Unconventional ‘90s thriller Cruel Summer takes place over three summers, when a girl with a charmed life goes missing, and a nerdy wannabe transforms from an awkward outlier to a queen bee, and then the most despised person in America.

Taking place on the annual Garden Club Party, Kate’s perfect girl image starts to fracture as she makes a decision that unknowingly starts her down the path of separation from her parents, her boyfriend and her best friends.

Amid Fourth of July festivities, Jeanette continues to stray from her "good girl" status quo, while the police start to mount an investigation against her, causing her family’s foundation to crack.

For Kate, the annual Wallis hunting trip serves as a reminder that she can’t fully trust those closest to her, and that try as she might, the past always has a way of catching up.

Gossip and paranoia tighten their grip on Jeanette and Kate as they circle each other, hunting for answers, at the Skylin County Fair.

Jeanette and her family are hanging on by a thread as tensions build, and rumors within the town continue to escalate, making for three distinctly different Turner wedding anniversaries.

Birthday celebrations seem like the last thing in the world Kate wants to do until a new friend shows her that sometimes, with the right perspective, a celebration can liberate you from the very thing that haunts you.

On the first day of school, everyone learns that the drama of the summer is anything but over and that some people will pay more for the consequences of Jeanette and Kate’s drama than others.

An intimate look inside Kate’s time at Martin’s house.

Kate and Jeannette’s worlds collide as the court date arrives, finally forcing the two young women to answer the question on everyone’s mind, but the answer comes with a price that not everyone can pay.