Jack Mosley is a burnt-out detective who is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail, 16 blocks to the 100 Centre Street courthouse. However, as the two head off, Mosley learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD want the witness dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness.

Two people fall in love while running from the police. Fiona Burkenhalter, creator of dolls, and Ace Montgomery, inventor of a mechanical alligator, first met under the auspices of a Florida businessman, only to find themselves falsely accused of his murder.

Maggie McCaffrey abandons her high-pressure career and returns to Springwater to pursue her dream of transforming the old Springwater Station into a modern inn, only to be reunited with her old love, J.T. Wainwright, an ex-cop grieving over the death of his partner