At eighteen, Mabel was forced to buy her own cemetery plot after being exploited by her foster family as a 'blood bank' for their favored daughter, Nora. Even her fiancé, Ethan, was a partner in the deception. Resolving to die to the world, Mabel stages her disappearance and returns as the radiant heir to a massive fortune, backed by the city’s most feared heir, Hugh. When Nora attempts to destroy her again, Mabel serves a 'honeyed venom' that lands her rivals in prison. At her grand wedding to Hugh, the Patel family can only watch from the sidelines, drowning in a regret they truly earned. Success is her final verdict. A story of high-society revenge and redemption. Happy ending follows.