Within three seconds, Luc Ronan falls in love at first sight with Zain Simon, and then he is shot twice, falling into Zain's arms. Zain later describes how his sister Claudia was fleeing for her life from her enraged husband Scott. By unlucky chance, Luc came between them with almost fatal consequences. Claudia soon tires of hiding from her murderous husband and leaves her self-imposed exile. When Claudia fails to arrive at her parent's ranch, they all realize something has gone wrong when the police locate her wrecked and abandoned car. Time is rapidly running out for Claudia.