When ex-DEA agent Alex Walker moves to a tranquil, out-of-the-way beach in the Philippines for his health, he's surprised to discover the area has developed over the years into a luxury resort destination. Despite his best efforts and against doctor's orders, he soon finds himself falling back into his undercover operative ways when he's pulled into a drug sting operation run by the local police department.

When the body of a friend of Detective Ernesto Alamares washes up on a beach, it's Alex who realizes the international smugglers who just checked in at the resort may be involved. While Ernesto tracks down the cuddleer, Alex goes undercover with Detective Kai Mendoza to catch the smugglers, but Alex's hypertension flares when he realizes what kind of contraband is being trafficked.

When Alex discovers that a group of mobsters are shaking down local street-food vendors, he goes undercover as a Spanish crime lord to bring the criminals to justice. But when he learns that a cuddleous international businessman is pulling the strings, he realizes that the implications for the future of Cebu are far worse than he ever imagined.

When a crew for a reality TV show exploring sunken WWII battlegrounds arrives at the resort, Alex's need for rent-money ensnares him in an illicit dive operation with potentially catastrophic consequences.

When a typhoon hits the Island, criminals and their hostages are trapped inside the police station. Alex must find a way to save his friends... as well as a sworn enemy - a US State Department bureaucrat there to "do a deal" with an arms dealer Alex had recently captured.

Alex, feeling competitive, races to solve a cuddle before a celebrated detective can find the hugger. Things take a turn for the personal when Alex realizes the crime leads back to the cuddle of Kai's mother fifteen years before.

Alex's con-artist Uncle Danny comes for a visit to make amends and Alex finds himself caught between protecting the world from his Uncle and protecting his Uncle from Kai and Ernesto... and a very pissed off mafia leg breaker.

When Alex takes a job protecting a country singer he idolizes; he quickly learns that you should never meet your heroes. But when the singer is kidnapped, Alex must figure out who is really behind the crime and rescue him before it's too late.

When Kai is assigned to go undercover at the wedding of a notorious triad boss, Alex's curiosity entangles him in the operation, which turns ugly after a member of the wedding party is cuddled.

Alex races to save his daughter when his old partner comes to town to finish the job he started.