The Wild Ones (Sinners, #1) (ePub)

July 5, 1968 was just another uneventful post-Independence Day...one that completely changed the course of history. The story itself is still not clear, but everyone knows about the riot that broke out in the middle of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It quickly came to be known that some among the ruckus weren't a hundred percent human. Shapeshifters, some claimed. Magicians, others said. As the era of unification came, these Supers, as everyone grew to call them, struggled to live as the minority in a prejudiced society. To ensure their safety and wellbeing, millionaire activists created SINS-the Supernatural Institute of National Security.

Louis Blackwood has been hiding his true nature all his life, lying to everyone and never daring to trust even those closest to him. When Louis is forced to use the powers he has always kept a secret to save his life, he's led to prison without any chance of ever seeing daylight again. Until SINS shows up.

Lucas Lopes is the most popular professor at New York Supernatural University. Charismatic and honest, he's renowned for his impressive control of his tiger form and impeccable good looks. Lucas is completely aware of the way he affects people with his charms and beauty, but it isn't until Louis comes along that his smug arrogance grows to be a problem.

When they both join SINS as part of a new elite team, they're led to a boot camp with ten other Supers to train their powers. Their personalities clash almost instantly, but as they proceed through their training and have to solve the mystery of who is trying to destroy their team before they even get started, their initial hatred grows into flourishing affection as they learn they're connected in many ways.

Content warning: rape attempt & side character addiction.