When Arnold and Tammi Cuyler invite Tammi’s first cousin Chasity into their home to help take care of their children, Tammi starts to suspect her husband and cousin are fooling around behind her back. The Cuyler’s marriage ends in divorce, and one very unexpected person’s life ends in death.

Jennifer Jones is 18 years old when she meets her sister’s girlfriend, Bobbi Jo Smith. The two hook-up behind Jennifer’s sister’s back, and before long, become obsessively inseparable. But when Bobbi Jo’s roommate, 49-year-old Bob Dow, develops feelings for Jennifer, the feelings become deadly.

Gloria Marmolejo did her best to raise her two boys, Manny and David, as a single mother. The deeply religious woman taught them the difference between right and wrong, and how to be responsible young men when they started families of their own. But when Gloria suspects that David, a married father of four, is stepping out with his younger underage stepsister, she does everything she can to keep them separated. This transforms into a deadly mission that leaves the family fractured.

Andrew and Ruth Ann Madden have been married for 23 years when Andrew’s health begins failing. The couple must bring in a home healthcare worker, Karen Clowers, to help. Not long after that, rumors begin to spread about the true nature of Andrew and Karen’s relationship – especially when it ends in tragedy.

When Holly Harvey’s mom goes to prison, Holly goes to stay with her religious grandparents, Carl and Sarah. Around this same time, Holly meets a girl named Sandy Ketchum, and the two fall hopelessly in love with each other. When Holly’s grandmother finds out, she decides to do whatever it takes to keep the girls apart, and the effort ends with a ghastly double murder.

When Kathleen Seely divorces her husband of several decades, she starts a new job and meets several new men. Of these men, there is the jealous one who will become her next husband, and the co-worker who will become her stalker. By the end of it all, two men will be found dead.