The Mengel family is living the American Dream. They have three beautiful kids and a booming family business. But beneath the surface, Kevin and Morgan are trying to hide secrets of lust, betrayal and ultimately murder.

A shotgun wedding leaves naval officers John Marmo and Rebecca Braswell in a troubled marriage with a baby. As the relationship crumbles, allegations of infidelity and abuse run rampant. A fierce custody battle pushes both sides in a deadly battle.

Dora Cisneros is a wife and a mother of five in Brownsville, Texas. Her youngest daughter, Christina, is in love and Dora keeps a close eye on boyfriend Joey Fischer. When Dora gets too involved, the relationship ends - and so does someone's life.

In Miami, teenager Christin Bilotti's romance with 19-year-old Richard Rojas takes a dark turn, and Rojas winds up being lured into a deadly trap at his ex-girlfriend's home.

When Anne Trenois meets Danny Bowen, he seems to have it all together, but ten years later Danny seems unable to hold down a job and Anne has had enough. The hostile divorce quickly spirals into a violent custody battle, which soon turns deadly.

A former military man. Gilbert Hart believes a strict parenting style is the best approach with his rebellious teenagers, but his wife Rebecca thinks that he's crossed the line. It isn't long before, this family feud escalates into an all-out war...

The Waterman family is beloved in their small, remote village of Craig, Alaska. But when charred human remains are discovered in the forest, clues start to point to the unlikeliest of murder suspects, and a community is left shaken to its very core.

The Pedroza family seems to be living the American dream in Florida. But Miguel Pedroza is an alcoholic, his wife Isabelle is controlling, and their daughter Linda is rebelling in every way. When a charming man enters their lives -- tragedy unfolds.

In rural Georgia, single dad, Donald Ray Skinner, meets a beautiful Mississippi blond, Allene Hawkins. She's also a single mom and sparks soon fly. They marry, but it won't be happily ever after. Behind their blissful façade stirs lethal deceit.

A distressing 911 call brings police to the scene of what looks like a tragic accident in the home of Robert Breininger. But soon a cunning plot of master manipulation starts to unravel leaving detectives with the most inconceivable of suspects.

In a coastal Connecticut town a nasty custody battle threatens to shatter the lives of the Carpenter family until daughter Beth, a shining star attorney, steps in. What follows is a rollercoaster of sex, lies, illicit lovers, and a fight to the death.

Outside Birmingham, Alabama, Jessica and Jeff McCord are in post-honeymoon bliss when Jessica's disgruntled ex-husband threatens to turn their world upside down. Custody battles bring out the worst in people, and in this case, acts of evil murder.

Tabitha Messina is days away from her high school graduation and after a recent break-up with her boyfriend, she's been playing the field. Before long a twisted love triangle sets off a finale of teenage passion, revenge and a grizzly double murder.

It's love at first sight when Shayne Mills first meets and then marries Kelly Lovera. As the years pass, Shayne yearns for something more and finds it in beginning an affair with her new neightbor, 24 year old Brett Rae, until the affair turns deadly.

Linda Henning has met the man of her dreams-Dr. Diazien Hossencofft. But the good doctor is in the middle of a bitter divorce, and he says his estranged wife threatentens his new romance. This isn't a love story wtih a fairy tale ending.

Barbara Mullenix, 56, and daughter Rachel, 16, move to CA. Rachael soon finds a boyfriend, Ian Allen, 21, but Barbara feels jealous and threatened, fueled by her alcoholism. While Barbara can be difficult and abusive, she and Rachael are very close. Still, in 2006, an odd "love triangle" develops--and since three is always a crowd--one will have to go.

Dave Harmon and his adored wife Melinda live in a tight-knit religious community, where they meet Mark Mangelsdorf, the student body president of their church's college. They become inseparable friends until a violent murder leaves one of them dead.

New York Housewife Susan Fassett starts an illicit affair with local businessman, Fred Andros. But when her husband Jeff finds out, it's not long before a deadly love triangle unfolds. After all, three is always a crowd.

Vern Holbrook's real estate firm is one of Yakima, Washington's most successful businesses. But this family patriarch has problems: a stepson whose marriage is crumbling, and a business deal that's going sour. Devastating tragedy looms.

Financially strapped, Dan and Lisa Carlson leave Tacoma, WA with their young twin boys to live in a small home on the property of Dan's parents. Enter Shawn, Dan's best friend, and soon a web of intrigue and familial conflict becomes a lurid murder.