Ava Sterling, the overlooked stepdaughter of the powerful Sterling family, has always lived in the shadow of her stepsister Camilla. After being betrayed by her long-time boyfriend, Blake, who cheats with Camilla, and with her family forcing Ava into a marriage with a billionaire's useless son in place of her sister. In desperate need of a huge sum of money to pay for her mother's medical bill, she agrees. But nobody knows that the man she's forced to marry, Austin Russel, is not who he seems. Cold, dangerous, and allegedly broke, Austin secretly owns a business and a hidden empire. When Ava grows from betrayal, she becomes the most powerful woman her family never saw coming. Her boyfriend regrets it and wants her back? No Her family begs for forgiveness so the family business can be saved. Never. Now, they all want her back – for love, for power, for salvation. But Ava has one goal: let them beg. Then leave them behind.