Eleanor is the heir to a manor and the wife of Arthur, a man who has already decided she will not survive their child's birth. In her first life, she was poisoned by Arthur and their maid Sarah, and her biological daughter was killed so Sarah's illegitimate son could take her place. She wakes on the delivery table, minutes before that plan is set in motion.
This time Eleanor saves her own baby and sends Sarah's son into the crib instead. Five years later she takes in the now-destitute Sarah and begins dismantling Arthur piece by piece, exposing the affair and wrecking his business. Julian, the owner of an East Coast hotel chain, becomes her shield and something more. The endgame turns deadly, and what survives it is a fortune and a life she chose herself.
