When ten-year-old Ella's parents are killed in a car crash, Mrs. Miller and daughter Lucy take over her house and Mrs. Miller now becomes Ella's guardian. Mrs. Miller makes Ella sleep in the kitchen, cook, clean and tend to her and her daughter's every whim. Seven years pass and Ella grows to be a beautiful and highly intelligent 17-year-old. One day she meets Tom Logan, the sixth richest man in the country. She starts to fall in love with the charismatic 19-year-old. The only question is, can she win his heart before her evil stepsister does?