It's been 15 years since Abby Thompson was incarcerated for the unusual murder of her abusive husband, Rob. Since then, she's dedicated her life to building a business and raising her daughter, Sarah. But unlike most convicts, Abby belongs to one of the wealthiest families in Columbus. Besides occasional nightmares about her past, the only thing plaguing Abby is the fact that she's never been totally honest with Sarah, now a teenager, about her father's death. While she frets over how to finally tell Sarah the gruesome truth, Abby is also falling in love for the first time since Rob. To complicate matters further, the skeletons in the closet of Abby's past have grown restless, and burst forth in her life again. She is unexpectedly reunited with the sultry journalist who used Abby's tragedy to advance her career, and with her former mother-in-law, a woman who once wished Abby nothing but death and misery. Trouble brews for Abby after each of these encounters, but things grow worse with the murder of one of Abby's employees, as she becomes the primary suspect, and eventually discovers who the real killer is.