Three young women, each looking to strike out on their own, looking for independence and success are caught up in the sinister world of human trafficking.
When one of the women is found lying in a pool of blood, near death. in a rural Montana highway, the local sheriff needs help. The former Cobb County Detective from Georgia, Russell Baker, is called on to put aside his part-time job as a Montana fishing guide, park his drift boat, and put on a badge and gun again.
While still trying to sort out his personal life, Russell finds himself crossing paths with organized crime in remote and beautiful Montana. The dealers in human lives and misery buy and sell people from coast to coast. But they soon find themselves being tracked by the part-time fishing guide, part-time policeman and his detective friend from Salt Lake City.
While the young women are struggling for a way out, Russell and Debra are racing to find them and their abductors.The two detectives find criminal and romance along the way.