Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns out that Jake is the biggest enemy of them all.

In a city overrun by crime, government Agent Lily Chen is forced to choose between her duty and her family when her husband is kidnapped, and she’s blackmailed into assassinating high-level criminals to save him. As she delves deeper into the criminal underworld, Lily’s relentless pursuit of justice unravels a web of corruption, leading to a final, life-altering decision that will change her world forever.

Holly Dorfer is a grifter. Her life has been a series of let downs. She finally believes she's hit the big time with her new young, rich and handsome husband. But it turns out he was a bigger con than she. When he comes to an untimely death, Holly is left with nothing but half a lottery ticket. The other half of the ticket is in the hands of Eric Beck; he just doesn't know he has it. And it's a winning ticket. It's up to to Holly to convince the unemployed Eric to take her on a road trip where she plans to relieve him of his half of the ticket and collect the winnings. All appears to be going to plan until she falls in love with the unemployed novelist.