Jessie Milner, a young reporter, witnesses a horrific car crash and rescues the lone survivor, a scared little girl named Lilly. Her good deed leads her down a path of missing diamonds, murder, and home-grown jihadists. She finds herself in a race to recover the missing jewels before they can be used to finance a deadly nerve gas attack on U.S. soil. Along the way she meets a handsome private investigator, Liam Donovan, who quickly becomes more than a friend. Despite the FBI's efforts to keep her out of the loop, she is determined to pursue all leads. After a startling revelation from Lilly, the threat of an attack becomes imminent. With little time left, Jessie hatches a desperate plan to stop the jihadists once and for all. After all, lives and love are on the line.