Legacy of Villains

"Jolie Hook," he whispered into the hollow of her ear. She shivered at the intimacy; her name spoken like a dangerous secret on his tongue. "Do you agree to my terms?"Her determination wavered, just for a moment. "And what if I can't do it?"His gaze sharpened to the point of a sword and Jo felt all at once the slimy, cold sensation of having made a mistake-worse, of having walked willingly into a mistake. "Well then I suppose I get to keep you, too."***Peter Pan meets Beauty and the Beast in this darkly enchanting enemies to lovers retelling.Jolie Hook knew better than to make a deal with the shadowy and charismatic Peter Pan. Not only had he been her father's mortal enemy since the days of the Merfolk War, but he'd also had a hand in her mother's brutal murder ten years ago.So when Pan lures her father to a peace-treaty meeting only to kidnap him instead, Jo has to fight back her violent urges in order to strike a bargain with her foe: if she makes it to his castle within three days, he will let her father go.All that stands in her way is the Neverwoods, the ancient forest teeming with Peter's beautifully dark magic. As he sends illusions and nightmarish games meant to torment her into defeat, Jolie begins to unravel the mysteries of Peter Pan, including the secrets behind his dangerous shadow magic and his obsession with trapping her in his realm forever.Battling an otherworldly girl from Peter's past, the vicious truths of the Hook legacy, and her own treacherous attraction to the enemy, Jo races against the clock to save her father and secure themselves as the winners of Neverland's fiercest unending war.