Barbara (Babs) Schulte escapes from her controlling husband, Wolfgang and the cult village, Truth-N-Love, then later kidnaps her two children, Hanna and Jake. She has to change the children's and her appearance and names and find a job. Babs lives in fear that her husband will find her and take the children back to the polygamist village. Detective Charles Hamilton is assigned to investigate the kidnapping. He meets Babs at the cafe where she works and is attracted to her not realizing she is the person who did the kidnapping. Babs is also attracted to Charles, but feels it's an impossible relationship.