Pete Enders works as an emergency room nurse practitioner, often disheartened seeing the hopeless plight of prostitutes who routinely suffer violence. One bright spot is his new wife, Molly. Molly's sister is also a prostitute, and while trying to help her, Molly is injured and ends up in a coma. Pete is devastated. His life begins a downward spiral and he loses his job.

Samantha, a prostitute he knows from the ER, tells him one of her friends has been beaten by their pimp and they both desperately want out. With nothing more to lose, Pete decides to help. Pete and Sam aid the women to escape the pimp's violent hold. While helping a second group of prostitutes, dangerous complications arise involving human traffickers leaving Pete and the rest endangered on their way back...