In the middle of a blazing hot San Fernando Valley summer, Jane Francis must decide how far she is willing to go to help her small-time criminal brother Tommy out a jam with the Russian mob. Jane calls on her ex-cop former husband to get them both out of California alive or die in a brutal fashion when the mob catches up to them. Valleyheart takes the audience on a nail-biting ride through the underbelly of Los Angeles as Jane must help her small-time criminal brother escape the Russian mob.