The East Side of Lauderdale

Once a respected, big-city newspaper reporter, Jeff Bruce takes a fall and finds himself languishing at a small community paper in Fort Lauderdale. Then he runs into Kasey Martin, a tall, exotic police helicopter pilot who has her own troubled past. She sees something special in Bruce and informs him that a successful businesswoman is missing.

He launches an investigation and discovers that several high-profile women have been abducted and flown to a remote lodge in North Carolina. To save them, Bruce competes with a celebrity columnist, clashes with a maniac detective and undertakes a perilous rescue mission. Along the way, he falls in love, confronts a most unlikely villain - and strives to find redemption.