Peninah and Martin have been married for twenty one years-twenty one happy years. Before that, they had dated for six years, going back to their university days. They have three children: twenty two year old Tess, sixteen year old Anthony and seven year old Philemon. Martin is the CEO of the local Mission hospital, while Peninah is a successful farmer and the CEO of a local Sacco. Theirs is an affluent family living in a blissful rural setting. The family bliss is harshly taken away when Peninah contracts breast cancer. Somewhere along the way, Martin finds comfort in the arms of a twenty five year old woman called Patricia, who is a doctor at the hospital he heads. Tess and Peninah find them making out in Martin’s office, and later the same day Peninah dies. Patricia wants to marry Martin and disinherit Tess and her siblings, and she has Martin under her thumb. Tess finds herself in a struggle to defend her mother’s honor and the inheritance she and her brothers deserve. She finds herself going head to head with a calculating gold digger, who her father is defending violently…

Nicholas and Jean are a lovely couple. They started dating right after campus, after they found themselves in the same church. They were both broke and jobless. After failing to secure a job as an actuary, Nicholas offered his services as an intern pastor at their church. The church gave him a scholarship to Bible School and confirmed his position as youth pastor. He used his pay slip to take a loan from his Sacco and gave the money to his girlfriend Jean to start a catering business. The business picks up nicely and their future looks rosy. Things start to go astray when Jean meets Jeff, a flamboyant CEO of a family business that owns an airline, a bus company and a construction company. She turns down Nicholas’ marriage proposal in order to date Jeff. Nicholas’ job hangs on the balance because he was given the pastoral job on condition that he would get married immediately after completing his theological studies. Jeff turns out to not only be a married man, but also in a sexual relationship with his mother-in-law, who is the owner of the company he leads. Caroline, Jeff’s mother-in-law, is jealous of the affair between Jeff and Jean, and wants both of them dead; she has the resources, the connections and the desire to have both of them assassinated.

Tabitha and Job have been married for six years. For the first three years, Job was a good husband, although an affair before they got married resulted in a child that Tabitha had to start taking care of shortly after their honey moon. Trouble started when he met Fiona, a university girl that became his mistress. He started gambling in a bid to have more money to spend on his new catch. As a result, he stopped providing for his family. But that was not all, he took a loan using the house they live in as security, and gambled the money. Tabitha had taken a loan and bought a car, but Job lost it to a ruthless shylock he had borrowed money from. When the world starts collapsing around his ears, Job abandons his family and goes to live with his mistress. Suddenly Tabitha finds herself at the risk of being homeless. Her salary is barely enough t support the family in a rent free house, but now the house she and the children live in is about to be auctioned…

Robert and his wife Mercy’s lives are as smooth as middle class lives go. Mercy is a fashion designer, while Robert is a secondary school teacher who also owns a carpentry shop. They have two children, Jude and Kyle, and an excellent house manager, Ruth. Things take a turn for the worse when a strange affliction strikes Mercy, leaving her hanging at the gates of death. Robert forgets everything so that he can be with Mercy at the hospital. In his absence, Ruth takes care of the house and the children. What Robert does not know is that it is actually Ruth who has poisoned his wife, so that she can be left as his wife. While Robert is praying and fasting for his wife, Ruth is making moves of her own…

Joyce is a Mukorino girl from Kaharati. Having been brought up in poverty, she is excited to get a chance to join the University of Nairobi as a law student. Soon after she joins, she is introduced to a fellowship of Akorino students and young professionals. It is here that she meets Ibrahim. They start dating, and although both of them are Christians, the soon get intimate. Ibrahim has promised to marry her when she finishes school, and that has taken away the guilt of premarital sex. But one day he gets engaged to another woman. That leads to a series of events that exposes Ibrahim not only as a fraud, but also as a serious criminal. In spite of the heartbreak, Joyce wants to move on with her life. But Ibrahim is not ready to let her go in peace. She starts receiving death threats. Someone even puts a saw under her bed and threatens to chop off her head with it. She knows that Ibrahim and his crazy fiancée Purity are behind it, but how does she stop the madness without getting killed?

Doreen and Moreen are identical twins. Their parents have tried to bring them up well, giving them equal opportunities. For some reason or the other, however, Moreen is jealous of her sister Doreen. They are now young adults. Moreen is a fast rising TV reporter, YouTuber and fashion blogger. Her sister is an editor in their parent’s publishing company. Although she has her own boyfriend Zack, Moreen decides to have a sexual relationship with her sister’s fiancé, Joe. On the day that Joe is supposed to bring his people to pay dowry for Doreen, Moreen informs him that she is pregnant for him and threatens to reveal that fact if he attends the ceremony. That prompts Joe to skip the event and flee out of the country, leaving both families embarrassed and Doreen heartbroken, humiliated and emotionally bruised. But in the intrigue that follows, Moreen soon learns the meaning of the phrase ‘what goes around, comes around’.

Wambui is married to a fellow doctor, a reserved but gentle fellow doctor called Murithi. They met at Moi University’s School of Medicine and dated throughout campus. They got married shortly after graduation, while interning at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet. They worked at Tenwek for a few years before relocating to Murithi’s hometown of Chuka to start their own clinic. They are the ultimate power couple: youthful, intelligent, accomplished and very much in love. It is only after relocating to Chuka that Wambui discovered the kind of family she got married in. They are conservative and traditional to the core, with chauvinistic views to marriage. Wambui and her husband have always been equal partners even in business. But his family wants her to take a backseat and concentrate on the traditional and domestic roles of a wife. All is well for years because her husband has her back. But then one day her husband’s brother Mutegi attacks his wife Kawira and mother Gatune. Gatune dies, and Kawira is severely wounded. The death of his mother traumatizes Murithi and he begins changing. He blames his wife for the death of his mother, even though the elderly lady was already dead by the time Wambui got to her. Murithi’s father sues Wambui for medical negligence, and Murithi supports him even though all evidence indicates that there is nothing Wambui could have done to save Gatune. Murithi is his sister-in-law Kawira’s doctor, and a romantic relationship develops between them while Kawira is still in hospital. When Kawira’s husband Mutegi dies in remand, Murithi’s love affair with Kawira grows even faster. Wambui’s orderly life is therefore thrown in disarray; she finds herself facing not only a medical malpractice suit, but also a potentially nasty divorce.

Marion has been a Christian girl all her life. She is currently the Christian Union chairlady of Lower Kabete Campus Christian Union. A fourth year, she is looking forward to life after campus: a stable job and a nice family with her boyfriend Ezekiel. Ezekiel is the Christian Union’s Worship Secretary and a gifted singer. Ezekiel has promised to marry her immediately after their campus exams. This has somewhat softened her stance on premarital sex. So when he takes her on her trip to Zanzibar, she surrenders her body to him. Unknown to her, Ezekiel has had multiple girlfriends, and has no intention of marrying her. He is also in a relationship with Magdalene, the Governor of Nakuru, who soon becomes the Deputy President. Marion finds herself entangled in a web of lies and deceit. When she finally makes a decision to move on, she discovers she is pregnant, and this thrusts her back into an emotional crisis.

At only 25, Christy’s life is going on well. She is leading a branch office of one of the world’s major insurance companies. She comes from a wealthy family, but she is determined to chart her own path in life, away from the shadows of her parents. Christy is an active member of Golgotha Victory chapel. She is set to marry the love of her life, a loctician called Silas, who also happens to be the youth and worship leader at Golgotha Victory Chapel. Christy and Silas’s lives are simple and uncomplicated. Until Silas’ boss, a young lady called Silvia, decides that she wants Silas for herself. Silvia’s father is a former Cabinet Minister. Silvia forces Silas to sleep with her. When they are caught by her husband, a wealthy South Sudanese businessman and politician, Silvia kills the husband. She is determined to marry Silas, even if it means killing Christy, or anyone else who stands in her way.

Charlotte is a successful accountant. She is the managing partner of a thriving accounting firm based in Murang’a. Established in 1968, Alingo and Gathatha Associates is a proud firm, with a loyal client base and competing favorably with the big firms in Nairobi. Charlotte has been married to Ryan, the Lead Pastor of Bethlehem Victory Chapel, for eighteen years. They have two teenage boys. Charlotte’s life is going on well until an old flame, Jack, resurfaces. In a moment of weakness, Charlotte is caught making out with Jack in her office. Her secretary films them and sends the clip to Ryan. Another clip surfaces online. One of the partners in the firm wants Charlotte fired for professional misconduct. Charlotte finds herself fighting a battle to save her marriage, her career…and her sanity.

Idris is young human rights activist. He is feeling frustrated with his life, and his failure to make it to this year’s LL.M graduation list is not helping matters. Then he learns that his LL.M classmate, Peninah, has been suffering from sickle cell anemia. Peninah is a jovial, hardworking girl. Due to her illness, the university is adamant that she will not graduate, even though she has covered the coursework twice and has completed her thesis. Idris, true to his nature, jumps to her defense. But that brings him on the collision path with powerful elements who will stop at nothing to protect their interests. Idris is fired from his job and arrested. Peninah, meanwhile, is hanging on to life by a thread. Idris is determined to help her, but at what cost?

Rhoda, a sixteen year old girl, finds herself in a sticky situation. She is technically an orphan; 'technically' because her parents are both alive. But her father is a drunkard who has never acknowledged paternity. Her mother, meanwhile, is married to a rich man in Nairobi. But she has never disclosed to her controlling husband that she has a daughter in the village, so she is unable to lend support to Rhoda. Rhoda was brought up by her maternal grandparents. They were her parents in the actual sense; but they are now dead, leaving her an orphan. Rhoda was taken in by the Kasidas, a wealthy “Christian” couple in their village. But Mr. Kasida has been sexually defiling her since she came to the house. Now she is pregnant, and the Kasidas want her to implicate Mitwa, their gardener, who happens to be the only friend Rhoda has. Rhoda and Mitwa have never had sexual contact; their friendship is purely platonic. The move to implicate Mitwa is engineered Mrs. Kasida, largely because the gardener has been resisting her sexual advances. Rhoda has two choices: she could report Kasida to the authorities and risk being killed by his gang of thugs. Or she can implicate Mitwa and save both their lives. Mitwa will however end up in jail. Rhoda bows to pressure at first, but later chooses to protect her friend; that decision instantly makes her a hunted girl. Kasida is determined to have her head on a platter.