Teacher Brenda Finnegan has been haunted by violence for most of her life. But when she and her animal trainer boyfriend Bob Zebrinski witness a kidnapping, then end up caring for the little girl the victim left behind, Brenda decides it's time to do something about the violence by finding the kidnappers.
Then the kidnapping victim's body is found and an angry religious cult comes after Brenda and Bob. But Brenda soon finds that dodging vengeful religious fanatics, caring for a traumatized child and solving a murder are all easier than facing down her neuroses.