In 1983, 40-year-old Priscilla Strole is looking for a fresh start when she and her teenage son Kyle move to the small town of Fairfield, CA. Little does she know, new beginnings will lead to her untimely end.

Ray Kotomski, a retired corrections officer, thinks he's survived the most risky years of his life... but dealing with his second wife, her hostile brother, jealous ex-husband, and deranged stalker proves far more dangerous - and deadly.

In 1982 in Lake Orion, MI, 27-year-old young divorcee Cindy Thompson reconnects with her high school sweetheart and, by 1983, she gets pregnant with his child. But someone wants to snuff out the couple's happiness, and Cindy's life.

In 2005, 23-year-old Suzy Goulart is just getting by like everybody else in the scrappy Pleasant View apartment complex in Fall River, MA, where little dramas between friends and lovers add up to Suzy's fiery murder.

27-year-old single mom Laura Ackerson is looking to make a fresh start in Raleigh, NC. She starts a new company and new relationships while battling for custody of her two young children but she also meets her untimely demise.

Driven by youth, music, and her faith, Janet Chandler has dreams and aspirations of a life much larger than the small Midwestern town of Holland, MI, where she grew up. Sadly, those dreams are cut short in 1979 when she's betrayed in the most horrific way imaginable.

Kind-hearted cashier Elizabeth Grosskopf scoops up human strays like puppies until one wants more than just food and shelter, but also her life.

Susan Smith, a big dreamer stuck in a rural town, becomes an FBI informant to protect her kids from her jealous husband's criminal friends... but her desire to do the right thing brings hellish consequences.

Joan Bent is an 80's working girl. She manages a cleaning staff at a local hotel, and has a loving husband at home. But it can be tough having it all - especially when that includes an enemy with murderous intent in your inner circle.

Janet Walsh is a young divorcée enjoying the single life, celebrating her freedom with a wild girls' night out at the local disco... and when she's found dead the next morning, it takes a determined officer 35 years to bring her murder to justice.

34-year-old Paige Birgfeld is the ultimate multi-tasker - balancing four jobs, three kids, and two ex-husbands. No one realizes that beneath all this activity, Paige is also hiding a deep, dark secret that will eventually lead to an evil betrayal.

Unsuspecting 17-year-old Mary Jayne Jones is full of nubile innocence when she moves to small town Iowa and gets a job waiting tables. She trusts that there's good in everyone... but she's wrong. And it's a mistake that will cost Jayne her life.

From the outside, 34-year-old Linda Singleton's life appears picture perfect. Little does everyone know, Linda is engaged in a deadly love triangle. When the affair comes to light, her "perfect" life comes to an untimely end.

When lifelong Long Islander Donna Bocklet announces she's leaving for Florida, it sends shockwaves through her close circle of friends and family, and ultimately ends in her murder.

Yelena Zakin's dream life is upturned by her husband Andrew's interest in his new, scheming secretary, her strange fiancé, and Andrew's ambitious protégé. For Yelena, it's a lethal combination.

Ruie Ann Park is the J.R. Ewing of Van Buren, AR – wealthy and sharp-tongued, but fair. She rules her town with wit and flair, until her son's increasingly scandalous lifestyle and others' lust for her money bring her to a bitter, horrific end.

After two kids and two divorces, Charleston, WV, native Kathy Goble was making herself a priority for the first time in her life. However, her carefree ways soon catch up to her and she is betrayed in the most brutal way possible.

Kelly Bullwinkle is a 17-year-old desperate to find her place among the students of her Southern California high school. When a secret affair with her friend's boyfriend goes wrong, Kelly is given one final lesson in death.

When 34-year-old mother of two, Tara Lynn Grant, goes missing, police can find no trace of her until a gruesome discovery turns the case into a statewide manhunt.

Julie Bowling stares down death every day as a cancer therapist at the hospital and part-time funeral home worker in Rocky Mount, NC. When she's killed in 2006 while her husband is out of town, the focus turns to his secret life and shaky finances.

Pretty, vivacious Dana Laskowski is busy juggling a boyfriend, a jealous ex-husband, a secret lover, and, most importantly, single mom responsibilities. She feels she's finally found the right balance when her life is cut short by someone close.

Confident, motorcycle-riding Diane Snellen is a single mom trying to make her way in the world while navigating the dating scene of Georgetown, KY. But her path in life comes to an abrupt end when she's brutally stabbed in her own home.

Rhonda Smith is a beautiful, single woman who relies on the kindness of strangers at her new church to make her way in the world - until one of them strays from the path of righteousness and betrays her.

In Middlebury, IN, Barbara Keim is juggling two ex-husbands, a young son, and a rebellious teenage daughter who has a questionable circle of friends. In August 2005, Barbara goes missing and her sisters fear the worst.

After four marriages, 36-year-old Carol Grannon admits she's struggled to find someone to take care of her. That's why she returned to school and landed a lucrative job. Sadly though, one of her men will end her life just as this new chapter begins.