inherits her powers too young and her childhood crush becomes the young man she will need—all leading up to what will come to pass in The Head, the Heart, and the Heir.
In these stories, the fantasy kingdoms of Warren and Datten come to life, and the children who will grow up to rule them begin to find themselves and define their fates.
- After falling through a frozen river and nearly drowning, nine-year-old exiled princess Alex gains command of the wind and other unsettling powers.
- The young Prince of Datten, Aaron, has his eyes set on revenge against the King of Warren for murdering his godfather’s wife and causing their daughter, the princess who would unite their kingdoms, to be lost in exile, so he begins to train to become the fighter who can bring down the King of Warren.
- Teenaged Alex has her first kiss and her guardian reprimands her, but she’s not the type to stand by and be told who she can kiss.
- In “The Spare Who Became the Heir,” Aaron travels to Warren under the pretense of training for a tournament—in reality, he is fleeing his father’s wrath after a fight.
- And, finally, just months before the start of The Head, the Heart, and the Heir,Prince Aaron is sent to search for the missing princess of Warren, a girl he will no longer recognize, a girl who calls herself Alex.
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