Lauren Downing is a modest librarian in the small American town of Chance. There are rarely any interesting events in her life. But one day, right in the library, a stranger attacked Lorin and almost strangled her. Lorin is terribly scared, because the maniac calls her and continues to threaten her. Who will help the poor girl? Of course, Jesse Tyler, a handsome young man, a troublemaker who enjoys a reputation in their town as a notorious hooligan and stealer of women's hearts...