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"Who are you...?" Athena cautiously questioned the tall man.
"Who, me?" He asked, taking a sip from his whiskey.
"Well, that's easy, love." He placed his whiskey down and took a step closer to Athena.
"I'm Lucifer Morningstar... The Devil." Lucifer answered with a devilish grin.
Athena still gazed at him still confused, but yet somehow she believed him...
Athena Hathaway, lived in Seattle as a detective for the police force, and lived in a apartment with her best friend, Zane. She was strong, smart, and dedicated to her work. She thought that her life was going well, but that ends when Lucifer Morningstar enters her life, once again, and flips it upside down. She must deal with not just her work, but the devil himself and much more than what she asked for. Athena is not up for such a challenge, but determined to figure out her life.
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.