When Dani McKenna was a child, her mother abandoned her for the smoky tango halls of Buenos Aires. Twenty years later, still heartbroken and feeling betrayed, Dani arrives in Argentina determined to find her mother and get answers. But the sultry streets hold more secrets than Dani could ever have imagined, including the discovery of an unsolved cold case that now threatens to destroy three generations of her family.

Her quest for the truth leads Dani to Carlos Escudero, a revered dancer who becomes her guide in this city's seductive tango world. To finally get answers, Dani must surrender to tango's language, in the space between bodies that speak what words cannot. Each lesson with Carlos strips away another layer of Dani's cautious composure. As attraction ignites between them, Dani's search for her mother's truth becomes increasingly dangerous-some secrets, she learns, are buried for good reason.

In Buenos Aires, passion runs deep and secrets run deeper. When past and present collide with danger, life-changing revelations will force Dani to choose between the story she came for and the love she never expected.