Zara Sullivan is coerced by her biological father to marry a mine owner. She approaches Jude Prescott, a tycoon. They marry; she assumes it's a transaction, unaware he secretly loved her for seven years. Torment from her stepmother, schemes from her sister, her ex, illegitimate heirs... Zara grows into a capable tycoon's wife. When a life-saving favor from twelve years prior is revealed, she realizes their marriage is a mutual redemption.