Eugene Borg knows that Satan has evil plans for his young son Tyler and spends the subsequent years battling the demons he believes plague his child; a shock comes that proves that he may have forever lost the war for his son's soul.

Unlucky in love, Jamie Clark has high hopes after meeting Anthony Lord; by the time she learns about his perverted plans for her, she is already trapped.

When Terry Patzer hears what police discovered at Russell Tillis' house of horrors, memories of the nine years she spent married to him flood back; she can't explain how her former lover became so twisted, but she was right to be afraid.

Debra believes Randy is a good man and faith will help him overcome his dark past; after they marry, his violent and cruel side takes over; she manages to escape, but the next woman isn't so lucky.

When George Yzaguirre kills himself in prison, he takes his secrets with him, and his ex-wife, Jennifer Meyer, is left to wonder how many of her memories might hold the keys to unsolved crimes and whether or not she'll ever know the truth about him.

Betty hopes her sister's son, Chance, is a beacon of hope in their troubled lives, but Betty sees his dark side early on; he lacks empathy and becomes violent until he explodes in a fit of rage, harming the one person who cared for him most.

At the age of sixteen, Roxie rushes into marriage. Her husband manipulates and threatens her nearly every day. After 30 years in an abusive marriage, Roxie finally leaves her husband. But he makes her pay a terrible price for that decision.

When Shirley Furgala helped her mother, Betty Lou Beets, drag a dead body to the yard and bury it, she knew her own life might be in danger if she refused to help. What Shirley didn't know was this wouldn't be the last time her mother would ask for help.

Cindy Blust is confident she's ready to defend herself when sister Camellia Brown gets out of prison and inevitably blames Cindy for her incarceration. Cindy is just as confident that Cammy's had evil inside her from the very beginning.

After her father, Donald 'Whitey' Hoop, meets and marries a woman named Joy, Desiree's life spirals; Joy is hot-tempered, cruel, and controlling. Desiree knows her dad can't escape his toxic marriage, but she has no clue that Joy is orchestrating a cold-blooded murder in 1997.

Mike has a knack for charming Courtney and her kids. She thinks he is vulnerable, kind and sweet. She is dead wrong. After he moves in, his jealousy of everyone in Courtney's life boils over. When she finally has enough of him, his rage explodes.

Timothy Bass had gotten away with murder for decades, telling his wife, Gina, that he enjoyed working the night shift to make extra money; Gina believed him until she uncovered his secret and was left wondering what evil her husband had done.

Teshana Singleton initially thinks her first boyfriend Cedric Ricks' obsession with her is flattering, but when his obsession turns evil, she begins to realize she's in danger. Cedric believes if he cannot have Teshana, no one can.

Craig Lester Thrift brags about getting away with murder, but everyone thinks he is kidding. Robyn Barry knows Thrift better than anyone, and she begins to suspect he isn't joking. Someone needs to believe her before Thrift makes her his next victim.

When Dianne Burns moves across the country to marry Mark Burns in prison, she holds no doubts of her fiancé's wrongful conviction until after his release, when she begins to see signs of both his guilt and plans to resume his criminal behaviour.

Maya Burgess always knew her brother, Stevie, was trouble; after he holds a butcher's knife to her brother's throat and threatens to shoot her at her wedding, she knows he's dangerous.

Kayla always knew to be careful around her stepfather, Richard. He imprisoned her mother with the fear of violence and, worse, the fear of taking her children from her. When she finally managed to escape his grip, he plotted a final and brutal revenge.

When Alvin Bud Brown is arrested he tells an officer that he is just like Hannibal Lecter; to his wife, Jackie, the man she shared a bed with for years appeared to be gentle and loving until the Thanksgiving Day when she discovered the truth.

Genie already knows Lee Cawthon is capable of horrible things when he forces her into a polygamous relationship; she plays along with his twisted demands, but doesn't realize that the consequences of letting him have his way might be worse.

Karen strikes a deal to get her brother, Richard, out of her life, not knowing he will begin targeting his new wife, Vernetta; neither woman realizes how devastating Richard's impact will be on both of their lives.

As Christina Hildreth unwittingly helped Shawn Grate clean up his first crime scene, she didn't realize what she was doing. Once police were banging on her door while she was trapped with a madman, she understood the situation was direr than she realized.

Sonja Holt begins to suspect that her fiance, Stafford Shaw, is living a secret double life. She can't imagine just how far he will go to keep everyone from finding out the truth about him or the terrible price that will be paid when his secrets collide.

When Vernon Jensen's ex-wife proves how far she'll go to get him back, his family is fractured beyond repair, and the little girl who was to be his stepdaughter never sees him again; now Jade Scotton is an adult and wants answers only Vernon has.

Margie Bult thinks her second husband is too good to be true from the start, but when she sees a fugitive on TV named Paul Steven Mack who resembles him, she vows to uncover the truth no matter the risk to herself.

When Michael O'Leary moves in with his brother, Marc, he doesn't realise that Marc has already fled the police in one state and committed crimes in another until police finally track them down, and suspect Michael of being Marc's accomplice.