Xena Grant had been used by the Grant family as a shield to deflect misfortune for their daughter Lily. For eighteen years, she suffered contempt and mistreatment. Then, by accident, she discovered that she was the long-lost heiress of the James family. She returned to the James family with complicated feelings. Her arrival shattered the family's peace — and also caught the attention of Beau Cole, a man blessed with the golden light of the nation's fortune.