Michelle, the adopted daughter of Toronto’s elite Mitchell family, is a lonely outsider under a glamorous facade. A random meeting in a bar ignites intense chemistry between her and Damon, the formidable head of the recently returned Hastings family, who willingly acts as her casual plaything while hiding his identity as the most influential man in Toronto. Tormented by her jealous adoptive sister Tiffany, exploitative adoptive mother Patricia, traitorous ex Troy and manipulative former lover Victor, Michelle gradually uncovers the Mitchells’ hideous secrets including a concealed fire six years prior, suppressed domestic abuse and her stolen life with Damon’s help. He always defends and avenges her, and Michelle falls for him from a fleeting affair, eventually realizing his long-buried affection for her runs deeper than she ever thought.
