A fearless reporter trapped in a volatile siege, two young lovers turned fugitive and a hold up that transforms a small desert town into a powder keg… 

           TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio:  the teenage daughter of a Texas tycoon has been kidnapped.  Immediately she abandons her holiday plans to chase down what could be the scoop of a lifetime.  But an innocuous stop at a convenience store thrusts her directly into the dramatic story – and into danger. 

           For inside the shop two desperate lovers are holding a group of frightened strangers hostage…and an electrifying standoff is about to test Tiel’s courage, journalistic objectivity, and beliefs.  Before the explosive situation ignites, Tiel must decide what is really worth dying for.