After learning the shocking truth about the people who raised her, young Dawn goes to stay with her real family — a family with dark and twisted secrets. As she struggles to fit in, her cruel grandmother starts to rule her life with an iron fist.

Dawn falls under the seductive spell of Broadway star Michael Sutton while staying at a boarding house in New York City. However, when Michael suddenly disappears, Dawn is once again at the mercy of her grandmother's twisted schemes.

Dawn becomes the rightful owner of Cutler's Cove Hotel, but she can't seem to escape her grandmother's presence. Soon, her brother's obsession and her sister's violent rage threaten Dawn's dream once again.

After finding her real father in New York City, Christie and her stepbrother flee to the plantation where she was born, a place with its own dark secrets.