"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort...

Grace Houston, an only child, finds her world torn apart by the death of her father and her mother's remarriage to Kirby Scott, a scheming fortune hunter with his eye on vulnerable and innocent Grace.

After years of self-torture, a young woman comes to terms with her brutal rape.

They lived on the wild side, now these girls are paying the price.

Dawn is crushed by the disappearance of Michael Sutton and his betrayal of their love. Desolate, she clings to the tender hope that her old boyfriend Jimmy will return.

After listening to Misty and Star tell their stories in their therapy group, it is Jade's turn to reveal her hidden past, and the shameful act that has haunted her for years.

Melody Logan, attempting to learn the secrets of her past, gets a summer job working for artist Kenneth Childs, a man she believes may be her real father.

Olivia, always the responsible older daughter, grows up feeling ignored in favor of her flighty, flirtatious sister Belinda, but as the girls grow older Olivia comes to relish the power of being in charge and uses that power to control the people in her life.