JEFF MITCHELL, a hardworking Midwesterner, loves his life. It's true that he's working the same job he's had since high school; his four children challenge his patience constantly, and he can never seem to financially provide the life for his family that they deserve. But through it all he has his wife, Denise, whom he's still madly in love with after twenty years of marriage, and he has his Catholic faith. But Jeff stands to lose all that he cares for on the day his wife, without warning or explanation, serves him with divorce papers and a restraining order. First shocked, then hurt, then angry, Jeff resolves to uncover the reasons for his wife's inexplicable actions. With the help of his divorce attorney; his best friend, Harry; and his oldest daughter, Julie, Jeff learns that Denise has fallen in love with another man, Paul Somer. More devastating than that is the revelation that Somer is a polygamist. When allegations of child abuse within Somer's cult arise, Jeff and Julie begin to not only fear for Denise, but for Jeff's youngest daughter, Eva.