Black Maria

Maria Valentine is an attractive, young, straight-laced female growing up in Washington, D.C. Her focus is finishing high school and being a superstar in her own world. She gets sidetracked by the flashy lifestyles that her peers are living. Along with her girlfriends, Sunny and Ruby, they're drawn to a quick answer to solve their problems of being broke: Robbing a Bank When Maria's mother has a catastrophic accident at work, Maria's life is changed forever. She is burdened with the responsibility of caring for her brother, Billy Boy and also paying her mother's expensive medical bills. Maria, along with Ruby and Sunny, get caught up into robbing banks. Greed lands the young women into a life of crime that they weren't ready for. They become addicted to the fast money. Maria, Sunny, and Ruby have the time of their lives taking what they want. They ultimately accumulate all the money they could ever want. Enough is never enough concerning Maria's greed. They take more risks and daring rides on the wild side. Maria, Sunny, and Ruby discover a rocky road that turns out to have a horrifying dead end. This book features an innovative blend of story lines based on invention of facts distorted into fantasy fiction. Debut author, Michael Lucas, delivers a tightly crafted classic of dreams coming true solely for your entertainment.