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

From BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan.

He wants revenge, but he wants her more...

James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter's twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James's bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It's the perfect plan, until things in James's organization begin to crumble. Suddenly, he has to find the traitor in his midst, and his plan for revenge gets murkier as James starts to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in his game.

Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can't seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she's falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.

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Published Sep 7, 2021

338 pages

Average rating: 7.11

912 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Nicole Hancock
May 08, 2025
8/10 stars
A dark version of Peter Pan - OBSESSED
Laurslostinbooks
Apr 27, 2025
8/10 stars
Great story line for Once Upon a Time Captain Hook lovers! However some scenes were too dark for me and I had to skip the page. But overall I loved this book and how beautifully Emily McIntire wrote every character.
Panda mama
Apr 21, 2025
8/10 stars
I liked it there was a lot of twists in the book
avadacre77
Apr 20, 2025
6/10 stars
This book definitely isn’t for everyone, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone however if you read the trigger warnings and it’s a book you’re okay with reading then I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. I loved the main two characters, the plot was heavily hit & miss I enjoyed the book “Wretched” by Emily McIntire (from the same series) much more and would recommend that one. I can’t really say much else, still not entirely decided wether I loved it or hated it.
Green Energy
Apr 14, 2025
4/10 stars
Stockholm Syndrome Romance... Ummm there is something disturbing about the FMC being 20 years old. It just is! It was so distracting to me, I didn't enjoy the book. I am not sure if it was the writing style or cringe internal monologues of the characters or BOTH. The plot twist was good, predictable but good. Nothing was really descriptive, it reads like someone is telling you a story, which is overly casual. Even though it is a contemporary dark romance, no world building, no real character building. The back stories were good but even that was limited. I am gonna try book 2 just in cause its me (...am I the problem) I guess we shall see!

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