Lindsey believed she married wealthy newspaper heir Stan McBride for love back in 1939. But as the years pass, she realizes it was just a family business deal. Stan didn't care about her, neither then nor now.

Like his father, all Stan cares about is perpetuating the family business through a lock-tight will bequeathing everything to just one male heir.

When Lindsey gives birth to twin boys two years later, she quickly learns just how the first-born heir arrangement will destroy her dreams of a normal, close-knit family. As the boys grow, the family becomes increasingly dysfunctional. One son is groomed to take over the family fortune while the other is taken for granted.

Lindsey wants both sons to be treated equally. She wishes she could change the arrangement. When the opportunity unexpectedly arrives, she is determined to do just that.