Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn’t good enough for her parents, and she isn’t good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she’s cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle’s demands. And she doesn’t have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her…and Venesa soon realizes he’s the only one who’s ever seen her for her. There’s just one problem: she can never have him. Enzo “Loverboy Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father, the strongest don in the Northeast. When he’s tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn’t think twice. Until he meets his fiancée’s cousin. Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they’ll both have to choose what’s more important: duty to their families, or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.
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Emily McIntire crafts compelling New Adult and Contemporary Romance stories, drawing from her long history as a songwriter and avid reader. She possesses a distinct passion for the written word, with a particular fondness for narratives that explore painful, messy, yet ultimately beautiful romantic relationships. Her work delves into the complexities of human connection with emotional depth.







- 2024
- 2023
Twisted
- 435 pages
- 16 hours of reading
"Yasmin Karam was raised in prosperity. Daughter to one of the richest men in the world, she's been fortunate to never know strife. When her father falls ill, he has one last wish: to see her married to someone of his choosing. Determined to make his last days his happiest, she agrees. But there's one problem: her heart belongs to someone else. A servant. A street rat. A man who would never be considered worthy. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Yasmin strikes a deal with an unlikely ally-Julian Faraci, her father's right hand man-not realizing he has his own twisted agenda. Julian Faraci came from nothing, built from broken bones and faded bruises. But dark pasts can forge bright futures, and Julian has climbed his way through the trenches, not caring who gets hurt along the way. He has one goal: become the most powerful man in the world. When his mentor falls ill, he's on the verge of losing everything, and he'll stop at nothing to inherit what is rightfully his. Even if it means forcing a woman he can't stand into marriage. She's a brat who speaks out of turn. He's the villain of her story. But he's decided that she's his ... whether she wants to be or not
- 2023
Crossed
- 449 pages
- 16 hours of reading
He is righteousness. She is sin. Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there's a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he's tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont-a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair-his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil. Amaya Paquette is Festivalé's beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again. When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she's using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can't eat. Can't breathe. Can't think unless it's of her. And temptation is a devastating mistress. She's his weakness, so he decides he'll be her demise...even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.
- 2022
Scarred
- 459 pages
- 17 hours of reading
From BookTok sensation Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale in her fan-favorite Never After series. She doesn't belong to him...she belongs to the crown. Prince Tristan Faasa was never destined for the throne. That was always his brother, Michael. The same brother responsible for both Tristan's tormented childhood and the scar that mars his face. When their father dies, Michael is set to assume the throne, and Tristan is set to steal it. The leader of a secret rebellion, Tristan will stop at nothing to end his brother's reign. But when Michael's new betrothed, Lady Sara Beatreaux arrives, Tristan finds himself in the middle of a new kind of war. The kind that begs the question of what's more important, the crown or the woman about to wear it. Sara has one plan. Marry the King and eradicate the Faasa line, even at the risk of her own peril. But she never expects the Scarred Prince. He's dangerous. Forbidden. And one of the men she's been sent to kill. But the line between hatred and passion has never seemed so thin, and as secrets come to light, Sara grows unsure of whom she can trust-torn between vengeance and the villain she was never supposed to love.
- 2022
Wretched
- 414 pages
- 15 hours of reading
There was once a wicked girl who had lost everything that mattered. But then one day a man without a heart came along. She hated him, but he wanted her. She'll prove that a women can be great but terrible too
- 2021
Lily We all have scars. Mine are hidden beneath ink and smiles, hard to see and easy to feel. But the most painful ones are deeper. Branded on my soul, reminding me of what I've lost. I'm broken. Sick. Disturbed. Then he shows up, and loves my jagged pieces. But monsters linger long after they're gone, and sometimes you can't outrun their shadows. No matter how much you ache to forget. Mason We all have secrets. Mine are hidden beneath ink and lies, hard to find and easy to fake. But the most painful ones are bigger. Branded on my soul, reminding me of what I've lost. I'm an enigma. A mirage. A liar. Then I find her, and she loves my hidden pieces. But history lingers long after you've gone, and sometimes you can't outrun your past. No matter how much you want to give her forever.
- 2021
Beneath the Hood
- 420 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Blakely My life is a stage. Followed by millions, and loved by none. And me, the captain of control, steering my image through choppy waters. Making sure I stay on top. No one ever sees me. No one ever looks. Until him. But he's everything impossible, and a thousand shades of wrong. Falling for him would ruin everything I've worked for. So why can't I stay away? Jackson My life is a back-up plan. Surrounded by friends, and loved by none. And me, the king of heartbreak, gluing my pieces back together. Making sure they stick. No one ever sees me. No one ever looks. Until her. But she's everything off limits, and a thousand shades of sin. Falling for her would ruin everything I've worked for. So why won't she stay away?
- 2021
Hooked
- 402 pages
- 15 hours of reading
He wants revenge, but he wants her more… James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan, until things in James’s organization begin to crumble. 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. 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. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. 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.
- 2020
AlinaI was eleven when I met Chase Adams. I loved him before I knew what lovin' was.I pulled, he pushed.I gave, he took.I loved... I lost.Now he's back. All grown up and sexy as sin.But things changed while he was gone.So, he can show those dimples and flex those muscles all he wants.It won't change a thing.Chase Adams is nothin' but a lost memory. I'll do everything I can to keep him that way.ChaseGrowing up, there were only two women I ever loved.Neither one of them ever really loved me back.Until her. Alina. My Goldi.She was everything that's good. I was the bad.She was the brightest goddamn star. I was the black hole shredding her to pieces.I loved her wrong, losing her to my demons.But now I'm back. A better man.I'll do everything I can to make her remember us, even if all she wants is to forget.