It's a battle for woman of the house when meddlesome mothers-in-law become dead set on driving the decisions in their married sons' lives. While the sons insist that mother means well, their wives find themselves on the defense as they wrestle for control of their own marriages, from how to cook and clean to how to raise their children. The mama's boys face an ultimatum - choose the missus or mommy dearest - but after their wives threaten divorce, turf wars rage into a matter of life or death when the maniacal mothers-in-law enlist hit men instead.
After years in foster care, Shannon Stafford longs for love and a family. When she meets Nathan Mitchell and his parents, she thinks her search is over. Soon after they marry Nathan, she learns that her new "loving family" has no love for her at all.
Misook longs for a mother figure in her life, having grown up without one. When she meets Don Wang and they fall in loge, she finds, in Linda, a husband and a mother-in-law she adores; but when love turns to violence, it's Linda who's caught in the middle.
Debbie Jarvis was raised by a single mom. When she married Richard, all her dreams finally came true. Everything seemed idyllic, but the relationship soon became contentious and nobody could predict that a divorce and custody battle would end in murder.
Patricia Siler thinks she's married into a family of wealth and status when she weds Tom Allanson. But when Tom is disinherited, Pat's dreams are dashed and two generations of in-laws find themselves victim of her deadly wrath.
When 19 year-old Alyssa Austin marries 32 year-old Patrick Horath she feels she's found the man of her dreams, despite her family's disapproval. But no one could have guessed that bringing this man into her family would ultimately lead to murder.
Everyone is surprised when Shawna Smith marries Ryan Sorenson, a young man she always considered to be just a friend. But they are shocked when Ryan shows up in Shawna's hometown armed with two handguns and deadly intentions.