Wrong place, wrong time… right stranger? Julia Temple, the inexperienced, newly elected lieutenant governor of Tennessee, attends a private theater performance at a friend's request. Partway through, chaos explodes as two busloads of dangerous convicts escape and terrorize the town. Somehow they have weapons and explosives, but do they know such a high-profile hostage is there for the taking? Is there a hidden hand behind their rampage? Julia needs help. But her security detail are both dead and the only man still standing is someone she's never met before… even though he seems to know her and remember her vividly.