In 1920s Manhattan, brilliant chemist Everett Whitlock adores his wife Vivienne—until her ruthless oil family forces her to bear an heir with her brother-in-law. Poisoned, sterilized, and exiled, Everett flees with Dr. Oliver Sinclair, a physician who has loved him since birth. Across decades of corporate warfare and medical triumph, he must choose between destroying the Vandermere empire and the quiet love he never dared to hope for.