Ste:lla// ,#S@*^haw, once Ne %)(wpor$t's ^t_op socialit^e, was pu
)shed down stairs
* by her half-sister Moll]/y ]seven-  years ag !(o—le
\aving her wi +t`h a]@ __.cane and a s+ hattered ballet^] dre*[[)am. N**;ow her father forces her into a m==%arriage w;ith \ ?]$\the= opp,@ortunistic Sim?-o?^n.
Seeming?!ly/\ c@:ompl**iant,: Stell$?_a has quie$tly)`:] laid her plans. He(-r security/ @]consultant"Cole" i?;*s a[ctu `[ally Adrian W*averly^:
,!_ heir$ to the W+, (averly G\roup, lying /low## at._ he])r side. H^\)er p;=rivate inve(stiga\^t?+,or Sage is Ev+elyn, the daughter r[(@ aise^ -%d by her aunt Victoria.
On *]her wed din$.g ! -=day, Stella exposes Simon $[ a ?nd`- Molly:;'s betra;yal,; #*refuses to sign, and =$calls off t[?*he engagem(\ent[.
Then sh^:-:%e d],`i#scov=*ers the"mother" in t@^. he h$ osp^  ,ital is a stand,\@=-in. Th.^e^ truth behi=\(nd #her real mother Vivian's di$sappearan.ce su]r*fac.$%%es. Stell) [a stri$
)kes a de@al with $
\Victor.ia—a-nd at Th.*(=e Aster Gala, she stages` her u\ ltima#@te cou =nterattack: E)velyn reveals her ide]*ntit@#?-y [, returning the S]haw Harb$or %_$Gr([oup to Stel+la.] A;dria+^$n +propos$e:s und /er his tru!/_e name . Stel;+la ac#ce-pts the ring—then% flies+ alone to C_apital+ C,it?$y :to @ continue searc-/hing \for her m*ot_
:her.