"I'll always choose vengeance. I'll rather heal in hell."
An assassin based in Russia solely kills rapists who have managed to escape the wrath of the law as a trauma response to her personal, gruesome experience. Raped by six men at the tender age of twelve, with a masked guy being the leader of the rapists, her resolve ever since has been to find him because he dared her to catch him if she could. So, she goes on a killing spree with hopes to find the guy beneath the mask.
But Ebunoluwa has a beautiful, supportive family who is ready to fight in her stead. They do not want their last-born child to endanger herself, seeing that she tends to succumb to drastic acts, with a vengeance being the motive.
Sadly, we can't make choices for people. As Ebun chooses the path of vengeance, would it pay her in the long run, or would it have her wishing to have wrapped herself in the love her family had to offer?
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Ojuolape, the author of the prestigious series, Our Side of The Dice, takes her readers on a raw journey through her present life since she had significant, corrective surgery of Blount's disease in 2013, and every paragraph is every shade of authentic, vulnerable and honest; Battles with her insecurities, self-denial, and self-worth especially for the fact that she didn't realize she was fighting these battles for the longest time until it was revealed to her that the future of having perfectly straight legs depended on her mindset.
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2ND PLACE IN THE BORDERVERSE AWARDS FOR ACTION/ADVENTURE STORIES
6TH PLACE IN THE LEAL AWARDS FOR ACTION/ADVENTURE STORIES WITH A SCORE OF 87.5/100
A ragtag gang of teens teams up with a neighboring girl gang when a major cartel moves into town, threatening their families, their turf, and the community they've worked so hard to protect.
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Cash West formed the Seven 20s - a gang of six overzealous teens with guns - to keep his tiny, crime-infested town in nowhere California safe. His methods are unorthodox and frankly illegal, but the town loves his Robin Hood heroics. However, the gang gets more than they bargained for when the Mendoza cartel rolls into town, determined to knock them off the map. As the threat hits closer to home, Cash has no choice but to team up with his ex-girlfriend Tiana's neighboring girl gang, the Hearts of Spades. Soon allies become enemies, families get trapped in the crossfire, and romance brews as Cash fights to unravel a massive conspiracy that puts everyone that matters to him at risk. When the stakes are life and death, will the gangs be able to overcome an enemy more powerful than any of them could have predicted?
Book One of The Seven Twenties Series
Content and Trigger Warning: contains violence, drug use, mentions of domestic abuse, and mature themes.