On her return home, Emma is stunned when Sheila, the rightful heir to the family fortune, makes an unwanted advance at a celebration. Emma dismisses her as a dangerous stranger, unaware that Sheila commands a powerful criminal empire. Burdened by a demand for five million dollars and trapped by Sheila's relentless pressure, Emma fights back until Sheila exposes her fiance's betrayal. As secrets unravel, Emma begins to see that the woman she feared may be the one person she cannot live without.
