When Alyssa Mallory crashes into Nick Trammel's car, she is plunged into a roller coaster adventure. Her home is ransacked. Two men shoot at her and Nick, and Alyssa's friend is shot. Nick forces her to go with him into the wilderness of northern Michigan's Upper Peninsula, running from the two men who Nick says will kill both of them to get information they believe he has. But he doesn't know what it is they want. Chased by men with guns, Alyssa and Nick find themselves in a desperate race against time to figure out why they are targets. Complicating matters is the emotional threat of falling for a man Alyssa knows is dangerous. Alyssa is faced with a terrible choice, one that could save her life, but might cost her the man she loves.