She is  wrong place at the wrong time. Carmen is the girlfriend to Mexican Mafia thug, J.C.  Ronald Reagan is President and the War on Drugs is in full swing. Carmen Cortez has crossed the border from Mexico and  is craving  romance on the beach in San Diego with dangerous Juan Carlos.  Instead, she finds herself alone in the desert holding the bag for a trunkload of cartel cocaine.  Carmen must use her cunning disguised by physical charms to  to ignite a love triangle between federal prosecutor Jo Gemma and her cartel boyfriend  to avoid life in federal prison-or murder by sicario. A dark, disturbing story of  love and betrayal that is both timely and provocative.