Laura Stone teaches at a local college and her husband Daniel, a comic book artist has been the stay-at-home dad. Their idyllic lives are turned upside down when their daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend, Jason, of raping her. When Jason later dies in an apparent suicide, the family finds itself in the center of a high profile investigation that rocks their Maine community. Soon Daniel's dark and controversial past is revealed and Laura's personal secrets surface - revealing just how far parents will go to protect their children.