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§Author· 3 books
Emily McIntire
Exploring dark romance, fractured morals, and high-stakes emotional conflicts, romance fiction across sub-genres offers readers high heat, slow-burning suspense, and complex antiheroes. Author Emily McIntire established her place on international bestseller lists through contemporary and fractured-fairy-tale romance novels where happy endings are earned through intense conflict.
Her popular releases include Hooked from the Never After series and Hexed, which reimagine traditional antagonist dynamics into standalone romantic narratives featuring morally ambiguous characters.
Career & Background
A #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Emily McIntire began her writing journey driven by a lifelong passion for reading and storytelling focused on deep emotional connections. Over the course of her career, her romance novels have spanned multiple sub-genres and have been translated into more than a dozen languages for readers around the world.
In addition to her publishing accomplishments, McIntire is a stage IV breast cancer thriver who has maintained no evidence of active disease for over a year. Residing in East Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and three cats, she balances her author career with reading, home redecorating, and spending time with her family.
Writing Style & Themes
McIntire's signature writing style features high steam, slow burns, and characters with seriously questionable morals. Her narratives frequently examine tropes such as hate-to-love, forced proximity, secret identities, corrupt small towns, and forbidden relationships where stakes remain high and character motivations test traditional moral boundaries.
Whether writing interconnected standalone books in the Never After series, the Sugarlake series, or the Defying the Stars series, she blends electric chemistry with emotional tension, ensuring that her characters face formidable obstacles before reaching their happily ever after.
Major Works
- Hooked — A prominent standalone novel in the Never After series that reimagines classic antagonist dynamics into dark, high-heat romance.
- Hexed — A standalone installment in the fractured-fairy-tale Never After series featuring slow-burn tension and morally gray leads.
- Beneath the Surface — A featured novel in her published catalog alongside her broader contemporary romance series.
- Burning Daylight — The first book in a series blending forbidden love, secret identities, and family legacies in a corrupt town setting.
- Forsaking Midnight — The second interconnected standalone in the Defying the Stars series, focusing on hate-to-love and forced-proximity dynamics.
§All Books
Hooked
Emily McIntire, 2021
307 ratings
Hexed
Emily McIntire, 2024
22 ratings
Beneath the Surface
Emily McIntire, 2021
3 ratings