Den tidligere CIA-agent Bryan Mills bliver jaget vildt, da hans ekskone findes myrdet. Alle spor peger nemlig i retning af Bryan, og snart har han både FBI og CIA i hælene. Nu må den hårdtslående eks-agent bruge sine bedste færdigheder for at få ram på de virkelige mordere og beskytte det eneste, der betyder noget for ham - nemlig hans datter.

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

Kat er singlepige og bor i New York. Da hun bliver inviteret til sin lillesøsters bryllup hos forældrene i London, opdager hun til sin store skræk, at forloveren er ingen ringere end hendes eks-forlovede, der vragede hende to år tidligere. For ikke at tabe ansigt hyrer hun derfor en luksus-escortfyr til at agere den perfekte kæreste.

Martin Hollmann, a young gardener meets his significantly older wife's daughter from her first marriage. Liesbeth Kröger is from his generation and they both get along well straight away. Shortly after his wife's death, Martin brings Liesbeth into his house as a housekeeper, and they both fall in love. The couple live together and soon decide to get married when Liesbeth becomes pregnant by Martin. But now the tragedy begins, because when registering at the registry office, Martin and Liesbeth, in the form of a strict bailiff, are officially declared that they have committed incest in accordance with Section 173 of the Criminal Code.