Young, idealistic, and overworked, Jonah Stern is living the lonely life of a medical student in New York City. Its late at night and all he wants to do is get home and fall into bed. But when he hears a scream ring out in the darkness, and sees a woman on her knees begging for her life, Jonah acts. Without thinking, he does what hes trained to do. He rushes to protect her and accidentally kills her assailant.Suddenly his life is turned completely upside down. The D.A. wants to "interview" him; the dead man's family wants to kill him; and the woman he saved becomes his lover - before she becomes his worst nightmare.