For years, Bill, Stephanie, and their three kids hide their torment while struggling to keep up appearances; the façade shatters for good when someone starts swinging a pickaxe.

Cindy Monkman turns heads wherever she goes, but by age 30, she's looking for something serious; Michael Apelt, a handsome German businessman, seems to be the answer to her prayers, until their first Christmas together turns into a horror story.