Thank you to Bloom Books for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review. Pick up a copy from your favourite retailer or from one of the following links. Overall, Hooked is a tension-filled, dramatic, darkly erotic thrill ride by McIntire that takes slivers of the classic Peter Pan and gives it a creative, sexy, contemporary spin that does a brilliant job of reminding you that sometimes the line between good and evil is often quite blurry and happy-ever-after endings are not always simple and sweet. With a steamy plot and memorable characters, McIntire’s book will have you hooked. And the plot told from alternating POVs is an ominous, salacious mix of twists, turns, temptation, desire, deception, mystique, introspection, sizzling chemistry, palpable attraction, violence, depravity, love, and romance. Emily McIntire’s Hooked is a modern take on Peter Pan’s iconic villain. The characters are secretive, consumed, and tormented.

Hooked is a twisty, fervid tale that takes you on a journey into the life of Wendy Michaels, a sweet young woman who finds her life turned upside down after she meets the intense and dangerous James, a nightclub owner and businessman who is not only broody and seductive but driven by an obsessive need for revenge, specifically against her father. 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. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. 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. 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. It’s the perfect plan, until things in James’s organization begin to crumble.

Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels.

Hooked by Emily McIntire