Wretched by Emily McIntire Summary
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In "Wretched," Emily McIntire flips The Wizard of Oz into a deliciously dark crime thriller where drug empress Evelina faces off against undercover agent Nicholas. With 141,000+ Goodreads ratings, this villain-protagonist romance challenges moral boundaries while redefining female power in fiction.
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A Dance of Vengeance and Desire
In the underground world of Kinland, blood runs as freely as heroin. Seventeen-year-old Eveline stands at her sister Nessa's funeral, eyes fixed not on the casket but on Dorothy's perfect honey-blonde ponytail. The sight of Dorothy wearing Nessa's signature red shoes-handmade Italian leather from Milan-ignites a fury that will burn for seven years. This isn't grief; it's the birth of vengeance. Fast forward to a smoke-filled Chicago club called Velvet, where Eveline-now a key player in her father's drug empire-flirts with a bartender for drugs, the blood of her latest victim still dried beneath her manicured nails. Enter Nicholas Reeves, a decorated DEA agent working undercover to infiltrate the Westerly crime family. Their first encounter crackles with dangerous chemistry, leading to an intense bathroom tryst where neither reveals their true identity. What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse. Nicholas, using the alias "Brayden Walsh," infiltrates the Westerly organization to track down a lethal synthetic heroin called "The Flying Monkey." Meanwhile, Eveline cultivates her secret greenhouse of poppies, the foundation of the family business, while plotting Dorothy's demise. Neither realizes how deeply their fates will intertwine, nor how their initial attraction will evolve into something that threatens everything they've built their lives upon.
Gardens of Deception
Blood Money and Broken Barriers
Ghosts That Haunt Us
Drowning in Truths
Vengeance Fulfilled
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