Julie Morgenstern is recovering from yet another bad date and a job termination when she meets the ruggedly handsome Roger Camden, who immediately sweeps her off her feet. Thinking she has found the man of her dreams, she is over-the-moon when he eventually proposes to her. But Julie has no idea that Roger is holding three other women prisoner in his basement-waiting for the right time to snatch their hearts for his bizarre collection. When Julie lands a temporary opportunity working for television personality Sammi Mitchel, she can hardly wait to tell her about Roger. But Sammi, who always relies on her gut feelings, knows something is wrong. Meanwhile, detectives Marcella Robinson and Jonathan Myers of the special crime victims unit are stymied when emaciated bodies of several women are discovered with their hearts removed. The case suddenly becomes very personal when Marcella learns that her lover's niece Trish has gone missing. Suddenly, her worst fears have come to fruition. As a serial killer nurtures his insatiable desire for removing the hearts of beautiful women, Marcella desperately forges ahead to find him-even as another victim is readied for the ceremony of death.