SusanWard
⚠️ language, child abuse, violence
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Havenbrook City. Where nine o'clock curfews exist, and streets are crawling with aggressive superhumans cast out by the public, called Deviates. Few know how they gain their powers; even fewer survive an encounter.
Stevie Jones is lucky to be a survivor, though she would have died if it weren't for a Deviate blended with shadows swooping in and saving her. But she's just trying to stay on the road her mother and late father paved for her. Now that she's landed a scholarship and is attending her dream class, it seems that her future is bright. However, her life takes a sharp turn when she suddenly wakes up as a Deviate with no warning, no reason.
Desperate for answers, she'll turn to the man who once saved her, hoping to protect her reputation before becoming a Deviate destroys it, even if he's not the friendliest hero.
Derek Harvard, or mockingly called "Dark" by his roommate, is secretly a Deviate. And he hates it. Every day is a further struggle to keep his power and anger under control. Something about the two strangely collide, and he's painfully aware. Good thing getting his adrenaline fix and beating up the corrupt Deviates is just the stress relief he needs. When Stevie inserts herself into his lifestyle, he thinks this is going to be hell... but something about Stevie's presence oddly quells the darkness teeming inside him, and it may be the only reason he's agreed to help her out.
Working together, these two unlikely friends explore the underbelly of the world of Deviates, encountering jaw dropping truths, an attractive ninja, and powerful fire-wielding foes hired to target them. That is, if Stevie can balance all this action with home life and school.
If she keeps poking around with trouble, both worlds may have to collide.
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Book cover by Zander! Twitter is @artizan00
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