Jack Weaver, an undercover CIA operative, uncovers a plot to assassinate the President-Elect on Inauguration Day. He tries to thwart the assassination attempt and in order to get more information, breaks into the home of Vice-President elect Warren Walters, a former fellow SEAL, where he takes Walters' wife Caroline hostage. Caroline has the chance to escape but finds herself attracted to Jack and hoping for a new start after years of abuse by her husband.