As a perfect firestorm rages ever closer, sparks of a different nature fly in the old hotel that has been converted into a jazz club, and at an isolated house in the direct path of the flames. Rachel, caring for her ailing mother who abandoned her as a child, agrees to a dangerous masquerade to expose the club as a cover for criminal activities. But who should she trust? Detective Farrell of the LAPD working undercover with her, who offers protection for her mother from men who want her silenced? But isn't he out of his jurisdiction, and is he really a cop? Kane, with his seductive saxophone and utter contempt for who he believes Rachel to be? What brought a gifted musician to this out of the way place? Attracted to Farrell, but dazzled by Kane, and frantic to keep her mother safe, Rachel must face the ultimate test of her courage. But has she and the man she now knows she loves left it too late to escape the approaching conflagration?