Wretched (Never After Series)

Wretched is a dark contemporary romance that reimagines The Wizard of Oz as a fractured fairy tale. Evelina Westerly is the brains and botanist behind her family's drug empire, working as her father's ruthless operative. She divides her time between managing her greenhouse, seeking revenge for her sister's murder, and eliminating obstacles in her path. After a one-night stand with an attractive man at a nightclub, Evelina returns to her criminal work—until that same man appears as a new Westerly employee under a different name. Nicholas Woodsworth's true identity is far more dangerous: he is an undercover DEA agent determined to dismantle the drug trade that destroyed his family. When he recognizes Evelina as the woman from the nightclub, attraction conflicts with revulsion. She represents everything he opposes, and he has been assigned to bring about her downfall. As they discover the darkness within each other, they find unexpected similarities. When hatred transforms into something deeper, Nicholas must choose between love and the consequences that choice would bring. Wretched is the third complete standalone in The Never After Series, a collection of fractured fairy tales centered on villains. Reader discretion is advised.