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: 7.1

1,084 RATINGS

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Readers say *Hooked* by Emily McIntire is a dark, steamy mafia romance with a twisted Peter Pan retelling, praised for its intense, brooding antihero ...

Novi B
Jan 18, 2026
9/10 stars
Again, if you love Disney Fairytales, then this Peter Pan and Hook is for you!
Book Lover 1971
Sep 29, 2025
10/10 stars
I was very skeptical due to the trigger warnings. HOWEVER, I was so pleasantly surprised! I have never read anything like this before and the plot was amazing, and I LOVED how I could picture Hook as the actor from Once Upon a Time. Very good read!
fromlizaslibrary
Sep 01, 2025
7/10 stars
I’m slowly making it a personal mission to try and get through some of my TBR and this one had been in my Kindle library for far too long. I enjoyed the dark and twisty fairytale thing more than I thought I would. The twist on Peter Pan with Wendy being Peter’s daughter was interesting but getting Hook as our MMC was my favorite part. I love getting a dark and brooding male lead so it fit perfectly for what I was looking for. Although I enjoyed the overall concept I still felt like something had been missing. I do like dark romances but I want to feel connected to characters and their love which I didn’t quite get until about halfway through. Overall, I was entertained enough to finish and might find myself diving into more twisty fairytales at some point!
faetedfantasy
Aug 18, 2024
10/10 stars
This book took me by surprise! I expected to like it, but I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did! It was the perfect mix of plot and smut. I often find that smutty books lack a good plot but this book was not one of them!
Steph Boggs
Feb 24, 2026
8/10 stars
My goodness what a wild ride. For someone who isn't use to reading smutty novels this was a trip. The author is really good at drawing you in and keeping you there.

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