Lindsey O'Neil has never forgotten the horror of growing up in a home with an abusive father, especially after discovering her mother's battered and lifeless body when she was a teen. She's reinvented herself and is committed to helping battered families get a second chance. When the body of an abuser is discovered behind her shelter, her estranged husband, homicide detective Zach Kier is on the case to find the culprit. They separated a year earlier when Lindsey could no longer deal with his alcoholism which went out of control when he was working as an undercover narcotics agent. But soon, one murder turns into two, and Lindsey discovers that the killer is stalking her and sending her the severed hands of the victims.