Hexed

A dark contemporary romance from viral BookTok and USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire, featuring reimagined characters from popular fairy tales and other stories. *** Hes the prince of La Cosa Nostra. Shes the witch who steals his heart. Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasnt good enough for her parents, and she isnt good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But shes cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncles demands. And she doesnt have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with herand Venesa soon realises hes the only one whos ever seen her for her. Theres just one problem: she can never have him. Enzo Loverboy Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father: the strongest don in the northeast. When hes tasked with marriage, Enzo doesnt think twice. Until he meets his fiances cousin. Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, theyll both have to choose whats more important: duty to their families or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be. Hexed joins the Never After series as a dark and sexy reimagining of a classic tale, twisting it into an enticing new shape for mature readers. Tropes Fractured Fairy Tale Forbidden Love Mafia Romance Dark Romance Spicy Romance The Never After Series: Hooked Scarred Wretched Twisted Crossed Hexed