A dark contemporary romance by the viral BookTok author, Emily McIntire, that reimagines characters from popular fairy tales.

He is the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She is the witch who steals his heart.

Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn't enough for her parents, and she's not enough for her uncle, who took her under his wing after their death. But she is cunning, beautiful, and submissive to her uncle's demands. And she has no time for moral codes. When her cousin, who has a rebellious streak, returns to their seaside town, he brings with him a man... and Venesa soon realizes he's the only one who has seen her as she really is.

There's only one problem: she can never have him.

Enzo “Loverboy” Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and a prince of the underworld by night. Second-in-command of a notorious mafia, he answers only to his father, the most powerful don in the northeast. When tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn’t hesitate.

Until he meets his fiancée's cousin.

Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, mesmerizing him with her alluring voice and curves. But Enzo has long since learned that for a man like him, life is better without what he desires. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren call, they both have to choose what matters most: their obligation to their family ties or a forbidden love that should never have been.

Hexed joins the Never After series as a dark and sexy retelling of a classic fairy tale, presenting it in a tantalizing new format for adult readers.

Tropes: Retold fairy tale, forbidden love, mafia romance, dark romance, wasted romance.

Never After Series: Hooked, Scarred, Wretched, Twisted, Crossed, Hexed.