Jamie McGregor leaves his home for Klipdrift, South Africa in 1883 under the assumption that many get wealthy there by mining diamonds.

Kate grows up beautiful, strong-willed and manipulative. Having fallen in love with David Blackwell, who is 22 years older to her, as a teenager she is determined to marry him.

Kate pours her life into Kruger-Brent with passion, making it a global conglomerate. She expects Tony to take over Kruger-Brent, but Tony is more interested in becoming an artist.

Kate takes in her two identical looking granddaughters, whom she names Eve and Alexandra. Eve, ruthless and cunning, sees Alexandra as an interloper and makes repeated attempts to kill her.