PREORDER - RELEASES SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a brand new series that reimagines tragic loves stories that have gripped the imaginations of readers throughout time. He's a graffiti artist from the bad part of town, the bastard son everyone thought was dead. She's the daughter of the town's most powerful founding family, the princess everyone wants to protect. From feuding families and forbidden to be together, but they are soul mates who can't stay away. It's a tale as old as time. Welcome to Rosebrook Falls: a corrupt town with some morally questionable characters, and the star-crossed lovers at the center of it all.
- Queen of Gritty Retellings: Emily McIntire is best known for her dark reimaginings of everyone's favorite fairytales in her Never After series and for her gritty, small-town contemporary Sugar Lake series. This brand new frontlist series perfects plays on both of those strengths, breathing new life into classic tragedies, and giving tragic star-crossed lovers happy endings that are hard won, but much-deserved. There is no better place to start than with the most famous tragedy of all time: Romeo & Juliet, a story that captivates readers time and time again.
- Becoming an Indie Darling: Emily McIntire's latest release in the Never After series, Hexed, was seen on the GLIBA Bestsellers List, so she is really breaking into that indie space and finding her audience.
- Loyal Fanbase: Only four days after she revealed the cover of Scarred: Collector's Edition on her Instagram, over 3,000 pre-orders flooded in, showing a clear loyalty and excitement from McIntire's readers.
Heat Level: Rated R+ for high heat.
Tropes: Classic love story reimagined, forbidden love, star-crossed lovers, bad boy MMC
