Wretched
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Fast paced
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Wretched Never After Series, Book #3

A woman can be great, and terrible too. Evelina 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. After a one-night stand with a gorgeous man at a nightclub, she's sated her urges and is back to her criminal ways. That is, until that same man shows up as the new Westerly lackey...under a totally different name. But 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. When he realizes the youngest daughter of the Westerly empire is the same woman he's been fantasizing about since that night at the club, attraction wars violently with disgust. Evelina embodies everything he's against, and he's been sent here to be her downfall. Yet the more they learn about the darkness in each other's hearts, the more alike they seem, and when hatred turns to something more, Nicholas will have to decide whether he can love a wretched woman, even if it means bringing both of their lives to ruin.
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Reviews

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Meghan Morris@meghamorron
4 stars
May 7, 2025

“Bricks are meant for paths,  Yet somehow we’re always still.  If there’s nothing for us in the now,  Then I know there never will.  You belong up here in the light,  and me, in poppies down below.  Maybe one day we’ll meet again,  On the other side of a rainbow.”

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Naomi Kemph@naomireads
3.5 stars
Apr 24, 2025

Love this series!! Twisted and great imaginative retelling, without being exactly the same

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Kierce@kierce
2 stars
Jan 27, 2025

Decent for what it is. I needed mind-numbing and this delivered.

+3
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Katie Roberts@katie05
4 stars
Jan 19, 2025

The best in the series so far imo

+2
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Ashlee@farfromhere
3.5 stars
Jun 1, 2024

I have no justification, no explanation, and nothing to say for myself except that I had fun.

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Valerie Yvonne Elizabeth Hes @valerieee
4.5 stars
Apr 4, 2024

Got me in love with the never after series again loved it

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🌞Laur🌞@laurb410
4.2 stars
Mar 20, 2024

I honestly could not put this book down! I felt like the story flewww by and I could not get enough. I went into this book completely blind and was pleasantly surprised that the female main character was the morally grey one.. always a villain and you know what I'm here for it!

The fact that was not the only DEA agent on the case and there was already characters who had infiltrated the Westerly family, but until Nick came along no one knew it was Evelina. I was honestly shocked!

Also just a note here for the gun scene byeeee!!!!!!!!

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Priscilla Stanfield@priscillas01
4 stars
Feb 19, 2024

This was just as much fun as the other books. While the pacing of the book felt slower I still really liked it. The ending is what helped it get up to what I rated it. I really did enjoy that ending because I felt dumb not figuring that out😂

This was also the spiciest in the series so far and I’m excited to continue on with the series!

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Valentina Moreno Escobar@veemorenooo
3.5 stars
Jan 25, 2024

I wish I could say I LOVED this book because I thought it started off SO strong and SPICY. The plot was THICK until it kind of just sizzled out and I was left wanting more information about other characters to have a more shocking end. It felt very predictable, but who doesn’t love a good dark contemporary romance with enemies to lovers trope!

+1
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Hana @han31
3 stars
Jan 18, 2024

This book was based a bit of the wonderful and wizard of oz but it’s from Dorothy’s sisters perspective and she makes drugs and her cottage where she makes them has a yellow brick road leading to them. But anyway the ending is happy I’m glad she forgave him.

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Katie Buchanan@katieirene
2 stars
Dec 29, 2023

Hard to stay engaged in. Loved hooked though

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marta @mmartta
4 stars
Dec 22, 2023

★★★★,5 <3

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Renata@renata_library
4 stars
Dec 15, 2023

pls- i love this series so fucking much i enjoyed every single second while reading evelinenicholas EVELINE IS A BADDIE I LOVE HER - “But when it comes to Eveline Westerly, I’m a fucking fool. ” - “You don’t have to trust me, Eveline. But words are your safe space, the same way that they’re mine.” - “But if I’m her calm, then she is my chaos, and if I can’t live with her forever, then I don’t want to live at all. ” - “I’ll walk up to you and say I’m Nicholas Tennyson Woodsworth, my favorite color is blue, I hated school, and I am so fucking in love with you that I can’t imagine living in a world that doesn’t have you in it.” - “Are you gonna tell me yours?” ” - “I’m so fucking in love with you, Eveline Westerly,” “Every wretched piece?” “Every single one.”

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Kyra@kiwiosreading
3 stars
Oct 10, 2023

Nice read. Nice romance. Nice spice. Nice plot.

Quite enjoyable not life changing or anything though.

+4
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Anita@anitah
4.5 stars
Sep 26, 2023

After Scarred, I didn’t had much hope for this series but holly molly… I devoured this book! It was really, really good. And for once it’s female main character who is the bad one and not the male character.

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Emma Kamer@emmakamer
4 stars
Aug 31, 2023

This was such a quick and amazing read. So far I am not dissapointed by the books in this serie

+6
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mariana@krwohours
5 stars
Jul 14, 2023

Review This was an unexpected book for me I was so nervous to continue the series That author conquer my heart everytime

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Nouran Hazem@nouranreads
3 stars
Jul 1, 2023

3.5 ⭐️

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Cindy@parkercy
3 stars
May 30, 2023

ACAB

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Taylor Arevalo@tails
4.5 stars
Apr 24, 2023

the chokehold this author has on me. these books are easy to read, the scenarios are unique in each one (although there's a common "avenging a family member death" that is in all of these), and they're the right amount of spice. 4.5/5

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Nouran@nouran2003
3 stars
Apr 19, 2023

3.5 ⭐️

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grayson gruber@graysunnicole
4 stars
Mar 12, 2023

🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 love love love. my heart went out to evie she deserves better

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Loulou@juliaany
4 stars
Mar 8, 2023

Emily oh Emily you slayed so hard The little hints and references to the Wizard of Oz had me screaming and the spicy scenes were so so good.

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Niyah<3@https_luvnaii
4 stars
Feb 26, 2023

at first, i didn't like it and i was just thinking about how much i liked scarred better...but holy lord did it get better. it was such a ride and i have to give props to emily because she really writes characters well in this series. its crazy how much you dislike the characters your not supposed to like from the beginning yet you don't even know why you don't like them. lowkey i was more into the politics and organizations than the romance TT but Nick and Eve were too cute also, the tension between the two and connecting through poetry in their broken worlds was just too good and i ate it all up.

+4

Highlights

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Ivory Flores@ivoryf25

“She’s changing me. Or maybe she’s simply making me feel alive.”

Cute and all. I think he was supposed to be the Tin Man? Wtf? 4/5 ⭐️

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Holly @mysticalbluerose

"When you two are done measuring dicks, feel free to tell me what's going on," Evelina interrupts.

Page 76
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Holly @mysticalbluerose

She looks so innocent and sweet, it’s hard to believe she’s involved in any criminal activity. But l learned a long time ago to never judge a book by its cover. The best criminals are the ones who youd never suspect. They're the ones you make jokes with, the ones you learn to trust, the ones who become your best friend while they stab you in the back and steal everything out from under you.

Page 55
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Holly @mysticalbluerose

I pick it up, the thin rose-gold chain feeling cool against my fingers as I inspect the jewel.

“You get this from that boyfriend?" I glance up at her, the left side of my mouth lifting.

She smiles. "From my daddy."

“That what they're calling it these days?"

Her eyes narrow. "My father, you fucking pervert."

Chuckling, I look down at the necklace again before setting it back on the table."

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Holly @mysticalbluerose

These first few moments of undercover work are always the most nerve wracking. Make or break. You either set yourself up for success or you fail before you have a chance to fall.

Not everyone is meant for this work. Not everyone gets it. Some people are too ingrained in their morals, in their egos, to do what it takes to act the part. You have to live and breathe the job. Become it. Otherwise, you end up with concrete shoes and a bullet in your head.

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Holly @mysticalbluerose

throw a pair of tits in a man's face and all the blood rushes to their dick instead of their brains.

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Hana @han31

"Cody, what the fuck is going on?"

His hold tightens, one of his palms leaving for the briefest second as he reaches behind his back.

My mind is still playing catch up, trying to figure out what the hell is happening.

Click.

Something cold presses against my wrist.

"You have the right to remain silent," he whispers.

Oh my god.

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HOLY SHIT

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Hana @han31

"I never realized you had freckles," I say.

She scrunches her nose, her hand running across her face. "Yeah, makeup usually covers them."

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Anita@anitah

But if I'm her calm, then she is my chaos, and if I can't live with her forever, then I don't want to live at all.

Page 212
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Anita@anitah

Her brows draw in. "I told you to stay put."

I step into her until her ass is pressed against the edge of the desk and my hips are wedged against hers. "And I'm not a dog you can bark demands at, sweetheart."

She smirks. "I beg to differ."

My cock jerks, arousal warring with my brain, warning me to keep my distance. My brain loses, the way it seems to always lose with her.

"You're right," I agree, taking my uninjured hand and reaching around to grip her hip and pull her into me. "Tell me to sit and eat like a good boy, and I swear to fucking god I'll do it."

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nanafark@nanafark

“You know, for not believing in romance—” 

“I’m so f*cking in love with you, Eveline Westerly,” he cuts me off. 

I grin, rising up on my tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips. “Every wretched piece?”

He brushes the hair back from my face. “Every single one.”

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nanafark@nanafark

My heart skips and stutters then starts beating in a steady rhythm.

And with that single smile, I know I’ve made it home.

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nanafark@nanafark

[…]

But I’m not staring at any of that. Not when Eveline’s right in front of me.

[…]

My heart stalls in my chest and my hand comes up to rest on top of it.

She takes my f*cking breath away.

I follow behind her.

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nanafark@nanafark

[…] but nothing stopped my soul from aching, crying out for its other half. 

💔💔💔

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nanafark@nanafark

Because she’s changed me fundamentally. Irrevocably. And there’s no going back.

I don’t love Eveline in spite of her flaws. I love her because of them. 

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nanafark@nanafark

“If you don’t run, right now, then I don’t get that chance.” His eyes flick back and forth between mine. “Please, let me have it, pretty girl. Go.”

“pretty girl”. ugh, i can’t 😭

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nanafark@nanafark

He tightens his grip on my face. “Listen to me. I won’t ask for your forgiveness.” He glances at the door before locking his frantic eyes back on me. “I don’t want you to forgive me right now. I just want to know you’re out there and there’s a chance. That one day, maybe we’ll meet again, and I’ll walk up to you and say I’m Nicholas Tennyson Woodsworth, my favorite color is blue, I hated school, and I am so f*cking in love with you that I can’t imagine living in a world that doesn’t have you in it.

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nanafark@nanafark

He slams his mouth to mine and I can’t help but to kiss him back, because for everything he’s done, and everything he’s not, I still love him, no matter how much I’ve tried to stop.

“I love you,” he says.

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“I didn’t know that I could love until you. And you’re not perfect, okay? You piss me off and you do things I never thought I’d be alright with, and you’re moody as hell. You’re actually the furthest f*cking thing from perfect I’ve ever seen. But Eveline… you’re perfect for me.”

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nanafark@nanafark

Every word feels like a confession now instead of an escape. Sappy poems from a broken, lonely girl, pretending to be something strong.

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nanafark@nanafark

He walks away before I can say anything back, but his words ache in the deepest parts of me. I’d give anything to go back to how I used to be, because this feeling now? It f*cking sucks.

And I don’t know if it will ever go away.

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nanafark@nanafark

“She’s… she’s everything.” I shake my head. “But she’s not a good person.”

Rose hums. “I find it hard to believe my brother would fall for someone who isn’t worth loving.”

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nanafark@nanafark

“Yeah. Feels good to be here.”

Except it doesn’t feel good, because this doesn’t feel like home anymore. I don’t think I knew what home was until I found it in her.

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nanafark@nanafark

And when Eveline busted down the door and looked at me as though I had killed her spirit? 

That’s when I knew.

I would pick her a thousand times over even if it meant rotting in hell.

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nanafark@nanafark

“I know, that’s crazy, right? I didn’t mean for it to happen. I don’t even know when the hell it did happen, but I just know it’s there and it’s big. Like, can’t breathe when you’re around kind of big.”