Dwayne McLaren dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, MT - the coldest town in America - and whisking his pageant-hopeful girlfriend, Cassandra, away to the big city. But his plan to do so sets in motion a deadly series of events and thrusts him into a police investigation headed by Sheriff Vogel, the protector of Cut Bank and the closest thing Dwayne has to a father figure. Panic sweeps across the community in mere hours, but things are not what they seem.