Wretched by Emily McIntire (Paperback)

In Wretched by Emily McIntire, Evelina Westerly is the woman everyone fears. As the gardener, engineer and ruthless enforcer of her family’s drug empire, she is the “bad guy” hiding in plain sight. Revenge for her sister’s murder fuels every move. Then a night in a club changes everything.

Nicholas Woodsworth is undercover. He’s spent years chasing the men—and the system—that destroyed his family. When he returns to Evelina’s world under a new identity, he has one mission: bring down the empire. He didn’t plan to meet her. He certainly didn’t plan to fall for the mastermind’s daughter.

As Evelina and Nicholas face each other across lies, rival motivations and moral wreckage, they discover that darkness isn’t always one‑sided. Their attraction ignites in the midst of chaos, forcing both to ask: how far will you go for vengeance? For love? And what do you become when the lines between right and wrong disappear? Wretched is a fractured‑fairy‑tale romance re‑imagining classic villains as heroes of their own story—a story of power, desire and what happens when you give in to the fire inside.