As a new employee for the Sanibel Island Environmental Conservancy in Florida, Lizzie Grant thinks she has it made. She is helping to preserve wildlife and working on a Florida beach. Life is nally good-but it won't stay that way for long.
One night while researching sea turtles on the beach, Lizzie sees illegal aliens being brought ashore by a smuggler. Her accidental observation leads to her being threatened and stalked by the smuggler until he suddenly shows up dead in her apartment, and Lizzie is wanted for his murder. With the help of a semi-retired Ma a don named Joey, Lizzie tries to uncover evidence to clear her name. What she discovers is chilling: the illegal aliens are being used as slave labor on a farm next to her friend's wildlife refuge. In spite of Joey's help, Lizzie becomes a prisoner on the slave labor farm, where a forced marriage is planned.
Pursued by the police and men that want to kill her, Lizzie is running out of time. Will Lizzie nd the strength and courage to ght her way free and prove her innocence?"