What is a daughter's worth? 1969, America. Autocratic grocery-store magnate Leo del Marco has three unmarried daughters, and he's ailing. Leo needs a son to inherit his empire. Christian - handsome, ruthless, ambitious - is determined to get that empire. His challenge: marry one of Leo's daughters.Beautiful but child-like Sofia - already committed to a relationship forbidden by her father - is strictly off-limits.31-year-old Gloria is the sensible choice - an obedient homemaker who has cared for her father since her mother died16 years earlier. However, Gloria's dutiful heart is melting for stranger-in-town Nathaniel, a veritable hotbed of rebellion.

But the moment Christian meets fiery, unconventional Cluny, he wants her for reasons that have nothing to do with ambition. Bold and mutinous, Cluny spurns this man and her father's outrageous scheme.