Hooked

Hooked

Author: Emily McIntire

Genre: Dark Romance / Contemporary Romance / Fractured Fairy Tale

Book Rating: ⭐ 9/10

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

James Barrie has spent years planning one thing: revenge.

His target is Peter Michaels, a powerful man whose past actions destroyed everything James once cared about. When Peter’s sheltered daughter Wendy unexpectedly walks into James’s bar one night, he sees the perfect opportunity to strike.

Seduce her. Use her. Destroy her father.

It’s a flawless plan.

Wendy Michaels has lived most of her life under the strict control of her cold and powerful father. Desperate for freedom, she takes a chance on a spontaneous night out with friends—one that leads her straight into the path of the dangerously captivating James.

Dark, intense, and impossible to resist, James pulls her into a world far removed from the life she’s always known.

But as their relationship deepens, Wendy begins to sense there’s more beneath his charming exterior—something darker hiding in the shadows.

Meanwhile, James’s carefully crafted revenge begins to unravel. His organization is falling apart, a traitor lurks within his ranks, and the woman he intended to use is becoming far more than a pawn in his game.

Because the closer he gets to Wendy, the harder it becomes to remember that she was never supposed to matter.

And the deeper Wendy falls, the more she begins to question whether she’s falling for James…

Or the dangerous man known only as Hook.

Tropes / Mood

Fractured fairy tale • mafia romance • enemies to lovers • revenge plot • age gap • forbidden romance • morally gray MMC • touch her and die

Series Reading Order (Never After)

1. Hooked

2. Scarred

3. Wretched

4. Twisted

5. Crossed

6. Hexed