The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Volume 1

Only those who have died know how long a lifetime is. Inés Valeztena's first life ended at the age of twenty-six. The manhwa adaptation of CHACHA KIM'S webnovel is now available in English print for the first time. 
 
Inés Valeztena, daughter of a powerful noble family, and Cárcel Escalante, cousin to the crown prince, have been engaged since they were six years old. Their long-delayed marriage has been the talk of high society for years, and although her fiancé is the empire’s most notorious playboy, Inés seems inexplicably content to keep the arrangement. In fact, she encourages him to do whatever he pleases even after their wedding, as long as they maintain order among the nobles. 
 
What the gossips – and Cárcel – don’t know is that Inés has plans for her marriage of obligation, and they have nothing to do with love. But when Cárcel suddenly declares he is ready to reform his rakish ways, marry immediately, and prove to Inés that he is worthy of her true affection, she must to keep her wits about her or risk losing everything she’s spent lifetimes of heartache and desperation to obtain. 
 
Volume 1 collects episodes 1–16 of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway.

CHACHA KIM (Author) 
CHACHA KIM is a bestselling author best known for the webnovel The Broken Ring: This 
Marriage Will Fail Anyway. Since debuting in 2016 with The Abduction of Mademoiselle, she 
has published popular works including Quiet in the Office!, So Long, Summer, and In the Shadow 
of the Spring. 
 
Cheong-gwa (Illustrator) 
Cheong-gwa is the illustrator of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail 
Anyway.

The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Volume 3

Inés's past is haunting her more than ever, but Cárcel keeps falling harder for her... The manhwa adaptation of CHACHA KIM'S webnovel is now available in English print for the first time. 
 
As the newlywed Escalantes settle in to their quaint new home, Inés uses her social expertise from one of her past lives to win over the noblewomen of Calztela – and find the perfect señorita to woo Cárcel into an affair so Inés can justify their eventual divorce. But when a relic from her past unexpectedly appears in the present, Inés spirals into a tormented illness as she begins to question everything she's devised. 
 
Distraught to see his wife so unwell, Cárcel devotes himself to her care and realizes just how deeply he loves her. Can his dogged affection ever break down the walls around Inés's heart, or is their marriage truly destined to fail? 
 
Volume 3 collects episodes 29-42 of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway.

CHACHA KIM

Cheong-gwa

Their marriage has just become official, but Inés has no intention of making it last forever. 
 
Wedding bells are ringing, and Inés Valeztena and Cárcel Escalante are finally married. Inés is a shockingly radiant bride, and the nobles who once scorned her now see her in a different light – including Cárcel, who feels unsettled by all the attention on his dazzling new wife. But on the inside, Inés remains determined to ultimately unravel this marriage and gain the freedom she could never obtain in her previous lives. 
 
The newlyweds begin their life together in Calztela, where Cárcel is on military duty. The quaint coastal city may seem like a perfect honeymoon destination, but it also holds haunting memories from Inés’s prior life. As she works to untangle herself from the past and keep in motion her meticulous plans for the future, Inés finds that Cárcel might make things more difficult than she expected. 
 
Volume 2 collects episodes 15–28 of the webcomic The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway.

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