Eighteen-year-old Sofia Reyes scrapes by in Miami after leaving Cuba, until her reckless boyfriend Diego trades her safety for his gambling losses at a filthy nightclub. When a terrifying attack begins, Mateo Reyes, the feared forty-two-year-old underworld ruler called El Rey, steps in. He shelters Sofia at his Biscayne Bay estate, where his fiercely territorial daughter Camila watches every move. Soon, Sofia's relief gives way to a forbidden pull neither she nor Mateo can ignore.