Right on the edge of- love and death-When a psychopathic drug dealer forces Val to witness a cop's murder Val knows he is in deep trouble. The cop was his best friend and like Val one of the good guys. So Val survival instincts on full alert heads for California and a new identity. But when he meets Kyle the perfect girl-next-door his survival instincts shut down as others take over - which means he doesn't see who is coming after him- or the deadly nature of Kyle's dysfunctional family-