Hugo, a dispirited English Literature professor, sets out on a one-way trip in search of a lighthouse. Halfway there he meets Paco, an 18 year-old smart ass, hitching a ride West. The road takes the unlikely pair to a greasy spoon in the middle of nowhere, where three peculiar waitresses persuade them to stay the night and, unknowingly, change their lives.
The Orama Family, coffee growers for generations in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, cherish their traditions and their famous gourmet coffee. The entire household is abuzz preparing for the wedding of Isabel, the youngest daughter. The bride, however, is getting cold feet and plans to run away on the eve of her wedding.
It's December, but the people of San Juan aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. A serial killer has snuffed the life out of some of the most renowned bachelors. A doctor, a dentist, a social columnist and a university professor are the most recent victims of the "The Angel of the Bachelors", a handsome young man who captivates closet homosexuals and stabs them to death following a sexual encounter with them.