A young woman, with a dream of starting over, checks into a rural roadside motel. Here she finds herself confronting the man of her dreams in a romance-thriller that leaves her struggling for survival.

At a roadside desert motel, we enter a world where time stands still, people never leave, and nothing is what it seems. We stumble upon this by-passed town with Dylan, a young woman who packed her life into her truck with the promise of starting over. Tired from driving and with worrisome car troubles, she checks into a roadside dive, Needles Inn, for a few days respite. More like low rent housing than an actual motel, Dylan soon meets a colourful cast of characters who call Needles Inn home. Amidst these drifters and runaways, bikers and worn-down old couples, there is Hunter. Like Dylan, he is also searching for a new start. He is striking – confident, commanding and charming. They fall for each other instantly, begin to make plans and her few nights at Needles Inn soon becomes a prolonged stay. Dylan finds solace within this eccentric forgotten community. She finds romance and a future with Hunter. But most of all, she is distracted and losing sight of herself.

Unbeknownst to Dylan, her delicate romantic fantasy is poised to break as Hunter’s dark past catches up with them. Hunter, living in hiding and with debts to pay, saw Dylan as the solution to his troubles, an opportunity for the taking. Even as Hunter’s true feelings for Dylan emerge and grow, he suppresses his guilt and chooses to serve himself. As the days turn into weeks, and the novelty of new wears off, Dylan begins to sense something is not right. The other Needles Inn residents are becoming distant, Hunter's moods swing and he is becoming increasingly controlling. Shifting from a romance to a thriller, we journey with Dylan as she uncovers Hunter’s dark secrets and twisted motives. But Dylan’s realisation comes too late. By the time she confronts Hunter, his past has already caught up with him and he is about to pay for his mistakes. Dylan saves Hunter, but only enough to save herself. She finds the strength she has been missing to become her own hero. With scars and battle wounds she leaves Needles Inn and Hunter to his own demise.