Fighting her way from humble beginnings in a foster home to CEO of her own highly respected international company hasn't been easy for Hilary Brand. Even after she seems to have reached the top, troubles abound: her business in China, always fraught with problems, is in peril; and her arch-nemesis Haskins Gould, once her closest business associate, but now her greatest enemy, is gaining traction in his unceasing determination to destroy all she has created. Hilary's two daughters, unhappy trophy wife Jennifer and brilliant but troubled journalist Sara, also traverse the joys and terrors of love as they try to tread their own paths in the shadow of such a powerful woman.