Wretched (Never After Series)

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Just remember that whenever things feel bleak, all situations are temporary. It’s not your circumstance that determines your worth, it’s how you rise from the ashes after everything burns.”

This is a book that is one of my most anticipated reads of the year and after reading the first two books of the series, I really loved what the author created with this series. There was a TON of hype surrounding this book, especially on bookstagram. It is a more unique retelling, this is where we have a “Wizard of Oz” theme to it, it’s not a straight-up retelling, but I was really intrigued by how this author was writing this series here. I really wanted to see more of what this author would deliver in this story. Now I won’t lie in that I was nervous as the author had written a heroine that is the villain (kinda). But honestly, I felt like its very rare for a anti-heroine to work for me, but i did like it for the most part even though it didn’t quite work as much as I had hoped for. I do think that this book is a bit overhyped, in my opinion,. While I liked it overall, the first book “Hooked” still wins for me. Cody is also revealed to be an undercover agent sent to catch the supplier of the Flying Monkey drug.All across the USA, people are showing up dead. The deaths don't appear to be connected in any way until one particular death occurs and gets the Secretary of Defense's attention. He arranges for a task force to investigate. Parental Favoritism: Eveline's mother, Glinda, showed more affection for Dorothy than her other daughters in the past. Love J.R. Ward, Nora Roberts, Jeaniene Frost, Karen Marie Moning, Kristen Ashley, Lisa Kleypas and more? Like a great mix of Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance, New Adult Romance, Romantic Thrillers, and Erotic Romance/Romantica? If so, then this group is for you. Grief is a weird thing. It’s the only emotion in the world people claim to understand yet treat as an inconvenience. “Time heals all wounds, Evie.” Spare me.” When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she’s using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.

In Love with the Mark: Despite working against the Westerlys in secret, Nicholas inadvertently falls in love with Eveline (who is the supplier of the Flying Monkey), which she slowly reciprocates.

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Wretched is dark contemporary romance novel written by Emily McIntire, published in 2022, based on L. Frank Baum's fairytale The Wizard of Oz. Cowardly Lion: Zeke, whose only reason for being involved in illegal activities was because of his late father's time as a criminal and with Eveline's father. However, when Eveline was in danger of being killed by her father, he takes action and shoots Farrell dead. But Nicholas Woodsworth's real secret is much more dangerous than an alias. He's an undercover DEA agent, and he's hell-bent on destroying the drug trade that devastated his family. When he realizes the youngest daughter of the Westerly empire is the same woman he's been fantasizing about since that night at the club, attraction wars violently with disgust. Evelina embodies everything he's against, and he's been sent here to be her downfall. Yet the more they learn about the darkness in each other's hearts, the more alike they seem, and when hatred turns to something more, Nicholas will have to decide whether he can love a wretched woman, even if it means bringing both of their lives to ruin. Though they can't stand one another, something keeps bringing them together. Both come into conflicts as ugly truths come to the surface and the pair come to discover more in common than they believed. Big Damn Heroes: Nicholas arrives in time to shoot Cody, preventing Eveline's arrest and allowing her to escape before the feds arrive.

This feels different. This feels like more. Rough and messy and a thousand different shades of wrong. But if I’m her calm, then she is my chaos, and if I can’t live with her forever, then I don’t want to live at all.”

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Grief is a weird thing. It’s the only emotion in the world people claim to understand yet treat as an inconvenience.” I found Wretched to be a badass dark romance that will stretch the limits of your morality, open your eyes to hidden depths, and will fascinate you with the connections to the Wizard of Oz. It’s a magical dark edgy romance that will get your blood to pump and your heart to race and keep you enthralled from beginning to end.

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