During a three-day road trip, two strangers fall in love without knowing that their destinies converge in the same execution: that of a death row inmate who is, at the same time, the murderer of his sister and her biological father.
Hope is a young journalist traveling from Los Angeles to Oklahoma to interview a man on death row, after recently discovering that he is her biological father. Jamie is a man scarred by past violence who returns to his hometown to witness the execution of the man who murdered his sister when they were both children. They meet by chance and decide to share a car, without revealing the true reasons for their journey.
During the trip, the relationship intensifies rapidly. Amid arguments, humor, and partial confessions, a deep connection emerges that leads them to fall in love in just three days. However, both conceal crucial information: Hope does not confess that she has just discovered her father’s identity, and Jamie keeps silent about his intention to attend an execution. This lack of transparency sustains the emotional tension until it becomes impossible to continue hiding the truth.
In parallel, Jamie’s past is reconstructed: the murder of his sister in a small town in Oklahoma, the death sentence of the perpetrator, and the total disintegration of his family. This trauma explains his inability to build a stable life and his need to close the cycle by witnessing the execution.
When the execution finally takes place, the truth is revealed in its full dimension. Jamie discovers that the woman he has fallen in love with is the daughter of his sister’s murderer. Hope understands that her search for identity has led her to love the man who has suffered the most because of her father. The relationship breaks definitively, not for lack of love, but because neither can accept the place the other occupies in a story marked by violence and guilt.
Four years later, their lives have taken different paths. Hope has transformed her experience into a highly successful novel. Jamie has tried to flee his past by enlisting in the army. They reunite during the book’s presentation, and love resurfaces, this time crossed by a new urgency: Hope suffers from a severe heart condition and has little time left to live. Both decide to share that limited time, accompanying and loving each other until Hope’s death, which occurs one night as she sleeps.
Years later, Jamie attends the premiere of the film adaptation of Hope’s novel. The story—first turned into a book and later into a film—stands as a testament to their lives, to the tragedy of his sister Emily, to the controversy surrounding the death penalty, and above all, to the legacy of hope that Hope left in Jamie.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Eva P. Valencia is a Spanish writer specializing in romantic and erotic fiction. Her work has been warmly received by readers of the genre, accumulating thousands of copies sold and a strong presence on platforms and social media.
She has been recognized with the Wattys Award from Wattpad, the Best Christmas Novel 2022 award granted by El Mundo, the Breakthrough Author Award from Bookstagrammer Lecturas Francy, and has been a finalist in the romance category at the Book’s Wings BCN event.
The Last Dance of the Fireflies is an intense story with strong audiovisual potential. It is structured as a romantic road movie with elements of emotional drama, where the protagonists’ physical journey also functions as an inner and intimate journey.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV series, Miniseries, Feature film, TV film.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
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