Hooked: A Dark, Contemporary Romance (Never After Series) by Emily McIntire

A Romantasy Bookstore top seller, Hooked by BookTok sensation Emily McIntire is a dark, delicious fractured fairytale that asks: what if Peter Pan was the villain… and Hook was the one you couldn’t resist?

James is a man with a mission—ruin Peter Michaels, the enemy who’s haunted his life. Then Wendy shows up in his bar: Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter, all innocence and curiosity, and the perfect way to strike where it hurts. The plan is simple: seduce her, use her, finish the revenge. Except James’s world starts cracking—his organization is turning on itself, a traitor is close, and Wendy is becoming a problem he didn’t plan for… because she’s no longer just a pawn.

Wendy’s spent most of her life locked away by her cold, wealthy father, so one spontaneous night out feels like freedom. Then she meets James—dark, brooding, and dangerously addictive—and suddenly she’s in deeper than she ever meant to go. The more she learns about the man behind the charm, the more she wonders what she’s really falling for: James… or the monster everyone calls Hook.