Lena James is tired of the timid life she used to live. She decides to go on a final senior trip with her high school to Guatemala to make the first step into her new life. On her first day in Guatemala she meets Adam, a twenty-something Aussie who is a restaurant owner in Antigua. As Lena starts to fall head-over-heels for Adam, his secret of being involved with the drug cartel turns her world upside down. Lena is taken after a drug deal gone bad. Love, drugs, guns, friends and savages fill the pages as Adam finds his way to rescue Lena. Will he make it in time?