Shy's got a great life, a lawyer dad, the perfect stepmom. Then tragedy strikes. Shy's no longer in her perfect life; instead, she's thrown to her real mom and a world full of violence where around every corner lurks hidden danger to a naïve girl who trusts everyone. The people in her new life are like characters in a book. Esperanza, her mother, is a violent alcoholic who's always loud and abusive. G is the quiet thug that rules the streets with his devoted homie Chino. Both would lay down their lives to protect Shy from anything or anyone. Flaca is the only girl in the neighborhood to befriend her. They develop a bond stronger than life itself. Mousie is the bully. In this way of life, no one is who they seem to be. Mother, father, friends, enemies, there are no boundaries and only one rule to live by: survive by any means necessary

Mia is a 15 year old Mexican teenager who moves from a little town in Northern California to the big city of Los Angeles in Southern California. At her new school she meets a lot of new people and makes new friends like her best friend lupe aka smiley. Smiley shows her the homies from school and there Mia meets Andres aka Chino. Andres and Mia quickly fall for each other but with a crazy ex like Martha aka flirt will do anything to keep them apart. Now Mia and Andres go through many situations just to be together. This is my first story so please no rude comments and hope you enjoy it :)

"You keep fucking saying you don't want me, but you keep coming back," I yell. She looks away from me, wrapping her arms around herself. "I've been chasing after you for years; you either want me or you don't." "I don't want you." ••••••• Santi Florencio is truly his fathers sin; following in his dangerous footsteps, but times a hundred. Ever since he was little he was finding himself in trouble, but it escalated when he got into his first year of high school. Getting jumped into a gang by his friends brother wasn't apart of his plans, but he can't change it. Ida is an Angel, an angel that longs to be touched by the darkness that is Santi. She knows she can't get involved with his life because of her dad, but that doesn't stop her from looking. And that looking slowly leads her to her greatest desire. {•Florencio Series: Novel 3•}