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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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the perfect plan―until things in James's organisation 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLength: 416 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished: 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTropes: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMafia Romance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnemies to Lovers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge Gap Romance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForbidden Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE BE AWARE ALL COPIES ARE SECOND-HAND AND CONDITIONS MAY VARY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Second-Hand Smut Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53852573106514,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/8361\/8130\/files\/hooked_emily_mcintire_front.heic?v=1782574140"},{"product_id":"wretched-by-emily-mcintire","title":"Wretched by Emily McIntire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA woman can be great, and terrible too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvelina Westerly has always been “the bad guy”. As the brains, brawn, and botanist behind her family's drug empire, she's her father's ruthless secret weapon. With her days divided between perfecting her greenhouse, seeking revenge for her sister's murder, and putting a gun to the head of anyone in her way, Evelina doesn't have time for anything else. Especially not for love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a one-night stand with a gorgeous man at a nightclub, she's sated her urges and is back to her criminal ways. Until that same man shows up as the new Westerly lackey...under a totally different name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Nicholas Woodsworth's real secret is much more dangerous than an alias. He's an undercover DEA agent, and he's hell-bent on destroying the drug trade that devastated his family. 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