Virgin Heat — Laurence Shames

There's a first time for everyone... .

For years, Angie Amaro has pined for the lost love of Sal Martucci--the man who made her feel whole, the man she dreamed of, and the man who ratted out her father, cape Paulie Amaro, and had him sent to prison for ten years.

Now Sal is Ziggy Maxx, living with a new name and a new face--dodging cameras and cops, running scams in Key West. But fate always intervenes when true love is involved: when Angelina discovers his whereabouts, and sets her sights on mile marker one, it doesn't take long for her father, and his troops, to figure out where she's gone--and why.

Virgin Heat is a page-turner of a novel that firmly establishes Laurence Shames among the best crime writers working today. It is a touching but hilarious tale of love, the mob, revenge, redemption, and some minor cross-dressing.