A single mom living in Detroit, tired of the big city life, and being confronted by thugs. She decides to move south to be with her sister, the only family she has left. The trip down she meets a man willing to help her, after running out of money due to car trouble. Not knowing to ether of them what trials and tribulations they would go through in weeks to come. The plot gets off the ground almost immediately as events bring Karen and Joe together as a couple. Joe, a long-haul trucker, falls in love with Karen, and he becomes quite fond of her son Jack. When Mr. Black, a thug from Detroit, Karen's hometown, becomes a threat, the plot thickens. Joe and Karen must take out the villain Mr. Black who hires to kidnap her, a serial rapist and torturer named Eddie. In the end, the bad guys get theirs, and Joe and Karen end up in each other's arms.