Heroes, individuals who embody the best in us, protect the innocent, inspire the lost, and bring security to all; except, that's a reality for an idealistic world. The so-called superheroes are like everyone else, wicked at heart, but only they get praised for their actions. Behavior that is masked to the masses while only a few see who they really are.
Y/N is a girl who was met with the cruel reality of life and dealt a hand that exceeds the very concept of sorrow. She wishes to gift the ones who wronged her the same hand, the same grief, the same pain. Her goal brings her to meet old faces and new ones, ones that will alter the course of her soul forever.
Power isn't something that comes to the pinnacle, it comes to those who are willing to do anything to achieve it. Thus, reveal to the world the monster inside, show them all. Because what makes you different makes you strong, so don't change, you're perfect.
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.