Laurie Bursey spent her life searching for happiness; after two marriages and three children, she thinks she finally found it in southern trucker Kurt Bird; but, a violent abuser lurks behind Kurt's bad-boy swagger, and happiness soon becomes fear.

Christy Blankenship is stolen from her family on what should be a joyous day, when police find her dead at home, with a gunshot wound to her head. Her husband insists it's a terrible accident. But only that morning he had vowed 'til death do us part.