Cover of Wretched (Collector's Edition) (Never After, 3)

Wretched (Collector's Edition) (Never After, 3)

by Emily McIntire

4.2
Published February 10 2026

Evelina Westerly is the ruthless, brilliant, and lethal secret weapon of her family’s sprawling drug empire. Between managing their illicit operations, cultivating her greenhouse, and hunting for her sister’s killer, she has no room for sentimentality. A brief, anonymous encounter at a nightclub is supposed to be nothing more than a fleeting distraction, but fate has other plans when the man from that night reappears as an employee within her own inner circle. The man, known as Nicholas Woodsworth, is harborning a deadly secret: he is an undercover DEA agent infiltrating the Westerly operation to dismantle it from the inside. As he comes face-to-face with the woman who has consumed his thoughts since their encounter, his professional mission clashes with a volatile, undeniable attraction. He views Evelina as the embodiment of everything he loathes, yet the more time they spend together, the more he recognizes the shared darkness within her heart. Featuring an intense enemies-to-lovers trope, this dark romance forces both characters to navigate a treacherous web of lies and betrayal. As their hatred shifts into a dangerous obsession, Nicholas must decide if he is willing to sacrifice everything to love a woman who may ultimately be his ruin.