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Plot Summary • On Christmas Eve in New Orleans, Detective Reed Ware, a former model cop turned fugitive, stages a dramatic coup at a lavish holiday gathering—taking dozens of the city’s most elite (including the mayor and the police superintendent) hostage  . • Called to negotiate Reed down is Caroline Wallace, a top-tier hostage negotiator—and daughter of one of the hostages. Years ago, teenage Caroline had an unrequited crush on Reed  . • The situation spirals when Reed escapes, taking Caroline (and a streetwise teen, Holly, who inadvertently witnessed a crime) with him. As Caroline navigates trust, danger, and a rekindled attraction, she realizes Reed might be a whistleblower exposing deep-seated corruption—and those responsible will stop at nothing to silence him