Investigative reporter Carmen Cole gets the surprise of her life on her
wedding day when she discovers that her fiancé and best friend are
sleeping together—and that the two of them are her town's resident
superhero and ubervillain. Shocked and hurt, Carmen reveals their secret
identities and then decides to devote her life to unmasking every
superhero and ubervillain who crosses her path.
A series of successful unmaskings lands Carmen a job at The Exposé,
one of the biggest newspapers in Bigtime, New York, a city that's full
of superheroes and ubervillains. Carmen is in her element—until she gets
kidnapped by the Terrible Triad, Bigtime’s most dangerous ubervillain
team.
The Triad orders Carmen to uncover the secret identity of Striker,
the leader of the Fearless Five, Bigtime's most popular superhero
team—or else they’ll drop her in a vat of radioactive goo. With that
threat hanging over her, Carmen sets out to unmask Striker, but what she
doesn’t count on is falling for the sexy superhero. But with the
Terrible Triad lurking around, this is one story that just might be the
death of her....