Single mother Jessica meets her perfect man, landscape gardener Dillan, on Valentine's Day. Besotted from the start she doesn't believe she deserves Dillan and he soon takes advantage of this, telling her that she will never get better than him.

Jessica first notices worrying signs in Dillan's attitude to her son, soon she is caught in a coercive relationship and Dillan has taken control of her money and life. As the relationship breaks down Jessica's mother is sent an explicit clip - she quickly realises that it's of her daughter and Dillan. Dillan has secretly recorded Jessica and himself engaging in sexual acts and is sharing the content.

Previously unaware of any such recording Jessica arranges to meet Dillan and confronts him, but the encounter leaves her in hospital with shocking injuries. Finally the police are alerted and Jessica fights back in court.

In another case, Amy's first date escalates into a relentless campaign of harassment. The perpetrator, claiming symptoms of HIV, subjects her to relentless questioning about her sexual health. Amy is relieved to find she is HIV negative, but the harassment continues with lies, fake profiles and threats. Amy reports her harasser to the police, but he will not give up

Blinded by love, Paula cannot see the red flags in her relationship with James, but when the police contact her out of the blue and reveal his violent past, she begins to fear for her life.

Ellie and Liam's relationship has been spiralling out of control since day one. Manipulated into silence she can't escape the chaos and not even her family know the truth.

Roxanne meets TJ online. He seems interested but intimacy is complicated. Believing she is in a relationship with a man, secrets are slowly revealed about TJ's true gender identity.

Cambridge grad Abby falls for David but he's not interested in monogamy. Abby swallows her reservations but soon finds herself in too deep and at the mercy of David's escalating temper.

Coleen meets James online, he's a firefighter, they plan to marry and he's had a vasectomy. Coleen soon discovers she's pregnant, the wedding never existed and neither did James' heroic job.

Manipulative Hubert seduces Juliana who falls under his spell and soon she is bankrolling him. When his toxic behaviour forces her to kick him out he blackmails her with a secret recording.

Esther's boyfriend Sam has an alter ego - 'Bad Sam'. On a cocktail of drugs, he attacks her. From prison Sam rekindles their relationship and Esther returns to the man who nearly killed her.