When Katie (Nicky Whelan) moves to town with her young daughter, in order to start a new life after enduring abuse in her past, she quickly befriends another mother, Angela (Gina Gershon), and her husband Brian (Nicolas Cage). She is soon chosen by the couple to become the surrogate mother for their long-desired child. Little do the unlucky couple know, however, she is harbouring a dark secret about her past that may have fatal consequences for them and their child.