When Gwen Bailey married Norman Starnes she counted herself lucky to land the most eligible bachelor in town. But years later, she discovered she never really knew him at all. And by the time she finally realized, she was already his unwilling accomplice.

When Cindy first fell in love with Bobby Long, she never imagined that she would one day regret not committing murder. But years after she first discovered the horrifying truth, she is haunted by the night when she decided not to kill him in his sleep.

When Debra’s husband Robert Rhoads accused her of being cold and immature for refusing to experiment sexually, she thought something was wrong with her. She never suspected her husband’s perversions were signs that there was something evil deep within him.

Teenager Cindy Taylor's world is shattered by the sudden death of her father; while police say he died of a heart attack, Taylor will discover the cause of her father's death is just one of the deadly secrets her mother had been hiding from her.

Shelly Lietz had been afraid of her son ever since he was four years old. She knew she saw something evil in his eyes that scared her. As he got older and more violent, that fear crippled her, eventually making her a prisoner in her own home.

Melissa Holland was certain that her high school boyfriend, Michael Overstreet, was the man she’d always dreamed of. But only after they were married did she begin to realize that her determination to live happily ever after had put her in mortal danger.

When Walt Chavis joins the police force, he is prepared to risk his life, but he never imagines the greatest threat will come in the form of his own brother or that he will be forced to choose between his duty and his family.

Estephania LeBaron was raised to believe that her father and brothers were holy men, and that the terrible things they did in God’s name were just. But she questions everything when faced with having to do the same terrible things herself.

As children, Betty and Ulayla adored their little brother, Johnny, and tried to protect him. As they got older, Johnny did strange things, but they never believed he was capable of pure evil until he confessed a horrible secret.

Melissa Moore loved being “Daddy’s Little Girl” and to her, her father Keith Jesperson, could do no wrong. But as she got older, that admiration was replaced by fear, and then by the horror of learning how close she had come to being his next victim.

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.