A 17-year-old girl, Lianette is in for a rude awakening when she is claimed by the one and only Giovanni Bendetti. Giovanni isn't your average 18-year-old high school bad boy, he is the Notorious Italian Mafia gang leader who gets what he wants and what he wants is Lianette.
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"Feeling up strangers isn't very normal, neither is eye-raping someone. You know princess if you take a picture it'll last longer," the wall teased; who just so happens to be the one and only Giovanni Bendetti.
Side Note: Giovanni Bendetti is said to be a very dangerous person and is involved with illegal activities but no one really knows what.
I trembled in fear as I gave a quick apology and tried to continue my way to class before an arm reached out and yanked me back. I already had an idea who, but not the why and I was too terrified to actually do anything. So I stared at the floor, rocking back and forth on my heels trying not to look into his captivating eyes. He grabs my chin and forces me to look up.
"See that is much better now," he asserted, even though I still try to avoid eye to eye contact as much as possible.
"Look at me, Look at me right now Lianette", he demanded.
"God-dammit look at me right now", he bellowed. Since I don't want to anger him any more than I already did, I finally look up at him and I got to say, he is gorgeous.
"Now was that so hard to do? All you had to do was just look up at me" he states with his signature smirk and a cocky attitude. I roll my eyes at him and start to walk away before he grabs my arm and pulls me into his chest. He bends down to my ear and whispers,
"You forgot one thing principessa(princess)!"
I don't remember leaving anything behind. He kissed my cheek and starts to walk away while walking he turns his head and yells to me,
"That's what you forgot cara(dear)! See you around sometime."
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.