Max Brady has returned to his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, his emotions on ice after the death of his young wife in the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11. The former New York cop and Federal prosecutor is determined to mind his little bar business and stay out of the fight his friends are waging against greedy developers and corrupt politicians at the height of a South Florida real estate boom about to go bust. Then, as a behemoth hurricane approaches, motels start burning and friends start dying. Enter Rose Becker, aka Madame Butterfly, a feisty beauty who has become the Joan of Arc of the resistance movement. Rose is not only trying to save Fort Lauderdale Beach, but also Max Brady's grieving heart. In a story that sweeps from the white beaches of Florida to the alligator-infested Everglades, Max and Rose are locked in a deadly struggle to save the beach, their friends and, ultimately, each other.
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