When a friendly neighbor marries barely legal Linda, he rescues her from abject poverty, and invites her sister, Patti, into their twisted relationship. But when their new life is threatened, neither sister will let anything--including the other--take it away. While Ana refuses to give up her earthly ways, Mary tries relentlessly to help her sister find the Lord. But when a scandalous accusation goes too far, only one of them will really see the light.

When Teresa's brother marries Betty Jo, the young bride becomes the sister Teresa was always dying for. Over the years, tragedy, accusations and wild tempers repeatedly get in the way, until one night they both wish they'd never met each other. When teen sisters Sandra and Jossie both get pregnant, one pays for the maternal instincts of the other with her life.

Neighbors always mix up sisters Sarah and Stevie, but their polar-opposite personalities is what set them apart in the end. Elena and Christina were both adopted, but these teenage sisters love, laugh, and battle like blood relatives.