Karen Kingsbury

"When Joey Campbell's biological father is released from prison, four-year old Joey faces a life no one could've planned. His father wants custody, and a judge's quick decision deals a devastating blow to the Campbell family: Joey must be returned to his biological parents. In a haze of grief and disbelief, the Campbells watch their adopted son pick a dandelion and blow the feathery seeds into the wind. And in the days following the ruling, Jack...

The film tells the story of Abby and John Reynolds, a married couple who have been together since their days as high school sweethearts, when John was a football hero and Abby dreamed of becoming a writer. Now in their forties, Abby is a restaurant critic for a local newspaper and John is a football coach at their son's high school. Though their seemingly perfect marriage is the envy of their peers, the truth is that they have fallen out of love.

Wendy and Rip Porter are a working-class couple fighting to regain custody of Joey, the young son Wendy gave up for adoption when Rip went to prison seven years earlier. But Joey's adoptive parents will stop at nothing to ensure that the small boy stays in the only home he's ever known.

Meet Mitch Parker - he's smooth, suave and very shrewd, living two lives with two different wives. With a charming smile concealing a dangerous heart, he's a master of manipulation. But when he crosses the thin line between sanity and delusion, his mind games turn deadly. Based on New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury's novel "Deadly Pretender" which is based on a true story.