A beautiful but misguided young woman becomes a stripper and ends up publicly tarnishing her reputation. The incident leads to a string of bad relationships until one night, she stabs her lover during a fight that turns physical and winds up in jail.

When teenage mother Sarah Saunders meets Tommy he seems too good to be true. But months into their relationship, he becomes controlling and she wants out. After trying to poison Tommy, she plunges a knife into his head but miraculously, he survives.

Lori McLuckie never felt like she fit in with society. She hoped to gain some self-confidence in a new city. She meets Andrew and thinks he's her soulmate, until he attacks her and her unborn child. She fights back by bludgeoning and stabbing him.

Jameelah is studying her way out of urban Baltimore. She falls for James, a drug dealer. Incarceration can’t separate them, and they get married. When reunited the relationship becomes volatile. Jameelah stabs James five times in a fit of rage.

It's love at first sight for Jonathan & Courtney who are both deaf. The honeymoon is short-lived when Courtney leaves him for her ex-husband. Jonathan turns to another woman. When Courtney finds out, a fight ends with Jonathan dead from a stab wound.

Sherrse Gaines falls for first love, Greg. But when he cheats, she leaves him. Then she meets Steve who is unfaithful too. Sherrse takes him back but continues to play the field. Steve gets jealous and attacks Sherrse. She fights back with scissors.

Annette Hernandez is plagued by mental demons and addiction. After stabbing Cameron, she finds out she’s pregnant.They reunite but Annette can’t keep her demons at bay and the couple split. She starts dating but after a fight, Tony ends up dead.

Monica Fairview is a sugar daddy addict who dates men like Rob to keep her living in luxury. But Rob’s need for total control and Monica’s penchant for drama spins the couple into a physical quarrel that ends with Monica stabbing Rob in the back.

Lydia Salce falls for her co-worker. But when she gets pregnant, she kicks him to the curb. She meets Michael and thinks he's the one. When she confronts him about his partying ways, she claims to defend herself by stabbing him repeatedly.

When Crystal Johnson believes her boyfriend is cheating on her, she stabs him with a kitchen knife. Crystal finds love again with another man but when she suspects he's also a cheater, he too ends up on the wrong side of her blade.

Carol Singh immigrates to New York from Suriname hoping to live the American dream, which includes getting married. But when her jealous boyfriend Dave becomes increasingly violent, a fight with in the kitchen leaves Dave dead and Carol behind bars.

After a successful run as a cocaine smuggler in 1980's Fort Lauderdale, Donna Buchanan gets caught up with an older gentleman named Charlie. But Charlie, is an enabler and abuser. After years of misery, Donna snaps and stabs Charlie 54 times.

Krista Clark is a social misfit who's been shunned her entire life. She uses sex to win attention from men. She meets Tim and thinks she’s found it. But when that relationship unravels, Krista's frustration reaches a bloody breaking point.

Diane falls for charismatic politician Joe Reilly, but as soon as they say "I do" Joe reveals his inner abusive tyrant. One fight escalates, landing Joe in the hospital.

Single mother Laurene Rugen starts dating her neighbor Chris and enters into a decades' long cycle of terrifying abuse. She refuses to leave, thinking she can change him. When she finally gathers the courage to demand a divorce tensions explode.

Charlene Jackson puts her military career on hold to marry Paul. When she finds out he's into threesomes, she runs and deploys to Kuwait, falling in love with another soldier. When she asks Paul for a divorce, it's a fight to the finish.