5.0 (1 rating)
Hexed
He's the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She's the witch who steals his heart. From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairytale of The Little Mermaid. 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.
ISBN: 9781728275864
Reader Reviews
5.0
1 rating
Kay S.
Feb 18, 2026
Vanesa wasn’t good. Noone deemed her good enough until Enzo. Doing her uncle’s dirty work and dealing with her entitled bitch of a cousin isn’t a life she wants but does she really have a choice?
McIntire does it again. A badass FMC with a gothy style and witchy vibes? Yes Please!
Vanesa is exactly what you’d expect a non-fantasy version of Ursula from the Little Mermaid to be. She’s feisty and takes no shit from anyone, even her best friend who’s hung up on her cousin.
Enzo is mesmerised by Vanesa from the moment he sees her, despite not realising what is going on. Their dynamic is filled with secrets and tension but a deep passion that goes beyond the darkness.
The torment of forbidden love and duty to family makes this story all the more worthy of reading. Again, this is a dark spicy romance with content warnings that MUST be read prior to the book to avoid issues.
McIntire really should do more of these because I feel there are so many more she could develop into instant smashes.
McIntire does it again. A badass FMC with a gothy style and witchy vibes? Yes Please!
Vanesa is exactly what you’d expect a non-fantasy version of Ursula from the Little Mermaid to be. She’s feisty and takes no shit from anyone, even her best friend who’s hung up on her cousin.
Enzo is mesmerised by Vanesa from the moment he sees her, despite not realising what is going on. Their dynamic is filled with secrets and tension but a deep passion that goes beyond the darkness.
The torment of forbidden love and duty to family makes this story all the more worthy of reading. Again, this is a dark spicy romance with content warnings that MUST be read prior to the book to avoid issues.
McIntire really should do more of these because I feel there are so many more she could develop into instant smashes.