Second Star to the Left: A Peter Pan Retelling (Ever After Book 3)

A banished pixie, a cursed pirate captain, and a kiss that started a war between them—welcome to a Neverland where fairy tales bleed dark at the edges.

Tinker Bell didn't mean to curse him. She only meant to rob him. Exiled from her homeland for dealing pixie dust on Neverland's shadowy black market, Tink is desperate for any path back to redemption. When a lead points her toward a ruthless pirate with pockets full of precious gems, she doesn't think twice about using her most potent weapon—a pixie dust-laced kiss—to get what she needs and disappear.

Captain Hook is not a man who forgives easily. When he surfaces from Tink's enchanted kiss to find the seas rising against him in supernatural fury, his legendary ship battered by storms that follow him like a grudge, he wants blood. Her blood, specifically. Tracking down the infuriating little thief, he demands she undo what she's done. There's just one problem: she can't.

Enter the mermaid queen, whose cold smile offers them a bargain—retrieve a stolen magical artifact from the depths of Neverland's most dangerous waters, and she'll lift the curse. Together.

In this lush, darkly sensual romantasy retelling, two enemies who'd sooner gut each other than admit the heat simmering between them must decide how much they're willing to risk—and how far they'll fall—before they reach the other side.

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