Michael Draper knew his family was falling apart. To make matters worse, the money in his safe is getting low after all the hard work he took to build the empire that was easily the most dominating force in the underworld at its prime. At fifty-two years of age, he's been a retired man for just over a decade, and now he may be pushed to a point where the sleeping beast within him may need to be awakened.
Just released from a Florida Penitentiary after serving a plea agreement, which was a mandatory term of ten years, twenty-eight year old Kiam Messa is now tossed back into the same society, just different times. Coming from a place where he had nothing but one goal. To make it to the top while still keeping those he loves fed, by any means necessary.
Only two weeks left to come home, the most cunning, money-making machine, Catalina Sanchez, was planning to prepare herself for re-entry, not solely back into society, but also into the Mafia that saved her from her cruel, and dark past which could possibly repeat itself.
Each three will cross paths that introduce a legion of scenarios that include drugs, guns, murder, crooked people in power, and much more that will test their knowledge just as equally as their loyalty.
Another Mafia Story
They say true gangsters have control over their emotions. Is it possible for these three to be consistent in doing so?
This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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.