Thandi always knew she wasn't destined for greatness. She'd never be anything but someone's wife. Nothing would come of her life, so she submitted. She submitted to her father's wrath. Her aunt, however, wanted more for her niece. She knew that if her niece ever wanted to escape her brother, the chief, they needed to play him at his own game. Thandi's aunt knew if she ever wanted her niece to be free from her brother, she needed to keep him away from her for as long as she could. She knew her niece didn't have much of a choice in her future. The only way for Thandi to get some kind of control over her own life is getting married to the man of her choice before her father married her off to the highest bidder. Thandi and her aunt escaped their village to live in the city. They did everything in their power to keep the chief calm and distracted. The only way to do so was for her aunt to promise to teach her how to be a good traditional wife and, most importantly, stay a virgin. That was his biggest rule. Stay a virgin. One drunken mistake causes Thandi to lose her virginity, and her aunt knows the race is on. Either Thandi finds a man that she loves and is willing to submit to, or she marries one of her father's perverted friends. Will Thandi find her knight in shining armor, and if she does, will he be worth it?

Abandoned at a young age Zethu is left to fend for herself and her brother. Her ultimate goal is to trap a rich man and provide a good life for her little brother, Sicelo. A battered and bruised billionaire falls in her lap and she succeeds in making him fall head over hills for her but obstacles arise. Obstacles like a wife with a family who is determined to destroy her cheating husband. Zethu's past and heritage comes back to haunt her just as she is about to secure her man but she is determined to live the way she wants no matter how painful her past, present, or future may be. Just as her dream of a comfortable life is slipping away from her, she is presented with a solution. Polygamy. Will she accept? And if she does what lies in store for her? All of a sudden her picture perfect fantasy is destroyed but she has to persevere to make sure her brother becomes something in life. As the old people like to say, "The woman carries the knife by its blade." How deep will Zethu allow the blade to cut?

Being in love with a married man is not easy. His heart may belong to you, but he never will. Or will he? Litha grew up in a single parent house. She had a father, but he was never around. Three wives would do that to a man. Litha's dad really wants to be in her life, but navigating his relationship with her mother has been an uphill battle. In her father's absence, Lithas mother resented her so much that she made sure Litha and her sister lived in a state of constant fear. With Litha having a baby at a young age with a married man no less, her mother despised her for tarnishing their family image. She made sure to make Litha's life a living hell. Her only saving grace was her child and the man she loves. Will their relationship flourish while navigating the challenges they have to face, or will tragedy strike and rip everything they hold dear to them from their clutches?