Aces Wild: A Heist

ISBN: 1682636232

Author: DeWitt, Amanda

Condition: New

What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes gambling club? Shenanigans ensue.Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private schools basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do?Everything starts falling apart when Jacks mom is arrested for their familys ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon familys chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that somethings not right. His mom was sold out, and he knows by who. Peter Carlevaro: rival casino owner, mobster, and jilted lover. Gross.Jack hatches a plan to break into Carlevaros inner sanctum and find what hes holding over his moms head, but Jacks going to need help. He recruits his closest friends, his online asexual support group, to form his team. All he needs to do is infiltrate a secret high stakes gambling club, save his mom, and dodge any dark secrets about his family hed rather not know, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Easy, right?