On her twenty-first birthday, Kate is forced into a marriage with a man twice her age, after being made to believe her late mother’s promised trust fund does not exist. Trapped in a hostile household, she faces relentless torment from her stepson, Oliver Anderson, and her cruel stepdaughters. A hidden file belonging to her mother fuels her resolve to endure until she discovers that she is pregnant and unsure if the father is her husband or Oliver. Fleeing with her rightful money and settling her family's debt, Kate uncovers the chilling truth about her mother’s death in a new city and returns, burning with vengeance against the family that betrayed her. As she schemes, her ex-husband, Oliver, and the enigmatic man willing to torch the city for her fight for her heart.