The night before Christmas Eve, Jenna Barlow is driving down from a large shopping mall in Salt Lake City when her car door flies open and a strange man jumps in. "Please, he begs, take me away from here." She soon learns he has been shot. The 'bad guys' are now following her and her unwelcome passenger shooting at her car. A chase ensues through Salt Lake County, Jenna finally manages to lose their pursuers and through a level five blizzard, she and her wounded passenger manage to reach a cottage in the woods. Her passenger, a British business man, has no idea who the enemy is. Jenna contacts an old friend married to an FBI agent, Mac MacCandlass. He decides to help the Brit, Alistair Powell. Mac travels to London and soon realizes this attack on Alistair has become and international incident. Jenna continues to help Alistair and the investigation goes on.