妮可儿（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰）生活在一个看似幸福的家庭之中，饱受父亲的疼爱，然而，对于妮可儿来说，这一切的快乐都是假象，她的心依然在寒冷的孤独中无依无靠。某日，妮可儿和好友玛格（艾莉莎·米兰诺 Alyssa Milano 饰）一起参加了一个热闹的派对，在派对上，妮可儿邂逅了名为大卫（马克·沃尔伯格 Mark Wahlberg 饰）的男子。 妮可儿对高大威猛的大卫一见倾心，坠入了情网，很快，两人就走到了一起。本以为终于找到了通往幸福的道路，但妮可儿很快发现，自己其实打开了潘多拉的魔盒。大卫展现出的独占欲和暴力倾向让她感到十分不安，她想要离开大卫，却发现自己和家人早已经被大卫的阴影牢牢笼罩。
Nicole walker is the average 16 year old girl; wants to have fun, and dreams of her Prince Charming. When she and her best friend Margot appear at a party, she meets older bad boy David. Everything seems to be going so well and Nicole and David become a couple. Nicole's family like David and she decides she loves him enough to give herself to him one night after a date. However, as soon as they became official, David has become a possessive and jealous boyfriend. He even beats up one of Nicole's close male friends when he is seen giving her a hug at the end of school. After this dark event Nicole never wants to see David again but he tries his hardest to make sure Nicole will take him back. Soon enough she forgives him and things seem to be going well again until a sick situation involving Nicole's best friend Margot turns to her and David breaking up again. This time David is not taking any chances with not being with Nicole so him and his friends go into her family home and attempt to take Nicole. Will David get Nicole or will she and her family hold back and get rid of David's sick craving for Nicole?
