Never After 5: Crossed

A dark contemporary romance from viral BookTok and USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire, featuring reimagined characters from popular fairy tales and other stories. *** He is righteousness. She is sin. Father Cade Frederic is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But theres a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When hes tasked to become the priest in Festivale, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil. Amaya Paquette is Festivales 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 shes using witchcraft to lure him to her. He cant eat. Cant breathe. Cant think unless its of her. And temptation is a devastating mistress. Shes his weakness, so he decides hell be her demise...even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love. Crossed joins the Never After series as a dark and sexy reimagining of a classic tale, twisting it into an enticing new shape for mature readers. Tropes Fractured Fairy Tale Morally Grey MC Dark Romance Bully Romance Spicy Romance Forbidden Love The Never After Series: Hooked Scarred Wretched Twisted Crossed Hexed