Emelia Rosalia Maldanando, known as Mila by her family, is the second daughter of Alejandro and Evangeline Maldanando who serve for a Latin American Mafia. After moving from their home in Cuba to a stately mansion in the English countryside, Emelia adopts a false identity as Emma Buchanan, a shy and polite bookworm and the perfect student. Her parents tell her it's for her own safety, but after her older sister and best friend, Vanessa, disappeared and became a mysterious recluse, Emelia has began to question everything and everyone around her.

Penelope is the daughter and legacy of two of the Royal Ballet's finest dancers, Carlos Guerrero and Maria Iglesias. With the love and support of her family, Penelope began dancing for the Royal Ballet aged eight, and now after just turning seventeen, she is beginning her second year at the Covent Garden upper school. But will the pressure to uphold her family's reputation get too much for her? Or will her parents, sisters, and best friends help her through the stress of being two times a legacy? Disclaimer: Most characters are fictional.

Sonya Mikhailov is the daughter of rich Russian aristocrats, Egor and Sasha Mikhailov, and she lives an extremely lonely life. Ryder West is the grandson of Egor Mikhailov's biggest scam victim who is long deceased. Now Sonya is the valuable prize wanted by Ryder as his way of revenge.