At a family dinner, designer Nora Shaw watches in horror as her husband,Evan Cross, slaps her mother six times in front of everyone. Realizing his family has been using her mother to control her, Nora decides to divorce Evan and takes back the rights to all the key design patents she had licensed to his company.Despite harassment from her in-laws, Evan’s revenge, and attacks from business rivals, Nora starts her own brand with her mother. Through talent and determination, she earns her place on the international fashion scene.Together, mother and daughter break free from their painful past and build a strong, successful new life.