Heatwave Deception

Moments earlier she’d met Luca Moreno, the enigmatic chef whose fire-kissed menu and smoky smile made the city buzz. Moments later he’s dragging her through a service corridor and confessing the truth: he’s a former cartel soldier turned federal informant, and tonight’s glittering party is a mask for an illegal arms exchange. The operation was supposed to end in arrests. Instead, someone leaked Luca’s name.

Now the queen of order and the man made of secrets are running through a city that never cools—neon-soaked streets, after-hours kitchens, motel back lots, and the black mirror of the Everglades. Killers close in. Allies vanish. Every heartbeat forces a choice neither can take back.

He wants redemption. She wants survival. Together they spark something fierce and impossible to ignore. But the cartel isn’t just hunting Luca. They’re using Valeria—the woman who turned chaos into beauty—as the bait that will draw him into the open.

To live, they’ll have to flip the script, weaponize the very spectacle Valeria perfected, and stage a finale that blinds Miami’s darkest men. In a city built on heat and hustles, love might be the only thing hot enough to burn the past to ash.