Before taking a job with the FBI, Chicago detective Alec Buchanan has one last assignment to protect hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison from a serial killer. The serial killer is targeting people Regan placed on a list she created while attending a seminar of Dr. Lawrence Shields. The list names people who have hurt or deceived Regan over the years and now those people are turning up dead.

After losing their husbands, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra find independence when they open the Cackleberry Club. When a lawyer is murdered with a secret on his lips and egg on his face, their cozy cafe becomes the scene of a crime. In order to save their cafe, the trio will need to investigate the connections between a religious cult and Suzanne's past. But will putting their noses where they don't belong put Suzanne's life on the line?

Vern escapes the religious compound where she was raised and gives birth to twins in the forest, raising them away from the influence of the outside world. Her community won't let her go that easily, however, and as they pursue, she breaks the boundaries of humanity, changing her body in uncanny ways in order to protect her family.

"Cassandra Maxwell has had a life filled with pain. Her mother died too young, her father is an abusive alcoholic, and she's a misfit everywhere she goes. After being shuttled between various foster homes, Cass struggles to find her identity and finds herself caught up with Scott Jones (aka 'Sky') and his group of friends who start a Jesus commune in California. But before long, the group is more interested in pot and sex than they are spiritual growth....