Virgin Heat

The natural sucessor to Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiassen joins Orion with a hilarious tale of love and the Mafia in Key West. For ten years Angelina has kept a secret so deep, so personal, that she couldn'tshare it with anyone. She is in love. In love with Ziggy Marxx the man who betrayed her father, Mafia capo Paul Amaro. Ziggy is living a new life as a bartender in Key West but when Angelina spots his oh-so familiar hands making a cocktail in a holiday video taken by her uncle she leaves New York to seek him out. Paul Amaro, just out of prison, is dismayed by her disappearance. He's more dismayed when it's suggested that Angelina may have gone in search of her lost love.


Genre: Mystery

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